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Ady Cohen

"Israeli Academy Award Winning Film Music Composer"

Tel Aviv - Yafo, Israel

last active:: 10 days ago
last update:: 5 months ago
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Home page:: www.adycohen.com
AOL Instant Messenger:: cohenady1
MSN:: cohenady@hotmail.com
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Time Zone: Jerusalem

my biography

A scene from the 1998 film "Dangerous Acts" with music by Ady Cohen

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Welcome people! My name is Ady Cohen and I am a film composer who also composes music for the stage, TV and the concert hall. I'm the winner of the 1998 Israeli Academy Award for Best Film Score. The film, "Dangerous Acts", won seven Academy Awards including Best Director. I have quite a lot of experience in composing, arranging, orchestrating, conducting and performing music (both acoustic and MIDI) for feature films, short films, TV films, dramas and series, commercials, theater and dance.

Having come from a family of musicians (most of them with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra), I was naturally drawn into the world of music, and soon enough became very successful at it. On the basis of my early work, the late Maestro Leonard Bernstein became my patron and sponsored
my studies at New York University where I earned a Fine Arts Degree. I proceeded to win numerous awards and scholarships both in the US and in Israel.

Professionals in the industry have said about my music:

"Your music shows a lot of imagination and skill. I think you are very talented"
(Lalo Schifrin, Academy Award winning composer, "Mission: Impossible")

"I want to emphasize Ady's extraordinary talent as a film composer. He has a rare and special gift to give musical expression to visual images"
(Zbigniew Rybczynski, Academy Award winning director, "Tango")

"Yours is lovely music, Ady, and provides some hope for the future of film scoring, for one reason, because it gets away from the handful of tiresome and musically uninteresting clichés we are exposed to in virtually every new theatrical film. Your lyricism and humanity shine through"
(William H. Rosar, editor, "The Journal of Film Music")

I have composed over 30 film scores in Israel, the USA and Europe. I've written the music for numerous theater plays and dance performances, as well as for TV films and series. My talents are also employed by the advertising industry in TV, cinema and radio commercials and jingles.

The 2005 Park City Film Music Festival, a side festival of Sundance, honored me with a special screening of 3 films, by director Dominic De lay, for which I composed the music. The festival also granted these films the Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Film Music.

In May 2001 my concert piece "Piazzolla Song-Cycle" was premiered at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York, winning praise from the press. Since 2002, I have begun a fruitful working relationship with animator Gil Alkabetz of "Run Lola Run"'s fame, which has resulted, so far, in 3 award-winning films.

I teach and lecture on Film Music and Music History as faculty member at three prestigious Israeli colleges: the Film & TV Department at the Negev Academic College, the Animation Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, and the Animation Department at the Open University, Tel-Aviv.

I live in Yafo, the old city of Tel-Aviv, Israel, in a beautiful house near the old city port, with my wife, Bavat Marom, a world-renowned opera singer (www.bavatmarom.com), our 2 children Lyle and Noot and millions of cats.

Please see also my myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/adycohen

NEW! Buy CD's of my music directly from me. Pay with PayPal. CD's available:

Complete score from the film "Dangerous Acts" (winner of the Israeli "Oscar" for Best Music in 1998)

Complete score from the film "Mother Divine" (2004)

Complete score from the film "Passover Fever" (1995) (nominated for the Israeli "Oscar")

Complete score from the film "Song of the Siren" (1994)

Complete score from the TV movie "3 Fingers" (2001)

Complete score from the film "Family Secrets" (1998)

Film music compilation

Short films music compilation

Theater music compilation

Children's songs compilation (from children's shows, TV series and films - in Hebrew)

The prices are:

Compilations - $11 US each
Dangerous Acts, Passover Fever, Family Secrets - $10 each
Song of the Siren, 3 Fingers - $8 each
Mother Divine - $5.

The above prices do not include shipping.

I will ship worldwide.

Please send me a message through this page if you're interested. Thank you.

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Title: Song for Bavat: Description: A love song from a man to a woman who is far away, across the sea, in a place where there is no sea. How much longer can he wait? Written, Composed, Arranged and Performed by Ady Cohen, with members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. © Copyright Ady Cohen 2001 All Rights Reserved
Title: The Jump: Description: A man is about to jump from the roof of a building. In the building lives a woman. The man says to the woman, "if you don't forgive me, I'll jump". The woman says nothing. He jumps. Taken from my Israeli-Oscar-winning score to the film "Dangerous Acts". Composed, Orchestrated and Conducted by Ady Cohen - Performed by Ady Cohen and the Ra'anana Symphony Orchestra. © Copyright Ady Cohen 1998 All Rights Reserved
Title: Sandra's Letter: Description: Can friendship survive in a time of war? Written, Composed, Arranged, Performed and Produced by Ady Cohen. © Copyright Ady Cohen 2000 All Rights Reserved
Title: My Jungle: Description: This is my own private jungle - it's where I live. You can enter it too. Composed, Arranged, Performed and Produced by Ady Cohen. © Copyright Ady Cohen 1999 All Rights Reserved
Title: The Light: Description: A happy, upbeat journey to the inner source... Composed, Arranged, Performed and Produced by Ady Cohen. © Copyright Ady Cohen 2006 All Rights Reserved

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my influences

Nino Rota, Bernard Herrmann, Michel Legrand, Gustav Mahler, Alban Berg, Wayne Shorter, Chic Corea, Antonio Carlos Jobim

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Guiem Soldevila | 2 months ago: Thanks Ady.
All the instruments are real, played by some musician friends.(strings, winds, bass and drums)
I play the piano, all guitars and I sing too.
Greetings!
Guiem Soldevila | 2 months ago: Hi Ady! great music here!
I've got some new material on my site.
Hope you'll enjoy it, and congratulations for your work!
Raven | 6 months ago: My son, Lewis has Asperger Syndrome (a form of Autism). He was also diagnosed in April 2008 with Myasthenia Gravis, a very rare complex neuromuscular auto-immune disorder with approximately 100,000 cases diagnosed worldwide and for which there is no cure.

