Erran Baron Cohen
{{Short description|English composer and musician (born 1968)}}
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{{British barrelled name|Baron Cohen|Cohen}}
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Erran Boaz Baron Cohen (born May 1968){{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=USjqwDvFD1CTcxqmuwnegA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=3 June 2021|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}} is an English composer and trumpet player known for collaborations with his younger brother, Sacha Baron Cohen.
Career
Baron Cohen is a founding member of the world music group Zohar, who are signed to Miles Copeland's Ark 21 label. He wrote the scores to his brother's films Borat, Brüno, The Dictator, and Grimsby, as well as his TV series Da Ali G Show and Who Is America?
After scoring the Borat movie, Baron Cohen was asked by the Turan Alem Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra to compose a classical piece containing Kazakh influences.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3664806/A-symphony-for-Kazakhstan.html|title=A symphony for Kazakhstan|last=Sweeting|first=Adam|date=1 May 2007|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=18 December 2008}}
Film, television, and stage scores
- Borat (2006)
- Brüno (2009)
- The Infidel (2010)
- The Dictator (2012)
- Just Before I Go (2014)
- The Contract (2015){{cite web|title=The Contract – Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3203364/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ql_1|website=IMDb}}
- Grimsby (2016)
- The Bromley Boys (2019)
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020){{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/17/style/sacha-baron-cohen-maureen-dowd-interview.html |title=Sacha Baron Cohen: This Time He's Serious |date=17 October 2020 |access-date=17 October 2020 |work=The New York Times |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |author-link=Maureen Dowd}}
- The Merchant of Venice 1936, Trafalgar Theatre, London (2025){{cite web|title=The Merchant of Venice 1936 – Production website |url=https://merchantofvenice1936.co.uk/}}
References
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External links
- {{National Public Radio|98443492}} in 2008
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Category:Jewish English musicians
Category:English people of Israeli descent
Category:English people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
Category:English people of German-Jewish descent
Category:English people of Welsh descent
Category:English male trumpeters
Category:British world music musicians
Category:21st-century English musicians
Category:21st-century British trumpeters
Category:21st-century English male musicians
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