Eduard Nikolayevich Artemyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Никола́евич Арте́мьев, p=ɨdʊˈart ɐrˈtʲemʲjɪf; born 30 November 1937) is a
Soviet
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and
Russia
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n
composer of
electronic music
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and
film score
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s. Outside of Russia, he is mostly known for his soundtracks for films such as ''
At Home Among Strangers'', ''
Solaris'', ''
Siberiade'', ''
Stalker
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'' and ''
Burnt by the Sun''. He was awarded the title
People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...
in 1999.
Biography
Artemyev was born in
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 Census, ...
and studied at the
Moscow Conservatory
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under
Yuri Shaporin
Yuri Alexandrovich Shaporin (russian: Юрий (Георгий) Александрович Шапорин) ( – 9 December 1966), People's Artist of the USSR, PAU, was a Russians, Russian-Ukrainians, Ukrainian Soviet Union, Soviet composer. ...
. His interest in electronic music and
synthesizer
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s began after his graduation in 1960, when electronic music was still in its infancy. He wrote his first composition in 1967, on one of the first synthesizers, the
ANS synthesizer developed by the Soviet engineer
Yevgeny Murzin. He was thus one of the first composers and a pioneer of electronic music. His collaboration with the film director
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...
in the 1970s made him well-known. He wrote the film scores of Tarkovsky's ''
Solaris'',
''Mirror'' and ''
Stalker
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''. Later, he also wrote film scores for
Andrei Konchalovsky
Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (russian: link=no, Андрей Сергеевич Михалков-Кончаловский; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian filmmaker. He has worked in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary Russian ...
and
Nikita Mikhalkov. His film scores and his music received numerous accolades as well as three
Nika Awards. He licensed several excerpts from the ''
Solaris'' soundtrack in order to use them in the
Spanish
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production ''
The Cosmonaut''. Eduard Artemyev wrote a couple of songs the most famous of them
Deltaplan by
Valery Leontiev
Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev (russian: link=no, Валерий Яковлевич Леонтьев; born 19 March 1949) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, sometimes songwriter and actor whose popularity peaked in the early 1980s. He was titled a ...
.
[Эдуард Николаевич Артемьев.]
Peoples.ru. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
In 2001, he won the Special Silver St. George at the
23rd Moscow International Film Festival.
Eduard Artemyevs composition ''Campaign'' or ''Death of the hero'' (
Siberiade theme) has been used at
2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
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in Sochi, and his music theme from ''
At Home Among Strangers'' has been used at the
closing ceremony.
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Film scores (selected)
*'' Solaris'' (Солярис, 1972)
*''A Very English Murder
''A Very English Murder'' (russian: Чисто английское убийство, Chisto angliyskoe ubiystvo) is a 1974 cinema of the Soviet Union, Soviet teleplay directed by Samson Samsonov, based on the 1951 novel ''An English Murder'' by ...
'' (Чисто английское убийство, 1974)
*'' At Home Among Strangers'' (Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих, 1974)
*''Mirror
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'' (Зеркало, 1975)
*'' A Slave of Love'' (Раба любви, 1976)
*'' An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano'' (Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино, 1977)
*''Territory
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'' (Территория, 1978)
*''Stalker
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'' (Сталкер, 1979)
*'' Siberiade'' (Сибириада, 1979)
*''The Bodyguard
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Bodyguard may also refer to:
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* The Bodyguard (1944 film), ''The Bodyguard'' (1944 film), a Tom and Jerry short
* Bodyguard (1948 film), ...
'' (Телохранитель, 1979)
*''A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov
''Oblomov'' (russian: Несколько дней из жизни И. И. Обломова, translit. ''Neskolko dney iz zhizni I. I. Oblomov'') is a Soviet comedy/drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. It was released by Mosfilm in 1980. ...
