Saeed Shahram is a noted composer with over 60 feature-length movie soundtracks to his credit since 1983. His accomplishments include awards for the film "Two Sides of a Coin" and "Abadanies", the latter winning the prize for Best Film at the 1994 International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland. He studied composition, electronic music, and completed

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under Mr. Pour Torab and Master Karimi in 1983. He has been composing full-time since then. Shahram moved to the United States in 1994 and has been traveling back to Iran periodically, especially since 2006, to compose a variety of scores for award-winning films, such as "Lonesome Trees" director Saeed Ebrahimefar. Currently, Shahram has several scores for film and television projects in production. He resides in

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and has been serving on the board of the Seattle Composers Alliance since 2001. He is also a member of

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.He recently have moved to San Rafael California.

Works

Compositions: 2023 “Tell to wind too” Feature Film- San Rafael California USA 2022-2023 “Black Gem” Animation feature film - San Rafael California USA 2021-2022 “Sublimation “ San Rafael California USA 2016-2019 “Aunti Frog” Puppet feature film, Tehran/Seattle USA 2016 "Kalileh and Demneh" Animation feature film- Tehran, Iran/ Seattle, USA 2015-2016 '' GITA" -Feature Film- Seattle, USA/ Tehran, Iran 2009 ''Paye Piyadeh'' - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2008 '' Life of Garib'' ( روزگار قریب) - TV Series, 37 Episodes - Tehran, Iran 2008 '' Predicament'' - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2008 (''Winter Sleep'') - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2008 (''Amnesia'') - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2007 (''the Music Box'') - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2007 (''Virtual Truth'') - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2007 (''Higher than the Sky'') - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2006 ''Tak Derakht-ha'' (''Lonesome Trees'') - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2006 ''Vaghti Hame Khab Boodan'' (''When All Were Sleeping'') - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2006 ''Movajehe'' (''Encounter'') - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2005 (''5pm at Ferdos Park'') - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2005 "Tardast" - Feature Film-Tehran,Iran 2005 ''Aroose Farari'' (''the Runaway Bride'') - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2005 ''Seattle Transportation'' - TV Series, 1 Episode - Seattle, WA 2002 ''The Butterfly'' - Theatrical Play - Seattle, WA 2002 ''Kelvin Design'' - commercial, Farinaz Taghavi (designer) - Seattle, WA 2000 ''On the footsteps in our fatherland'' - Documentary Film - New York, NY 1998 '' Yves Saint Laurent'' (YSL) - Commercial Film - Seattle, WA 1997-98 ''Career Advantage''- 26 episode TV Series for KCSM-TV - San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo - CA 1997 ''Seattle train station'' - Documentary Film - Seattle, WA 1997 ''Hotel carton'' - Feature Film International Film Festival - Tehran, Iran 1997 ''White, Black and Gray'' - TV Series - Tehran, Iran 1996 '' KCSM-TV'' - Public TV Logo - San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo - CA 1995 ''Rodell''- Feature Film - Chicago, Illinois 1994 ''Abadanis''- Feature Film (Silver Leopards Award and Crystal Deer Award) - Tehran, Iran 1994 ''The Sting'' - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 1994 ''Two Sides of a Coin'' - Feature Film (Crystal Deer Award) - Tehran, Iran Recordings: 2004 ''Bright Colors of Hope'' (Composed, conducted and arranged) World Jazz and operatic - Seattle and San Francisco, WA, CA. 2002 ''Amordad'' (Composed, conducted and arranged) Cultural Anthems Seattle, WA 1999–present ''Stand On the Earth'' (Composed, conducted and arranged) World Jazz, Seattle, WA 2001 ''Gatha''(Produced, arranged and conducted) Zoroastrian Anthems Vancouver, BC 2001 ''New Seed'' (Composed) World Music, Seattle, WA and Mexico 1998-2000 ''Ancient Whispers'' (Composed, conducted and arranged) Zoroastrian Anthems, Seattle, WA 1997 ''Ceremony of the soul'' (Produced, Arranged and Conducted) World Music, Seattle, WA 1996 ''Invisible Borders'' (Composed, conducted and arranged) New Age, San Francisco, CA Publications: 2000 ''Talking rhythm'' Mexico and USA

References

*http://www.saeedshahram.com/ *http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002284/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20080705162613/http://www.seattlecomposers.org/about/bios/saeed_shahram.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Shahram, Saeed 1961 births Living people Iranian composers American film score composers American male film score composers Iranian film score composers Iranian emigrants to the United States