Human - OST Armand Amar

• 1 Amar: Mongolia 03:44
• 2 Amar: Faces 04:13
• 3 Amar: Dam in China 03:43
• 4 Amar: Castells 02:45
• 5 Amar: Nepal 02:46
• 6 Amar: Paddy Fields 03:42
• 7 Amar: The Storm 03:59
• 8 Amar: Shakuhachi 03:58
• 9 Amar: Ploughing 03:07
• 10 Amar: Toil 03:34
• 11 Amar: Immigration 04:18
• 12 Amar: Haiti 02:26
• 13 Amar: Pepe Mujica 03:46
• 14 Amar: The Hidden Church 02:07
• 15 Amar: Childhood 02:17
• 16 Amar: Human Life 01:57
• 17 Amar: Forgiveness 02:04
• 18 Amar: Swimming in China 02:53
• 19 Amar: Crowds 03:01
• 20 Amar: Human I 05:03
• 21 Amar: Jerusalem 02:56
• 22 Amar: Human II 04:20
• 23 Amar: Ghada's Dream 02:13
• Total Runtime 01:14:52

Info for Human - OST

Der französische Filmemacher Yann Arthus-Bertrand ('Die Erde von oben', 'Home') ist für seine atemberaubenden Dokumentarfilme bekannt. Nun hat er ein besonders ambitoniertes Projekt vorgestellt: 'Human' geht der Frage nach, was uns 'menschlich' macht. Ist es die Tatsache, dass wir lieben, das wir streiten? Dass wir lachen? Weinen? Unsere Neugier, unsere Suche nach Erkenntnis?

Um eine Antwort zu finden, sammelte Arthus-Bertrand drei Jahre lang die Geschichten von über 2000 Menschen in 70 Ländern – ergänzt von journalistischen Beiträgen zu Themen wie Menschenrechte, Frauen, Toleranz, Armut, Krieg und Glück. 'Home' feierte am 12.09. Premiere bei den Filmfestspielen Venedig und im UN-Hauptquartier New York in Anwesenheit von Generalsekretär Ban Ki-Moon. Die dreiteilige Doku, die von mehreren Stiftungen finanziert wurde, kann nun in voller Länge umsonst auf YouTube angehen werden (siehe unten). Ein zutiefst beeindruckendes und bewegendes Werk!

Doch nicht nur die ausgefeilte Optik macht die Faszination des Filmes aus, sondern auch die Musik von Armand Amar. Sein von vielen musikalischen Stilen inspirierter Soundtrack ist eine klingende Reise ins Herz des Mensch-Seins, mit Gast-Auftritten u.a. von Youssou N’Dour, Ibrahim Maalouf, Ghada Shbeir und Gülay Hacer Toruk.''Human' war eine der seltenen Gelegenheit in meinem Leben als Filmkomponist, die verschiedensten Kulturen der Musik zu vereinen“, so der in Israel geborene französische Musiker, der bereits für Arthus-Bertrands Vorgängerwerk 'Home' von 2009 den Soundtrack schrieb.

Asif Ali Khan, vocals
Divna, vocals
Ghada Shbeir, vocals
Gombodorj Byambajargal, vocals
Gülay Hacer Toruk, vocals
Isabel Sörling, vocals
Lisa Flandi, vocals
Nuria Rovira Salat, vocals
Ravid Kahalani, vocals
Salar Aghili, vocals
Sara-Marielle Gaup, vocals
Vahid Taj, vocals
Youssou N’Dour, vocals
Sarah Nemtanu, violin
Lise Berthaud, viola
Gregoire Korniluk, cello
Philippe Noharet, double-bass
Ibrahim Maalouf, trumpet
Jean Bollinger, trumpet
Vladimir Dubois, horn
Guillaume Begni, horn
David Defiez, horn
Gregory Sarrazin, horn
Guillaume Varupenne, bass trombone
Laurent Peziere, tuba
Catherine Cantin, flute
Morenn Nedellec, clarinet
Henri Tournier, flutes, hulusi
Suizan Lagrost, shakuhatchi
Jean-Paul Minali-Bella, Arpegina
Quang Hai Tran, jar harp
Axel Lecourt, jar harp
Anja Lindner, harp
Didier François, nickelharpa
John Boswell, percussions, direction
Joël Grare, percussions
Victor Hanna, percussions
Antoine Hefti, percussions
Nicolas Lamothe, percussions
Maël Guëzel, percussions
Marc-Antoine Perrio, guitar
Julien Carton, piano, celesta
Vincent Joinville, bass synthesizer
The City Of Prague Philharmonic
The Children’s Choir of the Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine
Adam Klemens, conductor
Armand Amar, conductor, pianos, percussions

