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Proceeds from Angelina Jolie’s In the Land of Blood and Honey soundtrack will support SOS Children in Bosnia

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 10:56 GMT

Source: member // SOS Children's Villages - UK

American actress and film director Angelina Jolie – together with Graham King Films and Varese Sarabande Records – have announced that part of the proceeds from the soundtrack of her film In the Land of Blood and Honey will be donated to SOS Children Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The donation will support critically needed programmes that SOS Children provides in Bosnia and Herzegovina to children, young people and families still suffering from lingering effects of the 1990s war in the Balkans. In her directorial debut, Ms Jolie worked with actors from the region whose personal experiences during the war helped inform and shape the film. 

Ms Jolie says: “We are happy that a portion of the proceeds from the film’s soundtrack will support SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide stable, family-based homes to children, regardless of religion, ethnicity or gender, who do not have their own families to care for them."

SOS Children’s national director in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Amir Omanovic, is grateful for this generous support. He says: “The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was indeed a horrific event. Every family in Bosnia was affected by the war. Children suffered the most. Many were lost... left without parents and with no system to hold on to. SOS Children responded by providing family-based care to children who had lost their biological families. Those children are adults now and their SOS Mothers, brothers and sisters have become family through the years of their upbringing. We are thankful that this donation will help us continue to provide healing programmes to the next generation of children in Bosnia and Herzegovina.''

In Bosnia, 280 children and youth are growing up in SOS Children’s Villages in Sarajevo and Gracanica. Nearly 7,000 more benefit from additional SOS programmes in Bosnia, including family strengthening, child care, education, vocational training and social services programmes.

The soundtrack from In the Land of Blood and Honey was produced by Angelina Jolie, Robert Townson and Academy Award-winning composer Gabriel Yared. The soundtrack echoes themes from the film and includes a selection of songs from the Balkans. Two featured songs are Miss Sarajevo and When The Heart Dies. First released by U2 in 1995, Miss Sarajevo is performed by Luciano Pavarotti and Passengers. The Heart Dies, by award-winning composer Gabriel Yared, is performed by acclaimed singer and actress Natasa Mirkovic-De Ro and also features Rade Šerbedžija, Dado Dzihan and BOMBAJ STAMPA.  The soundtrack is currently available through iTunes and the CD will be released on January 10 2012.