"In This World"

A moving soundtrack discovery awaits the Hall of Scores reader with In This World, an early work from eventual Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli. Here, we have music of genuine emotional resonance accompanying the journey of Afghan refugees seeking safe harbor in distant lands. The score features a beautiful central theme, authentic Middle Eastern musical influences throughout, and a poignant elegy that will break your heart. As the journey progresses, moments of urgency and uncertainty emerge, captured with musical excellence as the score shifts between tension and tenderness without losing its emotional footing. It is an exceptionally well-crafted and produced work, and a bona fide under-the-radar selection well worth seeking out.