Music

Three Expressions of Peace Through Music.

Peace Songs - Forty songs written with poets from more than twenty countries.
Ambient Music Albums - Eleven albums of ambient music created for peace and reflection.
World Peace Prayers - Twelve prayers for world peace created at StarLight Harmony Music Studio in Hawaii between 2005 and 2016.

40Peace songs

11Albums

4Peace music videos

12Peace Prayer editions

Behleem singing in a Hawaii forest — “MUSIC FOR GLOBAL PEACE.”

Peace Songs

Forty songs, twenty countries.

The words came from Romania, India, Argentina, Belgium, Switzerland, Singapore, Austria, Cambodia, Iran, Norway, Japan and the United States. I set them to music. Below is the record, with every poet named.

Circle of Peace

10 songs · Twelve peace songs, released for World Peace Day, 21 September 2006. Recognized as a commendable effort by a seven-member international jury at the 2nd World Peace Film and Music Festival, Lucknow.

Circle of PeaceBehleem
Peace from EastBehleem
May Peace Prevail on EarthTatomir Ion-MariusRomania
Plant More TreesAshok ChakravarthyIndia
I Dream of a World with PeaceMaria AzconaArgentina
SalamLiza LeylaBelgium / Spain
Nenufar LightLiza LeylaBelgium / Spain
Humanitarian ArtLida SherafatmandIran / France
Oasis of LoveRais Neza BonezaNorway
Say Yes to PeaceBehleem

Universal Peace Ambassadors Peace Music Album

6 songs

The World is at PeaceChristophe BarbeySwitzerland
The World Needs PeaceAshok ChakravarthyIndia
Let Us Help Each OtherJ. Michele Bodine & BehleemUSA
You Whose Name is So BeautifulJohanne Hauber-BiethFrance
Peace for AllJ. Michele BodineHawaii, USA
Light of PeaceMarie CammalCambodia

T:AP Peace Music Album 2004

5 songs · Made with the Transcend: Art and Peace network.

Great HopesDr. Daisaku IkedaJapan
I am Walking Down the Road AgainJonas AdenAustria
We Are All UnitedFifteen poetsEleven countries
All Thoughts at PeaceChristophe BarbeySwitzerland
Sun is EnergyBehleemSUN for Mariko Arai Project · Japan

More Peace Songs

17 songs · Peace songs recorded outside the albums, written with poets and musicians from around the world.

Peace for AllBehleem
We Want PeaceBehleem
Time for PeaceNg Wang FengSingapore
War is a Crime Against HumanityBehleem & Maria ElenaArgentina
Time Is NowAlexander / JAH Kings & BehleemUSA
May Peace Live in Our HeartGlenna MayerUSA
Peace is the AnswerRonnie KUSA
Arts for PeaceGuido Vermeulen & BehleemBelgium · V/O Huma Vacha
Spiritual PathBehleemMusic: Michele Bodine, USA
Children of EastBehleemSinger: Sana Behleem
Deep OceanInstrumental
Marching in the Light of GodRemixMade for the Winter Gathering, New York · Peoples Music Network, 2005
I am with YouLida SherafatmandIran / France
My Heritage is YoursLida SherafatmandIran / France
Twin BrothersAshok ChakravarthyIndia
Peaceful LoveLiza LeylaBelgium / Spain
A Bridge of PeaceAda AharoniIsrael / Egypt

Written for film

Making the Difference

Music composition for the anti-bullying resource film commissioned by the United Kingdom Department for Education and Skills, directed by Andy Hickson and produced by Actionwork Films, featuring the song Peace from East. Launched at the National Film Theatre, London, and used since in UK schools. · Music: Behleem.

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Relaxation & meditation

J. Michele Bodine · 2004

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Raining Rainbows

J. Michele Bodine

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World Prayer for Peace

A global peace project bringing together artists from all faiths to pray and unite for world peace.

From 2005, artists around the world were invited to send a prayer for peace, with no travel and no religious requirement. Collected by email, with no social media platform. A new recording every year from 2005 to 2016.

1,882 Artist participations

50 Countries at peak, 2010–2012

12 Consecutive yearly editions

Listen to every edition

World Prayer for Peace 2016

85 artists · 19 countries

“Praying together always connects us in new and powerful ways.” Monica Willard · United Nations NGO Representative

The 2008 recording received a Special Mention at the 3rd World Peace Film and Music Festival in Lucknow. Every edition is on the YouTube channel — hundreds of voices, in their own languages.

Watch on YouTube Messages from participants

Peace songs · music videos

Four music videos, five countries.

My musical collaborations have developed in different ways. Sometimes poets and artists contact me directly at other times, I approach poets and friends and invite them to write about themes such as peace, love, and the environment. These four were set to music in Hawaii, with music videos shot across three continents.