Whether you are a film score collector, a student of African history, or a fan of DiCaprio’s acting, purchasing or streaming the Blood Diamond soundtrack is an experience in radical empathy. Turn down the lights, put on "Solomon’s Theme," and close your eyes. You will see the red dust. You will feel the heat. And you will never look at a diamond the same way again.
But the true secret of the soundtrack is the use of —a traditional lament—which Howard re-orchestrates three times throughout the film. Every time the music swells to feature the female vocalist, the audience is reminded that the land itself is the mother, and the land is weeping. Blood Diamond So...