If you’ve been following my blog’s Facebook page or my personal Twitter account, you’d have found out by now that I was simply blown away by how amazing the movie La La Land was, and that I was rooting for it to win everything at the 89th Academy Awards.
Yes, I feel personally victimized by the fact it did not win Best Picture; #JeSuisLaLaLand #JusticeForLaLaLand are the official hashtags in case you are wondering.
Part of the brilliance of the movie for me, as someone who generally dislikes (read, hates) musicals, is that the music was so charming. The movie’s soundtrack basically stayed on repeat for a few weeks after watching the movie, and I suggest you download it in case you haven’t. Notable tracks are: Epilogue, City of Stars, Audition and Mia & Sebastian’s Theme.
Therefore, when a friend sent me a YouTube link of a Lebanese oriental cover of one of the soundtrack’s songs, I couldn’t but click and then be so enchanted that I couldn’t but share it here, which isn’t something I usually do:
I hope you find this as wonderful as I did. The group behind this calls itself “Aleph.” It’s made up of:
- Aleph Abi Saad Piano
- Jihad Asad – Kanoun
- Ramzi Boukamel – Guitar
- Ghassan ‘Gass’ Sakr – Palmas
- Raed Boukamel – Nay (Flute)
- Charlie Fadel – Cajon
- Michel Labaki – Bass
Their covers gives an extra flair of melancholy to the soundtrack, which I daresay goes really well with the overall theme of the movie. So today, I can’t but celebrate the talent of this Lebanese musical group that turned the soundtrack of one of this past year’s most celebrated movies, one that should be familiar, into a sound that is distinctly theirs.
Kudos!
Filed under: Lebanon, Music Tagged: Aleph, La La Land, Lebanon, movies, music, Oriental, Oscars
