Bobby Tahouri is an

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composer, musician, and record producer.

Life and work

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Bobby Tahouri comes from a musical family, and began playing piano at the age of seven. He studied piano and composition at the

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and also at the California Institute of the Arts, where he received his bachelor's degree in Music Composition. Upon graduation, Tahouri continued his studies with notable film composer

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, who was an important mentor for Tahouri in honing his musical craft in film. In 2008, another composer encouraged Tahouri in the next step of his career. Academy Award Winning composer Hans Zimmer invited Tahouri to be a part of Remote Control Productions, where he composed additional music and provided arrangements for many projects, including Paramount Pictures’ ''

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'', Warner Bros. ''Clash of the Titans'', and HBO’s ''

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.'' Tahouri has also provided additional music on many other projects, including the Emmy-Award-winning

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produced miniseries '' Into the West'', DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures’ Disturbia, 20th Century Fox’s ''Hitman'', and Universal Pictures’ '' Despicable Me 2'', working alongside composers Geoff Zanelli and

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. Tahouri scored the comedy ''

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'' (distributed by

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and Tribeca Film), winner of the Audience Award at 2013’s

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film festival. He composed the main theme to the documentary series ''

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'', and collaborated with producer

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on the

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teen musical ''

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'', providing the orchestral score for the musical. In the video game world, Tahouri is best known for composing the scores to '' Marvel's Avengers'' and '' Rise of the Tomb Raider'' ( Crystal Dynamics). Tahouri also worked with Evanescence in 2019, co-producing and providing synth programming for the song ''The Chain'' by Fleetwood Mac, which was used in the ''Gears 5'' video game trailer release.

Discography

Theatrical films

Short films

Television

Video games

Music production

References

External links

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