The Most Famous
COMPOSERS from Israel
This page contains a list of the greatest Israeli Composers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,216 Composers, 2 of which were born in Israel. This makes Israel the birth place of the 50th most number of Composers behind Iceland and South Africa.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Israeli Composers of all time. This list of famous Israeli Composers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Armand Amar (1953 - )
With an HPI of 47.32, Armand Amar is the most famous Israeli Composer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Armand Amar (born 1953) is a French composer, who grew up in Morocco. He won the 2008 César Award for Best Music for Le Concert (Radu Mihăileanu).
2. Inon Zur (1965 - )
With an HPI of 35.66, Inon Zur is the 2nd most famous Israeli Composer. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Inon Zur (Hebrew: ינון צור, [jiˈnon ˈt͡sur]) is an Israeli-American composer of soundtracks for film, television, and video games. He has composed soundtracks for over 80 video games, which include Dragon Age, EverQuest, Fallout, Prince of Persia, Star Trek, the Syberia series, and Starfield. He's received numerous nominations—including three BAFTAs—and has won a number of awards, which include: an Emmy Award and two Game Audio Network Guild Awards, the first in 2004 for Best Original Instrumental Track for Men of Valor and another in 2009 for Best Interactive Score for Crysis. Received two Hollywood Music in Media Awards in 2009 for Best Original Song for Dragon Age: Origins and in 2019 for Best Original Score/Song for The Elder Scrolls: Blades.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as composers born between 1953 and 1965. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living composers include Armand Amar and Inon Zur.