Recorded by Vincent Joinville at Smecky Music Studios, Prague
Engineered and recorded by Vincent Joinville at Babel Studios, Montreuil-sous-Bois
Edited by Guillaume Le Henaff
Mastered by Pierre Luzy, Music Unit

Armand Amar
French of Moroccan origin (born in Jerusalem), Armand Amar spent his childhood in Morocco. Imbued with the sounds of instruments considered exotic at the time, the pull of that “world apart” exercised by extra-European music soon fascinated him. Autodidact, he was constantly searching for physical experiences in the early years of his musical apprenticeship, whereas in the following years his search became a commitment; he learned to play tablas, discovered the zarb and congas, and studied under various masters of traditional and classical music.

Armand’s discovery of dance in 1976, following an invitation from South African choreographer and trained anthropologist Peter Goss was another decisive moment. Suddenly what he’d been looking for was right there in front of him – a direct relationship to music, the power to improvise freely, the advantages of authentic, on-the-spot exchanges. Two challenging ventures broadened his scope even further: his involvement in Patrice Chéreau’s actors’ school and his teaching at the Conservatoire National Supérieur [Higher National Music School] focussed on the relationship between music and dance. Since then he has worked with various choreographers from the different branches of contemporary dance (Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Carolyn Carlsson, Francesca Lattuada, Russell Maliphant etc.).

The musical and spiritual influences at play show through in his film scores, such as in the following selection: Eyewitness (2000), The Axe (2005), Eden is East (2009) all by Costa-Gavras. The Concert (winner of the César /Best Soundtrack of the Year Award 2009), Live and Become (2006), The Source (2011) all by Radu Mihaileanu, Days of Glory (2006), by Rachid Bouchareb, Blame it on Fidel (2006) by Julie Gavras, The First Cry by Gilles de Maistre (2007), The Maiden and the Wolves (2008) and You will be my Son (2011) by Gilles Legrand, Sagan by Diane Kurys (2008), Like Five Fingers by Alexandre Arcady, HOME by Yann Arthus-Bertrand (2009), Free Men by Ismaël Ferroukhi (2010). In 2012 Armand Amar composed the original scores of two Brazilian films: My Sweet Orange Tree by Marcos Bernstein and Amazonia Eterna by Belisario Franca, as well as of the films Planet Ocean by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, What the day owes to the Night by Alexandre Arcady, and The Capital by Costa-Gavras. He wrote the music for Nicolas Vanier’s Belle and Sebastien, and Philip Muyl’s new film Le Promeneur d’oiseau. In August 2014, he received the Amanda Award/ Best soundtrack of the Year for the music of the Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s movie A Thousand Times Goodnight. He recently composed the music for Belle et Sébastien, l’aventure continu by Christian Dugay, L’Odeur de la Mandarine by Gilles Legrand and HUMAN by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

In 1994 in partnership with his friend Alain Weber, he founded the record label Long Distance for traditional, world and classical music; it now boasts more than 60 titles. His own work is released through naïve, Long Distance, Universal, Sony and Warner.

In addition, the composer has created in June 2011, at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, Morocco, his first "oratorio mundi" named Leyla & Majnun, after the legend with the same name, which uses a cast of forty singers and musicians from all over the world. The performance was scheduled at Salle Pleyel, Paris, in April 2014.

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