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Frank Ilfman, Composer "Big Bad Wolves" at the 40th Annual #SaturnAwards
Frank Haim Ilfman (born March 18, 1970) is an Israeli/ German composer.
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- Frank Ilfman Composer Big Bad Wolves at the 40th Annual SaturnAwards
- Natsja
- Career
- Films documentaries
- Television
- Awards and recognition
- Personal life
- References
He studied trombone and piano at the Jaffa Conservatorium of Music in Tel Aviv and as a young teenager was playing lead trombone with the Tel Aviv Dixieland Band. He was eventually asked to leave the conservatorium for playing truant.
In 1984, during a visit to Berlin, Ilfman got introduced to German composer Klaus Doldinger, who happened to be scoring The NeverEnding Story at that time. A visit to the film’s recording sessions made Ilfman fall deeper in love with the art of film music and commit fully to his ambition.
He has scored more than forty films and numerous television shows.
Natsja
Career
Frank Ifman’s most known scores include the award-winning films Big Bad Wolves and Cupcakes, with scores performed by The London Metropolitan Orchestra at Air Studios.
He has also scored May I Kill U?, a dark comedy, directed by BAFTA award winner Stuart Urban and starring Kevin Bishop; Mercenaries, directed by Paris Leonti, starring Robert Fucilla and Billy Zane; the three-part documentaries The Iraq War and Putin, Russia and the West for BBC and the film Bitter Seeds, directed by Micha Peled.
Frank Ilfman's latest works includes Ghost Stories and 68 Kill; the danish thriller Robin and the film adaptation of the book The Etruscan Smile; the film's score was recorded at Air Studios in London and was performed by the The London Metropolitan Orchestra.
Forthcoming films include Apples and Oranges and the romantic comedy Emotional Rescue.
In 2008 Frank Ilfman was invited to join the European Film Academy and The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Films & documentaries
Emotional Rescue Big Bad Wolves Locked In May I kill U? Cupcakes (AKA Bananot) Coward Incessant Visions Bitter Seeds Mercenaries Rabies (Kalevet) Fifth Street The Ferryman Nemesis Game The Intruder
Television
The Iraq war Russia’s Open Book Football Gladiators Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers Putin, Russia And The West Different Life The Wanders Here / Shapiro
Awards and recognition
Personal life
Frank Ilfman spends his time between London, Los Angeles and Spain. After the plane in which Ilfman was traveling was hit by lighting during a flight between London and Tel Aviv, he developed a phobia for flying although he still enjoys sky diving. Frank Ilfman is fluent in English, Hebrew and German.