'' (Несколько дней из жизни И. И. Обломова, 1980)
*'' Anna: 6 - 18'' (Анна: от 6 до 18, 1980—1993)
*''Fox Hunting
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'' (Охота на лис, 1980)
*'' The Fairfax Millions'' (Миллионы Ферфакса, 1980)
*'' Family Relations'' (Родня, 1981)
*'' The Train Has Stopped'' (Остановился поезд, 1982)
*'' Without Witness'' (Без свидетелей, 1983)
*'' Moon Rainbow'' (Лунная радуга, 1983)
*''Return from Orbit
''Return from Orbit'' (russian: Возвращение с орбиты, Vozvraschenie s orbiti) is a Soviet 1984 science fiction film directed by Aleksandr Surin. It featured scenes filmed in orbit onboard Salyut 7 space station and Soyuz T-9 spa ...
'' (Возвращение с орбиты, 1983)
*'' TASS Is Authorized to Declare...'' (ТАСС уполномочен заявить..., 1984)
*''The Invisible Man
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'' (Человек-невидимка, 1984)
*'' One Second for a Feat'' (Секунда на подвиг, 1985)
*''Courier
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'' (Курьер, 1986)
*'' Visit to Minotaur'' (Визит к Минотавру, 1987)
*'' Zerograd'' (Город Зеро, 1989)
*'' Close to Eden'' (Урга - территория любви, 1991)
*''Genius
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'' (Гений, 1991)
*'' Burnt by the Sun'' (Утомлённые солнцем, 1994)
*''The Odyssey
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'' (Одиссей, 1997)
*'' War is Over. Please Forget...'' (Война окончена. Забудьте..., 1997)
*'' The Barber of Siberia'' (Сибирский цирюльник, 1998)
*''As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
''As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me'' (german: So weit die Füße tragen) is a 2001 film about German World War II prisoner of war Clemens Forell's escape from a Siberian Gulag in the Soviet Union back to Germany. It is based on the book of t ...
'' (Побег из Гулага, 2001)
*'' House of Fools'' (Дом дураков, 2002)
*'' A Driver for Vera'' (Водитель для Веры, 2004)
*'' 12'' (2007)
*'' Gloss'' (Глянец, 2007)
*'' The Nutcracker in 3D'' (Щелкунчик и Крысиный Король, 2009)
*''Home
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'' (Дом, 2011)
*'' Branded'' (Москва 2017, 2011)
*''Legend No. 17
''Legend No. 17'' (russian: Легенда №17) is a 2013 Russian biographical sports film directed by Nikolai Lebedev and produced by Trite Studio. The film is based on real events and tells of the rise to fame of the Soviet hockey player Val ...
'' (Легенда №17, 2013)
*'' The Postman's White Nights'' (Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына, 2014)
*''Sunstroke
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'' (Солнечный удар, 2014)
*'' The Heritage of Love'' (Герой, 2016)
Covers
*'' PPK - ResuRection (2001)'' , Cover of Theme to Siberiade
*'' Qilgad - Siberiade (2020)'' , Cover of Theme to Siberiade
*'' DJ Feel - Not Alone (Three friends) (2021)'' , Cover of Theme to At Home Among Strangers
*'' Grazhdanskaya Oborona - Starfall (2002)'' , Cover of Theme to At Home Among Strangers
*'' Papulin & TonyLove - SLAVE OF LOVE/ADMIRERS (2016)'' , Cover of Theme to SLAVE OF LOVE/ADMIRERS
*'' On Thorns I Lay - "Black Cold Nights"'', from the album "Angeldust" (2001) , The chorus-verse is also a cover of the Theme to Siberiade
*''Digital Mastermind - The Space Theme'' , Cover of Theme to Siberiade
*''VIZE and Alan Walker featuring Leony - Space Melody (Edward Artemyev)'' , Cover of Theme to Siberiade with added lyrics
Other recordings
*Warmth of Earth (2001)
*Three Odes (2002)
References
External links
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1937 births
20th-century composers
20th-century Russian male musicians
Living people
Musicians from Novosibirsk
Academicians of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia
Moscow Conservatory alumni
Moscow Conservatory academic personnel
People's Artists of Russia
Electronic musicians
Recipients of the Nika Award
Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Recipients of the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR
State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates
Male film score composers
Russian composers
Russian electronic musicians
Russian film score composers
Russian keyboardists
Russian male composers
Russian National Music Award winners
Soviet composers
Soviet film score composers
Soviet male composers