MA Timbral

I want to comment about the sound of the piece "Al Zagareed" My first impression was that is was movie music...(is it?) It sounds like sweeping dramatic music from a black and white film. But it definitely has characteristics of arab music in it, the instrumentation for example. But it also has brass. Maybe from what I feel is "western" about this something can be inferred about my impressions of Arab music. The timbre of western brass instruments changes how I perceive this. Is that fair?

The sound of acoustic strings and ornamented vocal passages are more common to the listening I have done so far.
Justina