 Seamus Egan, who composed much of the music on the soundtrack, was  on a tour of New England when his car broke down. He was put up for  the night by a local couple he had never met, whose adult son  happened to be visiting for the weekend. They loaned Seamus their  own car so he could finish the tour. In gratitude, Seamus (and  bluegrass musician Dirk Powell) gave them copies of their CDs, they  only gift they could afford at the time. The son turned out to be  Andy Yarme, a technician working on the film in New York. The CDs  found their way to Ed Burns, who in turn called Seamus and asked if  he could use some of the music on the film. After the film was  picked up by Sundance, the music was remastered, and due to the  increased budget, Sarah McLachlan was brought on board. Together,  they re