Suad Bushnaq

Suad Bushnaq
BornAmman, Jordan
Genres
OccupationComposer
Years active2013–present
Websitewww.suadbushnaq.com

Suad Lakišić Bushnaq is a Jordanian-Canadian film and concert composer.[1][2] She is best known for her work on the films Al Munataf (The Curve), Twice Upon a Time and Tight Spot.[3][4][5]

Early life

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Suad was born and raised in Amman, Jordan, to a Syrian mother and a Bosnian-Palestinian father. She studied music at the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus, Syria, and later earned a scholarship to study music composition at McGill University, where she earned a bachelor's in music composition.[6][7]

Career

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Suad is a member of the Screen Composers Guild of Canada and the Alliance for Women Film Composers. In 2018 she was selected as one of six composers from across Canada to participate in the Slaight Music Residency at the Canadian Film Centre.[8][9][10] Suad won a Silver Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Original Score at the Global Music Awards for her piece The Road to Jenin. That same piece is nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Awards in the world music category.[11][12] she was nominated for the 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Best Original Score.[13]

She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for her work on the film Jasmine Road.[14]

Filmography

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As composer

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  • The Curve (2015)
  • About Her (2015)
  • Waiting In Urfa (2016)
  • Twice Upon a Time (2016)
  • Stadt, Licht & Bewegung (City, Light & Movement) (2016)
  • (Out)caste (2017)
  • Setback of the Spirit (2017)
  • At Home with the Horses (2017)
  • The Borrowed Dress (2018)
  • The Dead Die Once (2018)
  • Tight Spot (2018)
  • Yasmina (2018)
  • Greta Follows Rivers (2018)
  • Sand. Rock. Palm. (2018)
  • Emraa (2018)
  • Roads of Ithriyah (2018)
  • Tammy (2019)
  • Colors of Resistance (2019)
  • A Very Important Appointment (2019)
  • Ashbridge (2019)
  • Coming Home! (2020)
  • Hockey Mom (2020)
  • I Do, or Die - A Killer Arrangement (2020)
  • Jasmine Road (2020)
  • Connecting the Dots (2020)
  • In Her City (2020)
  • Aswat Acherim (2021)
  • Qata'ef (2021)
  • Body Politics (2021)
  • Night (2021)
  • Lovesick in the West Bank (2021)
  • The Algorithm (2021)
  • Road to El Kef (2021)
  • Salma's Home (2022)
  • Incorrigible - A film about Velma Demerson (2022)
  • Montreal Girls (2022)
  • Hanging Gardens (2022)
  • Corvine (2022)
  • Mp3 (2022)
  • Queen Tut (2023)

Discography

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  • Blissful State of Surrender
  • From the Heart (2014)
  • Thoughts (2014)
  • The Curve (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
  • A Very Important Appointment (2019)
  • Salma's Home (2022)
  • Hanging Gardens (2022)
  • Road to El Kef (2022)
  • Corvine (2023)

Orchestral music

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  • Ghadan (Tomorrow) from Hakawaty (The Storyteller) Suite for Orchestra
  • The Borrowed Dress (film score in concert)
  • Narenj from Hakawaty (The Storyteller) Suite for Orchestra

References

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  1. ^ "Suad Bushnaq: 'music is an act of resistance' in Syria". bbc.co.uk. January 2016. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  2. ^ "Arab composer recalls a Syria unlike the one you see on the news". womenintheworld.com. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  3. ^ "Al Munataf (The Curve)". dubaifilmfest.com. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  4. ^ "Twice Upon a Time (Kan Ya Ma Kan Marratayn...)". dohafilminstitute.com. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  5. ^ "TIGHT SPOT". swissfilms.ch. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  6. ^ "This Composer Wants You to Know Who Syrian Refugees Really Are". motherjones.com. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  7. ^ ""Composing is in my blood"". aquila-style.com. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  8. ^ "HAVE A LOOK – SCGC MEMBER SUAD LAKIŠIC BUSHNAQ RECENTLY HAD HER PIECE "GHADAN" PERFORMED BY THE SYRIAN EXPAT PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA". screencomposers.ca. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  9. ^ "Between Film and Concert Music: The Journey of an Arab Woman Composer" (PDF). uncw.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  10. ^ "SUAD BUSHNAQ". cfccreates.com. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  11. ^ "Global Music Awards: Current Winners". globalmusicawards.com. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  12. ^ "2018 HMMA Music Genre Nominations". hmmawards.com. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  13. ^ "2019 MUSIC IN VISUAL MEDIA NOMINATIONS". hmmawards.com. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  14. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
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