Film composer Hans Zimmer should refresh Saudi-Arabia’s national anthem

State-bearing mandate for film composer Hans Zimmer: Saudi Arabia has the German Oscar winner According to official information, to refresh the country’s national anthem. Room that, among other things, for the Film music by “King of Lion”, “Dune” and “The Dark Knight” is known, the Idea already approved “on a rough way”the head of the Saudi Arabian entertainment authority, Turki Alalschich, wrote on Friday in the online service X.

The national anthem should therefore “With different instruments” newly arranged become. So run with room too Talks about other projects including a musical called “Arabia”, a “very large concert” and the film music for the soon appearing film “The Battle of Jarmuk”. According to Alalschich, rooms have approved all of these projects. “I hope that we will achieve a final agreement,” added the head of the authorities.

The Saudi -Dearabian National anthem “Aasch al-Malik” (“Long live the king”) became 1947 on behalf of the then king abdulasis composed by the Egyptian composer Abdul Rahman al-Chatib.

Saudi Arabia is the largest oil exporter in the world and is home to some of the sacred sites of Islam. For some years now, the kingdom has been on reforms to make its economy more independent of oil and refresh the country’s conservative image. Since then, cinemas have been opened, women are allowed to drive a car and the first non-Muslim tourists were let into the country. However, human rights organizations point out that women’s rights and freedom of expression are still severely restricted. The execution rates are among the highest worldwide.