Songs that feel like Ida (2013)
A quiet, devastating journey through historical trauma, spiritual doubt, and the heavy ghosts of a forgotten family history.
- The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams: It mirrors the film's soaring yet profoundly lonely relationship with the Polish landscape.
- Naima by John Coltrane: Its smoky, late-night jazz club melancholy feels pulled right from Wanda's smoky, haunted apartment.
- Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt: The pristine, melancholic piano notes evoke the austere, perfectly framed black-and-white cinematography.
- Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra: Captures the unshakeable horror of concealed mass graves and historical atrocities.
- Blue in Green by Miles Davis: The fragile, muted trumpet tones echo the quiet devastation of truths finally brought to light.
- Crying by Roy Orbison: Captures the sudden, piercing heartbreak of youth confronting a broken world.