Nadah El Shazly - Les Damnés ne pleurent pas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2024)

The Egyptian musician, vocalist, and composer Nadah El Shazly is at the vanguard of a new era for Cairo’s experimental electronic music scene, which has been going strong for many years; several musicians in the city, like Maryam Saleh, Nancy Mounir, Maurice Louca, and the band Dwarfs of East Agouza have achieved international renown. El Shazly’s songs mix traditional acoustic instruments, such as oud and harp, with synthesizers and digitally treated vocals. Her range of inspirations is wide, from classical Arabic music to jazz and punk rock (she was briefly the lead singer in a Misfits cover band).

Her newly released score for the intensely moving 2022 film Les damnés ne pleurent pas, by the British-Moroccan director Fyzal Boulifa, is spare and haunting. In the movie, a single mother and her teenage son struggle to survive in Morocco. As they move from town to town, their journey is fraught with desperation and harsh revelations, and their relationship is often strained. When they reach Tangier, their fortunes seem to shift.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Nadah El Shazly - Claustrophobic Love (3:12)
1.02 - Nadah El Shazly - Fight With Auntie (1:10)
1.03 - Nadah El Shazly - Run (0:59)
1.04 - Nadah El Shazly - Counting Money (1:05)
1.05 - Nadah El Shazly - Mausoleum (3:19)
1.06 - Nadah El Shazly - Adi (7:12)
1.07 - Nadah El Shazly - Riad (3:24)
1.08 - Nadah El Shazly - More Lies (2:13)
1.09 - Nadah El Shazly - Breakup By The Sea (3:06)
1.10 - Nadah El Shazly - Cadeaux (2:45)
1.11 - Nadah El Shazly - Haircut (2:24)
1.12 - Nadah El Shazly - End Credit (2:54)