The Most Famous
COMPOSERS from Israel
This page contains a list of the greatest Israeli Composers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,451 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 (b. 1953)
With an HPI of 48.38, 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 (b. 1965)
With an HPI of 41.10, Inon Zur is the 2nd most famous Israeli Composer. His biography has been translated into 23 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 has received multiple nominations, including three BAFTAs, and has won several awards, including an Emmy. Various music awards for his soundtracks on Men of Valor (2004), Crysis (2008), Dragon Age: Origins (2009), The Elder Scrolls: Blades (2019), Syberia: The World Before (2023) and Starfield (2024).
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Israeli composers born between 1953 and 1965. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Israeli composers include Armand Amar, and Inon Zur.
