Misha Segal

Misha Segal
Born	Hafia, Israel
Genres	Film composer
Occupation(s)	Composer

Misha Segal (born in 1943 in Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli music producer and film composer. He studied music, film, and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and apprenticed under Dieter Schöhnbach in Germany. Segal also studied composition and conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, after which point he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Segal has stated that he has been influenced by jazz, Elton John and The Beatles.

Segal has worked on several projects, including Blue Lou and Misha Project - Highly Classified, a Christmas CD with Diane Arkenstone, and a piano collection made to raise awareness for lung cancer awareness.

Awards

• Award of the Israeli Film Academy for Best Music (2008, nominated - Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv)
• Black Reel for Best Original Score (2012, nominated - Mooz-lum)
• Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition in Children's Programming (1984, won - for "Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy", episode 12.4 of ABC Afterschool Specials)
• Brit Award (Phantom of the Opera)

Discography

• The Phantom of the Opera (1989, soundtrack)
• Zambooka (1991)^[1]
• Connected to the Unexpected (1996, as Misha)^[2]
• Female (2003)
• Female Part II (2005)
• Simplemente el Piano Romantico (2006)
• Be My Love: Female, Pt. 3 (2006)

Selected composer filmography

Film

• Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
• The Last Dragon (1985)
• KGB: The Secret War (1985)
• Young Lady Chatterley II (1985)
• Steele Justice (1986)
• The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1986)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
• The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) (2015)
• Clinger (2015)

Television

• The Facts of Life Goes to Paris (1982)
• Baby Makes Five (1983, 4 episodes)
• ABC Afterschool Specials (1982-1990, 5 episodes)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984-1991, 6 episodes)

References

1. "Zambooka - Misha Segal (review)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
2. "Connected to the Unexpected (review)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-30.

External links

• Misha Segal at the Internet Movie Database
• Version of arietta "Your eyes see but my shadow" with chorus by Misha Segal (from "The Phantom of the Opera")
• Irina Sakne (soprano); Academic big chorus of Russian Mendeleyev University