Emile Mosseri

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Emile Mosseri
Born (1985-08-11) August 11, 1985 (age 37)
Genres Film score, classical music, indie rock
Occupation(s)Composer, musician, songwriter

Emile Mosseri (born 11 August 1985) is an American composer, pianist, singer and producer based in Los Angeles. He has scored films including The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019), [1] Minari (2020), [2] and Kajillionaire (2020), [3] and composed for TV shows like HBO's Random Acts of Flyness and Season 2 of Amazon's Homecoming. [4] He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for his work in Minari. [5] Mosseri is a member of the indie-rock band The Dig, as well as a recording artist and touring musician. He studied film scoring at Berklee College of Music. [6] He is the younger brother of Adam Mosseri. [7]

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Filmography

As Composer
YearTitleDirector
2018 Random Acts of Flyness (HBO) Terence Nance
2019 The Last Black Man in San Francisco Joe Talbot
2020 Homecoming (Season 2) (Amazon) Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Kajillionaire Miranda July
Minari Lee Isaac Chung
2022 When You Finish Saving the World Jesse Eisenberg
Stutz Jonah Hill

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References

  1. "Emile Mosseri delivers big, lush score for 'Last Man'". NPR. 5 December 2019.
  2. "minari | Sundance Institute". Sundance Institute.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Kajillionaire | Sundance Institute". Sundance Institute.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "'Homecoming': Season 2 Will Be 'More Expansive' as Janelle Monáe Takes Over the Lead". Indiewire. 14 January 2020.
  5. France, Lisa Respers (March 15, 2021). "Oscar nominations 2021: See the full list of nominees". CNN. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  6. "Emile Mosseri's lush 'Last Man' score swirls over a fairy-tale-like story". Los Angeles Times. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  7. Mosseri, Adam (April 25, 2021). "Instagram" . Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.