Khaled Al Kammar

Khaled Al Kammar
Background information
Born	(1990-05-14) 14 May 1990 (age 35)
Origin	Egypt
Occupation	Composer
Years active	2012–present

Khaled Al Kammar (born May 14, 1990) is an Egyptian composer noted for his scores for film and TV. He is considered one of the most prominent composers of his generation in Egypt, having won several local and international awards for his work on projects such as Qabeel , Sahib El Maqam , and Netflix's first Egyptian production, the series Paranormal . ^{[1] [2]}

Early life

Khaled showed a significant interest in music from a young age, despite being raised in an academic family with no artistic background. He taught himself the basics of music and studied mechatronics engineering at the German University in Cairo to satisfy his family's wishes. After graduating, he began his career in film scoring, working at Hany Adel's studio from 2012 to 2015. During this period, he composed music for films like Assem and Décor , among others. He also gained experience by assisting leading Egyptian composers such as Hesham Nazih on The Originals ^[3] and Layali Eugenie , ^[4] as well as Khaled Hammad on Awalem Khafeya .

Education

In 2015, Khaled received a scholarship to pursue a Master's degree in Composition for the Screen at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. He graduated with distinction in 2016, ranking at the top of his class.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2018, he received the African Excellence Scholarship to continue his studies in the UK.^{[ citation needed ]}

Filmography

His work has covered Film, TV, and theatre. This as a partial filmography.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Asham	Composer	[5]
2014	Décor	Composer	[6]
2020	The Thief of Baghdad	Composer	[7]
2020	Sahib El Maqam	Composer	[8]
2021	Mousa	Composer	[9]
2022	For Zeko	Composer	[10]
2022	Shalaby	Composer	[11]
2022	Valley Road	Composer	[12]
2024	Maqsoom	Composer	[13]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Qabeel	Composer	[14]
2020	Paranormal	Composer	[15]
2021	Take Care of Zizi	Composer	[16]
2021–2023	Family Matter	Composer	[17]
2022	Faten Amal Harby	Composer	[18]
2022	Finding Ola	Composer	[19]
2022	The Choice	Composer	[20]
2022–2024	Om El Donya	Composer	[21]
2024	The Last Round	Composer	[22]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Notes
2019	Hollywood Music in Media Awards	Best Main Title – TV Show (Foreign Language)	Qabeel	[ citation needed ]
2021	Hollywood Music in Media Awards	Best Main Title – TV Show (Foreign Language)	Take Care of Zizi	Nominated [ citation needed ]
2021	State Encouragement Award in Arts	Arts	N/A	[ citation needed ]

References

1. Hassan, Hatem Said (2020-08-09). "Khaled Al Kammar composes the music for the series "Paranormal"". Al-Watan (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
2. "Khaled Al Kammar - Music, Filmography, Photos, Videos". elCinema.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
3. El-Asliyyin (2017) - IMDb, archived from the original on 9 September 2019, retrieved 2020-11-26
4. Eugenie Nights (TV Series 2018) - IMDb, archived from the original on 9 December 2020, retrieved 2020-11-26
5. Asham at IMDb
6. Décor at IMDb
7. The Thief of Baghdad at IMDb
8. Sahib El Maqam at IMDb
9. Mousa at IMDb
10. For Zeko at IMDb
11. Shalaby at IMDb
12. Valley Road at IMDb
13. Maqsoom at IMDb
14. Qabeel at IMDb
15. Paranormal at IMDb
16. Take Care of Zizi at IMDb
17. Family Matter at IMDb
18. Faten Amal Harby at IMDb
19. Finding Ola at IMDb
20. The Choice at IMDb
21. Om El Donya at IMDb
22. The Last Round at IMDb