Stephen Anderson is a teacher and composer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He is a good friend of mine and also LDS.  In February of this year he wrote a musical piece called “War Peace” earlier this year and collaborated with some others to build a multimedia presentation out of it.  The result is astounding.

This piece has strong ties to the Book of Mormon and the pride cycle.   He even starts out with a familiar hymn and a visual representation of the pride cycle.

Peace – Prosperity – Greed – Pride – Enmity – Revenge – Regret – Sorrow – Peace

He quotes scriptures and has a ton of political video and really put the Pride Cycle into a modern visual experience.  The whole piece is about 20 minutes long and an amazing multimedia experience.

Listening Tip:  Can you hear the different cycles?  I don’t know this for sure, but I think he musically represents all the cycles.  My guess is that he briefly starts with peace and prosperity but quickly goes into Greed and Pride and certainly ends with peace again.   He has put the score on his website for you to kind of follow along.

So full screen the video, sit back and enjoy.  Don’t worry… the pictures are supposed to be blurry at the beginning. ‘

If you enjoy this, you might also check out his facebook page and his latest CD “Nation Degeneration” (Can you guess what the topic is?)