Fariborz Lachini
{{short description|Iranian film score composer (born 1949)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Fariborz Lachini
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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|8|25|mf=y}}
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| genre = Film scores
| occupation = Composer, music producer
| instrument = Piano, guitar, oboe, keyboards
| years_active = 1968–present
| label = Lachini Media
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| website = www.lachini.com
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Fariborz Lachini ({{langx|fa|فریبرز لاچینی}}; born August 25, 1949) is an Iranian film score composer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irna.ir/news/83920567/|title=Biography Fariborz Lachini on IRNA News|date=25 August 2020}}
Career
He started his career in Iran writing music for children, creating "Avaz Faslha va Rangha" at the age of 18 which caught the attention of the royal family of the time. The title of national Iranian TV's children programming for more than two decades was one of his earlier works. Before Iran's Islamic Revolution, he also created music for some of Iran's pop icons.{{Who|date=August 2016}}
After the Islamic Revolution he moved to Europe to study Musicology in the Universite de Paris – Sorbonne. It was then that his music became influenced by European styles. He returned home and created one of the best-loved contemporary solo piano albums of all in Iran with a unique style, a combination of Persian and European Romantic styles called "Paeez Talaee", also known as Golden Autumn, which has been the number-one seller for years in Iran and has attracted fans from all around the world.
He started composing for motion pictures using the skills and techniques acquired in Europe and soon earned himself recognition as a pioneer of computer technology in music in Cinema of Iran. Since 1988, he has scored for more than a hundred feature films, some of which have been showcased internationally in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Discography
- 1976: [http://lachini.com/children/faslha.html Avaz Faslha Va Rangha]
- 1977: [http://lachini.com/children/avazha.html Avazhaye Digar]
- 1978: [http://www.lachini.com/trumpet/afsoon.html Afsoon]
- 1989: Childish
- 1990: Pomegranate and Cane
- 1990: Snake Fang
- 1989: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/paeez1.html Golden Autumn 1]
- 1991: [http://www.lachini.com/poem/nima.html In a Cold Winter Night]
- 1991: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/paeez2.html Golden Autumn 2]
- 1992: Wolf's Trail Soundtrack
- 1978: [http://www.lachini.com/trumpet/parvaz.html Flying]
- 1994: [http://www.lachini.com/folk/SarzamineKhorshid.html Songs of the Sun Land]
- 1998: The Tribe of Love
- 2000: For Your Birthday
- 2000: Waves of Memories 1
- 2001: Pandemonium of Fire and Water
- 2002: A Letter
- 2003: Waves of Memories 2
- 2005: Last Word of Nowadays
- 2005: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/sepidar.html Sepidar]
- 2006: [http://www.lachini.com/soundtrack/soundtrack1.html Best Soundtracks of Fariborz Lachini - Vol.1]
- 2006: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/paeez3.html Golden Autumn 3]
- 2008: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/scentofyesterday1.html Scent of Yesterday 1]
- 2008: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/scentofyesterday2.html Scent of Yesterday 2]
- 2008: [http://www.lachini.com/soundtrack/aida.html Aida - Film Score]
- 2008: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/paeez4.html Golden Autumn 4]
- 2008: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/requiem.html Requiem 1]
- 2008: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/goldenmemories1.html Golden Memories 1]
- 2008: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/scentofyesterday3.html Scent of Yesterday 3]
- 2009: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/scentofyesterday4.html Scent of Yesterday 4]
- 2009: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/scentofyesterday5.html Scent of Yesterday 5]
- 2009: [http://www.lachini.com/soundtrack/salam.html Salam - Film Score]
- 2009: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/adagios.html Piano Adagios]
- 2009: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/christmas.html Christmas Piano]
- 2010: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/requiem2.html Requiem 2]
- 2010: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100821091431/http://www.lachini.com/folk/GolAfshan1.html Gol Afshan 1]
- 2010: [http://www.lachini.com/folk/GolAfshan2.html Gol Afshan 2]
- 2010: [http://www.lachini.com/trumpet/diar1.html Diar 1]
- 2010: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/scentofyesterday6.html Scent of Yesterday 6]
- 2010: [http://www.lachini.com/trumpet/diar2.html Diar 2]
- 2010: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/goldenmemories2.html Golden Memories 2]
- 2010: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/scentofyesterday7.html Scent of Yesterday 7]
- 2010: [http://www.lachini.com/soundtrack/LaChambreNoire.html La Chambre Noire - Film Score]
- 2010: [http://www.lachini.com/trumpet/diar3.html Diar 3]
- 2010: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/scentofyesterday8.html Scent of Yesterday 8]
- 2010: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/scentofyesterday9.html Scent of Yesterday 9]
- 2011: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/scentofyesterday10.html Scent of Yesterday 10]
- 2011: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/scentofyesterday11.html Scent of Yesterday 11]
- 2011: [http://www.lachini.com/piano/requiem3.html Requiem 3]
Filmography (as composer)
- 1978: Baba Khaldar (Iran)
- 1979: Maryam and Mani (Iran)
- 1989: Pomegranate and Cane (Nar-o-Ney) (Iran)
- 1990: Sun's Blade (Iran)
- 1990: The Singing Cat (Iran)
- 1990: Snake Fang (Iran)
- 1991: Life's Luck (Iran)
- 1992: The Man in the Mirror (Iran)
- 1993: Once and For All (Iran)
- 1994: The Wolf's Trail (Iran)
- 1994: Jewel Mountain (Iran)
- 1994: Bluff (Iran)
- 1994: Lost Paradise (Iran)
- 1995: Utterly Cold Blooded (Iran)
- 1995: Trap (Iran)
- 1995: Born Loser (Iran)
- 1996: Javanmard (Iran)
- 1996: Unforgiven (Iran)
- 1997: Wounded (Iran)
- 1997: Claws in Dust (Iran)
- 1998: Tootia (Iran)
- 1998: Stranger (Iran)
- 1999: Youth (Iran)
- 2000: Friends (Iran)
- 2002: Disturbant (Iran)
- 2003: Poison of Honey (Iran)
- 2003: Donya (Iran)
- 2003: Black Eyes (Iran)
- 2003: Boutique (Iran)
- 2004: Non Stop to Tokyo (Iran)
- 2004: Salam (Iran/Afghanistan)
- 2005: Top of Tower (Iran)
- 2005: Redemption at 8:20 (Iran)
- 2005: Aida, I Saw Your Father Last Night (Iran/USA)
- 2005: Requiem of Snow (Iran/Iraq)
- 2005: 365 Boots on Ground (USA)
- 2006: Left Handed (Iran)
- 2006: Wedding Dinner (Iran)
- 2007: My Pink Shirt (Canada)
References
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External links
- [http://www.lachini.com Fariborz Lachini Official Site]
- {{IMDb name|id=0480038|name=Fariborz Lachini}}
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