Leah Curtis: Composer & Music Producer Portfolio

A Film by Fawaz Al-Matrouk 
Music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Leah Curtis 

Synopsis 

This film is inspired by the true story of Malek, a Kuwaiti man during the Iraqi Invasion in 1990. Day after day, he passes two dead bodies that no one is burying. He wants to find out why, but everyone is afraid to interfere during wartime. Caught between his fear of death and his respect for human dignity, Malek decides to bury the bodies himself by the side of the road.
credits
released 30 September 2012 

Conductor : Leah Curtis 
Vocals : Lisbeth Scott 
Violin : Armen Anassian 
Violin : Nancy Roth 
Viola : Lynn Grants 
Cello : Mary Anne Steinberger 
Percussion : M.B. Gordy 
Duduk : Chris Bleth 
Oud : Dean Parks 
Music Consultant & Contractor : Alan Steinberger 
Scoring Assistant: Karim Elmahmoudi 
Music Editor : Dave Lawrence 
Music Scoring Mixer : John Rodd 
Music Recording Engineer (Capitol Studios) : Charlie Paakkari 
Sr. Director/Manager (Capitol Studios) : Paula Salvatore 
Studio Assistant (Capitol Studios) : Danny Gillick 
Thanks: Katrina Schiller 
Kuwaiti Music Adviser: Dr Lisa Urkevich 
Arabic Translation of Lyrics: Faisal Al-Matrouk & Mona Al-Kazemi 
Design: Benjamin Portas 
Published by Curtis Perriman Music Publishing (ASCAP) 
Original Score Recorded at Capitol Studio A Hollywood USA. 
American Federation of Musicians 
© 2012 All Rights Reserved 
www.leahcurtis.com 


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE : Nomination Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2010 
BEST WORLD MUSIC : Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2010 
3rd Place: Park City Film Music Festival 2012 

Salamun Salam (from TO REST IN PEACE) feat. Lisbeth Scott

Ritual Burial

The End of Civility (featuring Lisbeth Scott)

Beach scene from the war drama TO REST IN PEACE.

Embrace of Nature

From the Motion Picture 7 Conversations & 7 Deaths (neo-noir Sin Cityesque revenge thriller set in Manhattan - selected scenes). Directed by Digvijay Singh.

7 Conversations & 7 Deaths:  Bedroom Scene "Into the Night" (Noir)

Dawn and at War

Leah Curtis’ most recent score is for Damien Power’s intelligent Australian suspense thriller Killing Ground which will premiere at Sundance 2017. Best known for her captivating use of musical texture, she intricately casts live players for each film. Her resulting scores unearth a truth, finding the tension and magic that exists between perfection and humanity. With seven HMMA nominations across multiple categories, including wins for Best World Music for the Kuwaiti war film To Rest in Peace and historical epic Exitus Roma, Curtis’ work has been featured in festivals in Dubai, Cannes, New York and Aspen.

A Fulbright recipient and visiting composer at USC’s film music program, Curtis holds a MA(Hons) from the Australian Film Television and Radio School. She works out of LA, writing, orchestrating and conducting music for international cinema, as a music producer, and scoring epic short form branded content with her filmmaker collaborators.

Dawn and at War

Leah Curtis

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