16 Facts About Majid Entezami

Majid Entezami was born on 9 March 1948 and is an Iranian composer, conductor, musician and oboist.

Majid Entezami composed music for 9 television series, 10 suite symphonies and over 80 movies.

Majid Entezami's works include The Cyclist, The Fateful Day, The Glass Agency and The Insane Flew Away, all of which he was awarded the best award for film music for in the International Fajr Film Festival of Tehran.

Majid Entezami is one of the most active film composers after the revolution of Iran.

Majid Entezami played the oboe at the Tehran Conservatory of Music.

Majid Entezami performed successful concerts with Berlin University Symphony Orchestra in Lyon, Nancy and Marseille, France from 1969 to 1972.

In 1973 Entezami came to Iran by the invitation of Tehran Symphony Orchestra and performed a successful Mozart concert as oboe soloist, conducted by Helge Dorsch.

Majid Entezami's first cinema work was for Journey of the Stone, directed by Masoud Kimiaei, who was a famous director at that time.

Majid Entezami has a profound understanding of the picture and has always tried to tell the untold essence of the story.

Majid Entezami has experience with a variety of styles which has given his portfolio variety, from comedies like Once Upon a Time, Cinema by Mohsen MakhmalBaf, to the creation of epic war stories.

The music of Majid Entezami is orchestral and based on western classical music, but with Iranian instruments and unusual rhythms which give his works an eastern feel.

Majid Entezami creates new atmospheres in his music by using synthesizers, combining sounds from different instruments to create new sounds, or by using a range less common in the instruments that he uses.

Every theme and musical color heard in Majid Entezami's work has a rational explanation in the story.

Majid Entezami believes that music tells a part of the story that is not already told in the picture.

Majid Entezami gives a brief hint as to what is going to happen next before the Lor Girl scenes by playing the main melody from that film together with a waltz.

Majid Entezami's music is inspired by Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Richard Strauss, to provide a deeper impression.