Soothing music One of the main reasons for the innovative direction that Buddhist music is taking today is the surge, in recent years, in the number of followers of Buddhism. Ten years ago, several record companies began commissioning composers from Taiwan and the mainland to produce Buddhist music for performance by traditional Chinese orchestras, or on folk instruments, or to accompany chanting by lay Buddhists choirs.
佛教音樂的創新製作源於近年來急速增加的佛教人口，早在十多年前，包括普音公司、風潮唱片、亞洲唱片、愛華唱片等，就開始聘請大陸及台灣的現代作曲家，以大型國樂團或民族樂器來演奏佛曲，或搭配在家居士合唱佛教梵唄。