Noam Kaniel, also known as Noam, (; born August 18, 1962) is an Israeli musician, singer and composer, who has sold over 8 million records, and is known for composing or performing the theme songs of many television series including ''

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'', '' Goldorak'', ''

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'', '' Luna Petunia'', and ''

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Biography

Kaniel was born in

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. He began singing at the age of eight, taking second place in a children's singing contest organized by his future most frequent collaborator, producer

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, in partnership with Yuda Talit. While in Israel, he went on to record such major hit songs as "Gali" and "Ima Sheli"; during this period, he performed continuously. In 1973, during the

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, Mike Brant met Kaniel in France and helped him further his career. Kaniel's first release, "Difficile de Choisir", went straight to the top of the charts. From 1972 to 1978, this was followed in succession by such hits as "Viens Maman on Va Danser", "Une Maman", "Lollipop" and other singles. Two subsequent albums followed. In 1975, Kaniel released an album in Japan in which he sang all 12 tracks in Japanese. This resulted in his headlining a concert tour, first in Tokyo, then in Johannesburg, South Africa. Three years later, Kaniel recorded France's first-ever major theme song for an animated cartoon show. The 1978 production ''Goldorak'', a French dubbed version of '' UFO Robot Grendizer'', was the first

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series to be telecast in France. Kaniel's performance earned him unprecedented celebrity status in France. At the end of 1978, Kaniel moved to Los Angeles, following

and his partner Shuki Levy. Together, with Saban and Levy as composer/producers, and Kaniel usually handling lead vocals, the three artists recorded theme music and/or songs for some notable animated series during the 1980s. Notably, '' Les Entrechats'', Popples (1986 TV series), '' The Fantastic Four'', ''

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'', '' The Incredible Hulk'', ''

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'' and its spin-off, '' She-Ra: Princess of Power''. Levy and Saban later brought Kaniel together with

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founder Lou Scheimer and his daughter Erika to record "I Have the Power," the theme song from the 1985 series pilot ''The Secret of the Sword,'' which subsequently received U.S. theatrical distribution. He also co-performed with for the theme song of the Italian dub of ''

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'' in the 1980s. In 1980, Kaniel made his acting debut in an Israeli film, '' Kohav Hashahar'' (Morning Star), in which he portrayed an aspiring teen singer who tries to help his fisherman father out of ruin. In 1988 he recorded and released "My Butterfly," which he wrote with his friend Alain Garcia as a tribute to his wife Kira, who had died from cancer at the age of 23. Shortly after "My Butterfly" was released, Kaniel abandoned his acting career, making scant appearances on French and Israeli TV. In 1993, he worked with Saban once as a music producer (alongside Ron Wasserman) on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. In 1995, he took a sabbatical to return to his first real love, songwriting. To date, he has written and/or produced material for such French music stars as Mireille Mathieu, Patricia Kaas, Ophélie Winter, Hélène Ségara, Patrick Fiori, Lorie, Julie Zenatti and Lâam. In 1998, Kaniel worked with Johnny Williams and Louis Element to create ''MIRANDA,'' a mix of technopop and dance fusion that took the European charts by storm. Miranda's first single, "Vamos A La Playa" was sold over 2,000,000 copies worldwide, and was honored as Best Italian Artist of the Year. In the next decade, Kaniel returned to writing music for animated television and theatrical films, such as Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, . In 2011, Kaniel worked with Saban once again on ''

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,'' providing the opening theme and arrangements. Kaniel continued to work with Saban on the ''

'' franchise with

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. Kaniel produced music for ''Megaforce'', ''Super Megaforce'', ''Dino Charge'', ''Dino Super Charge'' and ''Ninja Steel''. When the franchise was purchased by

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, it was announced that Kaniel would return to produce music for ''

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''. In 2015, Kaniel worked for Saban and made Glitter Force songs with the band Blush . They made "Wake Up Shake up" and "Glitter Force Theme Song".

