Siddhartha Hermann Hesse

In music

• French Canadian composer Claude Vivier wrote the orchestral piece Siddhartha in 1976, inspired by the book.
• The 1972 Yes song "Close to the Edge" from the album Close to the Edge was inspired by the book.[9]
• Nick Drake's song "River Man" from his 1969 album Five Leaves Left was inspired by the book. According to Drake's manager, Joe Boyd, Drake thought of the song as the centrepiece of the album.
• Pete Townshend's song "The Ferryman" was written for a modern production of Siddhartha in June 1976.
• The Slovenian rock band Siddharta was named after the novel.
• Ten Mile Tide wrote a song entitled "Siddhartha" which provides a musical version of the novel.
• Ralph McTell wrote the song "The Ferryman" also based on the novel for his 1971 album You Well-Meaning Brought Me Here.
• The song "The Samanas" written by Doyle Bramhall II refers to the journey of the Samana in this book.
• Referenced on the album Dark Matter Dreams by Field Division on the track called "Siddhartha" and referenced in the track "Lay Cursed".
• Jerry Cantrell named the nineteenth track of his 2002 sophomore album Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 after the book.
• The band Syd Arthur, formed in 2003 in Canterbury, got their name from the book.
• The Canadian band Eight Seconds' song "Where's Bula" was inspired by the book.
• The wind ensemble composition "That Secret from the River" by Joel Puckett is based on the following quotation from the book: "Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time? That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future."

Other cultural references

• Fred Mayer published the photographic essay "Homage to Hermann Hesse and His Siddhartha", which is based on Hesse's novel.[10]
• In season one of Veronica Mars, episode 19 ("Hot Dogs"), movie star Aaron Echolls (Harry Hamlin) is seen reading Siddhartha on the couch while his two children, Trina and Logan, speak with him.
• In the season 7 finale of Shameless on Showtime, Fiona Gallagher finds a copy of Siddhartha in her dead mother's belongings. Fiona is seen reading the book throughout the episode and recites an unheard excerpt at Monica's funeral.[11]
• In season 4 episode 3 of Parks and Recreation, Chris Traeger claims to have speed-read the entirety of the novel at a traffic stop.
• In season 2 episode 2 of the series American Gods, Shadow Moon reads an English copy of the novel.
• In season 2 episode 9 of the series The Bear, Richie Jerimovich quotes from the novel while instructing the employees: "Now, who remembers what Vasudeva, the ferryman, said to Siddartha on the banks of the Ganges River? 'He whispered, "Listen better."'"