Fariborz Lachini

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Fariborz Lachini


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Origin = Tehran, Iran
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre = Film scores, Neo-Classical, New Age
Occupation = Composer, music producer
Instrument = Piano, guitar, oboe, keyboards
Years_active = 1968–present
Label = Lachini Media
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URL = [http://www.lachini.com/ www.lachini.com]

Fariborz Lachini ( _fa. فریبرز لاچینی, born August 25, 1949) is a film score composer originally from Iran based in Canada.

Biography

He started his career in Iran writing music for children, creating "Avaz Faslha va Rangha" at the age of 18 which caught the attention of royal family of the time. The title of national Iranian TV's children programming for more than two decades, was one of his earlier works. Before Iran's Islamic Revolution, he also created music for some of Iran's pop icons.

After the Islamic Revolution he moved to Europe to study Musicology in the Universite de Paris - Sorbonne. It was then that his music got influenced by the European styles. He returned home and created one of the best loved contemporary solo piano albums of all in Iran with a unique style, a combination of Persian and European classical styles called "Paeez Talaee", also known as Golden Autumn, which has been the number one seller for years in Iran and has attracted fans from all around the world.

He started composing for motion pictures using the skills and technology acquired in Europe and soon earned himself recognition as a pioneer of computer technology in music in Cinema of Iran. Since 1988, he has scored for more than a hundred feature films, some of which have been showcased internationally in North America, Europe and Asia.

Discography

* 2008: "Requiem"
* 2008: "Golden Autumn 4"
* 2008: "Aida"
* 2008: "Salam"
* 2008: "Scent of Yesterday 1,2,3 and 4"
* 2006: "Golden Autumn 3"
* 2006: "Best Soundtracks of Fariborz Lachini - Vol.1"
* 2005: "Sepidar"
* 2005: "Last Word of Nowadays"
* 2003: "Waves of Memories 2"
* 2002: "A Letter"
* 2001: "Pandemonium of Fire and Water"
* 2000: "For Your Birthday"
* 2000: "Waves of Memories 1"
* 1998: "The Tribe of Love"
* 1994: "Songs of the Sun Land"
* 1993: "Loneliness Verses"
* 1992: "Wolf's Trail Soundtrack"
* 1992: "Golden Autumn 2"
* 1991: "In a Cold Winter Night"
* 1991: "Golden Autumn 1"
* 1990: "Pomegranate and Cane"
* 1989: "Childish"
* 1987: "Boz Boz Ghandi"
* 1977: "Other Songs"
* 1976: "Songs of Seasons and Colors"
* 1976: "Argaman"

Filmography (as composer)

* 2007: "La Chambre Noire" (Canada)
* 2007: "My Pink Shirt" (Canada)
* 2006: "Wedding Dinner" (Iran)
* 2005: "365 Boots on Ground" (USA)
* 2005: Requiem of Snow (Iran/Iraq)
* 2005: "I saw Your Father Last Night, Aida" (Iran/USA)
* 2005: "Redemption at 8:20" (Iran)
* 2005: "Top of Tower" (Iran)
* 2004: "Salam" (Iran/Afghanestan)
* 2004: "Non Stop to Tokyo" (Iran)
* 2003: "Boutique" (Iran)
* 2003: "Black Eyes" (Iran)
* 2003: "Donya" (Iran)
* 2003: "Poison of Honey" (Iran)
* 2002: "Disturbant" (Iran)
* 2000: "Friends" (Iran)
* 1999: "Youth" (Iran)
* 1998: "Stranger" (Iran)
* 1998: "Tootia" (Iran)
* 1997: "Claws in Dust" (Iran)
* 1997: "Wounded" (Iran)
* 1996: "Unforgiven" (Iran)
* 1996: "Javanmard" (Iran)
* 1995: "Born Loser" (Iran)
* 1995: "Trap" (Iran)
* 1995: "Utterly Cold Blooded" (Iran)
* 1994: "Lost Paradise" (Iran)
* 1994: "Bluff" (Iran)
* 1994: "Jewel Mountain" (Iran)
* 1994: "The Wolf's Trail" (Iran)
* 1993: "Once and For All" (Iran)
* 1992: "The Man in the Mirror" (Iran)
* 1991: "Life's Luck" (Iran)
* 1990: "Snake's Fang" (Iran)
* 1990: "The Singing Cat" (Iran)
* 1990: "Sun's Blade" (Iran)
* 1989: "Pomegranate and Cane (Nar-o-Ney)" (Iran)
* 1979: "Maryam and Mani" (Iran)
* 1978: "Baba Khaldar" (Iran)

External links

* [http://www.lachini.com Fariborz Lachini Official Site]
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