Haim Frank Ilfman

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Haim Frank Ilfman and his wife Susana Nakatani (2014)

Haim Frank Ilfman (born March 18, 1970 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli composer .

Life

Haim Frank Ilfman learned piano and trombone as a child . After graduating from school, he began studying music at the Jaffa Conservatory, which he did not graduate out of disinterest. During a stay in Berlin in the early 1980s he met Klaus Doldinger , who was composing the music for The Neverending Story . He finally found his first paid job in a television production with Jan Hammer , when he was composing the music for the British television series Chancer .

Since the mid-1990s, Ilfman has been able to establish himself as a film composer and has since been responsible for over 40 film scores, including Nemesis Game , The Etruscan Smile and The Agent . For his work on Big Bad Wolves , he received both the Saturn Award for Best Film Music and the Ophir Award for Best Composer in 2014.

Ilfman lives in London , Los Angeles and Spain. He is fluent in English, Hebrew and German.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1994: Kafe im Limon
  • 1999: The Intruder - Attack of the past (The Intruder)
  • 2003: Nemesis Game
  • 2007: The Ferryman (The Ferryman)
  • 2011: Erich Mendelsohn - Visions for Eternity (Incessant Visions)
  • 2011: Mercenaries - Lawless and feared (Mercenaries)
  • 2013: Big Bad Wolves
  • 2013: Cupcakes
  • 2015: Wounded Land
  • 2018: The Etruscan smile (The Etruscan Smile)
  • 2019: Die Agentin (The Operative)
  • 2020: Speer Goes to Hollywood

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