Ethnic Vocal Phrases by Hayat Selim is an inspiring solo vocal instrument for creating memorable cinematic soundtracks. It brings incredibly powerful, emotional vocal phrases with unprecedented quality and expression to your fingertips. A fully playable phrase instrument, it allows you to compose your own beautiful, unique melodies, which sound like they are performed completely in the moment.
Our Ethnic Vocal library features expressive live phrases. It provides true human musicality, captured in a real artistic performance. You will be fascinated by the ease of use and the instant emotional depth of this instrument.
Over 600 Different Phrases – 8 Full Themes – 4 Bonus Themes
ETHNIC VOCAL PHRASES – BY HAYAT SELIM contains more than 600 varied live-performed phrases, split into 8 main and 4 bonus themes. Each different in style, the themes all contain sets of powerful & emotional phrases.
Full Variety Of Voices
The themes are in Classical Arabic (Fusha), as well as different imaginary tribal languages, influenced by African, Native American and Latin. Also, power vowel phrases and mixed voice vowel phrases with overblowing are included. Everything, you could possibly need to create astonishingly emotional and expressive music.
Playable In Any Key – No Heavy Pitching
All themes are recorded in 4 different keys. With minimum pitch shifting they are playable in all chromatic keys. The musical material is consistent in all keys.
Starting, Middle & End Phrases
Designed to perfectly fit your track: Each theme comes with 15 different phrases and 2 short endings, divided into 5 separate starting, middle and end phrases. This setup gives you the freedom to conveniently combine different phrases the way you want.
Hayat writes music for film and games, often merging Western classical orchestration with world music, atmospheric soundscapes and vocals. She sings in English, German, Arabic, Italian, Latin and French and has sung in Bulgarian and Hebrew on some occasions.
“When I was commissioned by Sonuscore for this library, I tried to visualize what themes in an ethnic voice library would work for a wide range of movie genres. I hope my phrases will be useful for as many film composers as possible,” she says.
Hayat Selim is a film composer and singer-songwriter from Cairo, Egypt. She graduated with a masters in composition for screen from the Royal College of Music, London, and is now based in the UK. Her single Mirage, her first in classical Fusha Arabic, was nominated in the Best Song category of the Jerry Goldsmith Awards 2019 and started opening doors in Middle Eastern singing.Hayat writes music for film and games, often merging Western classical orchestration with world music, atmospheric soundscapes and vocals. She sings in English, German, Arabic, Italian, Latin and French and has sung in Bulgarian and Hebrew on some occasions.“When I was commissioned by Sonuscore for this library, I tried to visualize what themes in an ethnic voice library would work for a wide range of movie genres. I hope my phrases will be useful for as many film composers as possible,” she says.
