Suad Bushnaq


Suad Lakišić Bushnaq is a Jordanian-Canadian film and concert composer. She is best known for her work on Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough, Yunan, Flight 404, Hobal, Hanging Gardens, Crashing Eid, Hotel Beyrouth, Al Munataf, ''Twice Upon a Time and Tight Spot''.

Early life

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.

Career

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. 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. she was nominated for the 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Best Original Score.
She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Canadian [Screen Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score] at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for her work on the film Jasmine Road.

Filmography

As composer

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

Discography

Blissful State of SurrenderFrom the Heart Thoughts The Curve A Very Important Appointment Salma's Home Hanging Gardens Road to El Kef
  • '' Corvine''

Orchestral music

  • Ghadan from Hakawaty Suite for Orchestra
  • The Borrowed Dress
  • Narenj from Hakawaty Suite for Orchestra