RABIH ABOU-KHALIL — Trouble In Jerusalem (review)

RABIH ABOU-KHALIL — Trouble In Jerusalem album cover Album · 2010 · World Fusion Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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Trouble in Jerusalem is the film score composed by Rabih Abou-Khalil for the movie Nathan The Wise made in 1922. The project was funded by the German Foreign Office, the Goethe-Institut and the Munich cultural department. The German Youth Orchestra join Rabih Abou-Khalil on oud, Michel Godard on tuba ,and Jarrod Cagwin on drums in a blend of classical and arabic music(by the way, should't the music include least some jewish influences too?). The story of the movie is based on Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 1779 play. Set in and around Jerusalem at the time of the crusades, the story throws Christians, Muslims and Jews together in a melodramatic maelstrom of epic proportions. The music is rather bland, "Lament" has some interesting parts with nice violin and cello solos, "Once Upon A Dervish" is more lively but standalone the score fails to inspire or attract, maybe it works better with the movie. Not a score that makes you want to see the movie
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