Television

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'' (2002, French intro only) *'' Pig City'' (2002) *''L'Odyssee'' (2003) *''

'' (2003-2007, theme song) *'' What's With Andy?'' (2003, season 2 only) *'' Martin Mystery'' (2003, theme song) *'' The Tofus'' (2004) *'' W.I.T.C.H.'' (2004) *'' A.T.O.M.'' (2005) *'' Pet Alien'' (2005) *'' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'' (2006) *''Pop Secret'' (2006) *'' Casper's Scare School'' (2008–11) *'' Combo Ninos'' (2008) *'' Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return!'' (2008) *'' In ze boîte'' (2008-2017) *'' Monster Buster Club'' (2008-2009, theme song) *''

'' (2011-2012) *''Team Galaxy'' (2008) *'' Tara Duncan'' (2009) *'' Rekkit Rabbit'' (2010) *''

'' (2013-2015) *''

'' (2011) *''

'' (2012) *''Kobushi'' (2012-present) *'' Power Rangers Super Samurai'' (2012) *''

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'' (2013) *'' Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch'' (2013-2014) *'' Power Rangers Super Megaforce'' (2014) *''Sammy & Co.'' (2014-present) *'' Power Rangers Dino Charge'' (2015) *''

'' (2015-2016) * ''Popples'' (2015-2016) *'' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir'' (2015-present) *'' Power Rangers Dino Super Charge'' (2016) *'' Luna Petunia'' (2016-2017) *''

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'' (2017) *'' Zak Storm'' (2017-present) * ''Glitter Force: Doki Doki'' (2017) *''

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'' (2017-2018) *'' Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel'' (2018) *’’ DENVER (2018) M6 *''

'' (2019/20) Mystérieuse Cités d’Or 4 (2019-2020) France TV *'' Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty'' (2019) *’m POWER PLAYERS (2019-2020) Cartoon Network *’m Miraculous LADY bug 4(2020/21) *’m Ghost Force ( 2020/21) * ’m Miraculous LADY bug 5(2022/23) *’m Ghost Force spéciaux ( 2022/23) VARIÉTÉ/songs for other singers: *’m Vamos A la playa-Loona *’m This love’s forever-Howard Hewitt *’m Celebrate-the Temptations *’m Tu pourra dire-Tina Arena / Patricia Kaas *’m Que l’amour nous garde -Laam *’m Mes rêves disaient la vérité- Hélène Segara *’m Fragile-Julie Zenatti *’m Vous lui dirai-Mireille Mathieu *’m Ouvre-Ophelie Winter *’m Une vie ne suffit pas-Laam *’m Jamais jamais-Laam *’m C’était pas la peine-Mireille Mathieu

Film

*''Round Trip to Heaven'' (1992) *''Under Investigation'' (1993) * ''Til Death Do Us Part: Part 1'' (1993) *''

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'' (1994) *''Touch of a Panda'' (2009) * ''Alpha & Omega 7: The Big Fureeze'' (2016)

Discography

* Chanteur * Gali * Ima Sheli * Difficile de choisir * Viens maman on va danse * Dessine mo le bonheur * Une maman * Rien ne vaut le mercredi * Aime * Je t'attend * Prend cette rose * Time to cry * My butterfly * Goldorak * Les 4 fantastiques * Les Entrechats * Les cités d'or (English version) * L'agence tous risques * Shérif fait moi peur * Mask * Popples * 1974: Dessine-moi le bonheur * 1974: Difficile de choisir * 1975: Une maman * 1975: Viens maman on va danser * 1976: Lollipop * 1976: Prends cette rose * 1977: Rien ne vaut le mercredi * 1978: Goldorak * 1978: Le Retour de Goldorak * 1979: Albator 78 * 1979: The Incredible Hulk * 1979:

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, l'araignée * 1979:

* 1980: Aime (French version of Fame) * 1980: The Fantastic Four * 1980: Shérif... Fais-moi peur! * 1982: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century * 1983:

(English version only) * 1985: La Chanson des entrechats * 1985: Les Entrechats sont là * 1986: Popples * 1986: M.A.S.K. * 1988: Diplodos * 1988: My Butterfly (song dedicated to Kira Kaniel, who died of terminal cancer) * 1992:

* 1995: Notre histoire d'amour (with Mimi Felixine) * 2004: Code Lyoko (English version) * 2012, 2015: Miraculous Ladybug (TF1) * 2015: Kobushi (Gulli) * 2016: Sammy & Co (M6) * 2017: ZakStorm (Gulli) * 2017: Les Légendaires (TF1) * 2019: Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty (Nickeledeon) * Dare-dare Motus * la Vie des Botes * BéCéBéGé * La lucarne d'Amilcar

Sources

www.bide-musique.com

www.quesontilsdevenus.net

www.radiojunior.com

References

External links

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