The video from my CD, "Countdown to Midnight" for "The Mad Hatter" has been posted at YouTube! Everything we do through the "Midnight In Chicago" initiative I founded and created to help individuals and families dealing with Autism.

We have learned that auto-immune disorders are diagnosed in 46% of immediate families where there is a child diagnosed with Autism. Auto-immune disorders are diagnosed in only 26% of extended families where there is no diagnosis of Autism.

Help us raise awareness of Autism and funds for Autism Organizations by being part of our Street Team who forwards information to others who may be interested in making this world a better place in 2009 for individuals and families dealing with Autism.

I am asking you to pass this link along to your friends, family, colleagues and acquaintances.

LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8fm46b3Z68

Thank you and all the best for the holidays.

Raven :-)
workinprogress | 10 months ago: Dear Ady,

Thanks a lot for your mail and your friendship...
We've posted 2 more songs on our myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/winprog
Hope you'll find the time to pop round, have a listen and tell us what you think... we'd be honored.

Cheers

W.I.P.
workinprogress | 11 months ago: Hey Ady,

Wow!!! Your work is huge. We stumbled upon your page by mistake and that was luck indeed.
First of all we were intrigued by your influences and then... the music you create is of great inspiration and impact.
Two of us also have a classical background, and our producer is into film music too, so it's even more appreciated, even if we're here for our "rock and pop" side...
Congratulations and keep up the good work.

Cheers

W.I.P.
Guiem Soldevila | about 1 year ago: So beautiful music, specially "The jump". Very well orchestrated. Congratulations my friend.
Sad Man | about 1 year ago: Hi Ady; Just wanted to congratulate you on the musical interpretation of the images in Jump with the piano and orchestra. You hit the spot perfectly. The combination of the simple piano theme with the power of the horn section and strings lifting it worked perfectly, but you left enough space for the piano to do its job without swamping it with the power of the orchestral backing. Really nice...Very evocative and thoughtful. Long been an ambition of mine to score a film using piano and orchestra...Maybe one day!
Best wishes from Madrid.
Pegasus | about 1 year ago: Very impressive music, you have the skill and talent. I especially liked The jump. Visual and emotional music.
Simon | about 1 year ago: Hi again Ady,
I´ve just watched the clip from "Dangerous Acts".

Impressive film clip, the music competes with lots of sound effects, yet manages to do a great emotional impact with a minimalistic approach. Bravo!
Simon | about 1 year ago: Hi Ady,
I stopped by and found your great music. Really good tracks, "The Jump" is simply fantastic - filled with emotions and inner images. I also enjoyed "My Jungle".

And its a pretty impressive bio you've got...

Greetings!
/Simon
Detani | about 1 year ago: Nice feel to these pieces. Even the more upbeat stuff has some nice touches but I think your forte is shown in the first couple of tracks.

Obviously a lot of talent here.
maitebh20 | about 1 year ago: Hello Ady.

I love your music and sounds. They are fantastic. It is a pleasure to listen Song for Bavat and The Jump. I have enjoyed very much. Congratulations.

Greetings from Seville, Spain, Maite.
colab | about 1 year ago: Your music just put a big smile on my face. It's early morning in Toronto - and cold outside - but your "song for Bavat" brought a bit of summer inside.

"The jump" is a stunning track - fantastic build-up - just an outstanding treatment of sounds and emotions. Very good balance between of silence and intensity.

Those two tracks are easily my favourites. Your other tracks have really good ideas, but to my taste are more uneven. "Jungle" in particular could probably benefit from being reproduced in a more current sound.

But you clearly have outstanding skills in composing for classical instruments - your harmonies are just beautiful. Thanks for sharing all of these - whether I love all tracks or not, I certainly respect the wide range of styles.
Mugen Diver | about 1 year ago: hi there,
I like The Light, so voted on this.
but the jump is my fav.

Good luck and best regards.
Mugen Diver
Alain Baraige | about 1 year ago: Hi Ady,
your music is lovely.I like very much "The jump".
Keep up the good work!
Best wishes,
Alain Baraige
HUMANOISE | about 1 year ago: Hi, Ady, nice to meet you.
Silent to jungle nice!
However beautiful!!!
You've done.
Wish your luck!
Seeyaa
ACSS | about 1 year ago: Hi Ady thanks a lot for your friendship and your nice comments about Total Daneben. Your music is soo big !!! We are honoured that you had the time to visit our profile man.
niteshift | about 1 year ago: Oh, forgot to say....voted for it also. Duh !

cheers, niteshift
niteshift | about 1 year ago: Hey Ady,

Got to listen to your tracks, both here and on your site. There's a lot of variance here, which is great. You're a prolific writer, and make the journey an interesing experience. Ok. which one ? Hard to say, although I like "Sandra's Letter", very origional, I'd have to say I like the breezy and laidback feel of "The Light", cool tone and texture, and sonically interesting. Best to you,

cheers, niteshift
Mindmovie | about 1 year ago: Thankis for adding me Ady, this is a real honour. you seem to be a famous and very talented man. I love the great variety in your music. Best wishes from Duesseldorf Germany