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What's this Israeli Film Music called?
I'm posting this here because I believe that I will more likely find an answer in here than in music.
What is this beautiful song called from the movie "Fill the Void" by Rama and Yigal Bursztyn? The melancholic one in Hebrew of which I only understood the name "Jerusalem".
I can't find it anywhere so I can't post a link. Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
2 Answers
- Anonymous7 years agoFavourite answer
I haven't seen the movie yet, but do you mean this song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltF7Dg0dq6s
If you do, then it's called "אם אשכחך ירושלים".
The lyrics are from Psalm 137:5-6
"If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget its skill!
If I do not remember you,
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy."
We Jews sing this at our wedding because it says "If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy" and wedding is a "chief joy". This song has many tunes (most of them are melancholic because the temple's ruined) but I've never heard this tune before. Guess it was written for the movie.
- ?Lv 77 years ago
I haven't seen the movie but it does seem like you are describing "Im Eshkachech Yerushalayim". Yerushalayim, as you might be able to guess, is Jerusalem in Hebrew. It means "If I Forget You, Jerusalem" and it includes words from Psalm 137 which even Matisyahu has used in his own music before.
Jerusalem would be mentioned a lot in the song and the link does say it was played more than once, so I think this might be it.
