Layal Watfeh

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Layal Watfeh
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Background information
Born (1980-02-14) February 14, 1980 (age 44)
Damascus, Syria
Genres Film score, classical, commercial, instrumental
Occupation(s)Composer, musician, voice actor
Years active2002–present

Layal Watfeh (born February 14, 1980) is a Syrian composer, musician, and voice actor. Watfeh's work primarily consists of original film score for commercials, television, and film. Over two decades of work, Watfeh has won numerous international awards for her voice acting and original scores for television and film. Her style incorporates symphonic, orchestral tones as well as traditional Arab sounds. She has worked with major companies composing commercial music, including past clients such as Olay, T.G.I. Friday's, and Krispy Kreme. Besides recording music, she has also been a voice on many TV networks across the Middle East, such as MBC2, MBC4, OSN, Abu Dhabi TV, DMTV. Watfeh currently lives in Dubai. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Watfeh was born in Damascus, Syria, where she began exploring her interest in music at a young age. She entered the music conservatoire in Damascus to learn the violin at nine years old., [5] though later that year moved to Dubai with her family. At 11, she turned her attention to the piano for two years, [6] and by 17 Watfeh was recording voice-overs for TV and radio commercials. [7] After working in numerous music studios in Dubai, Watfeh began composing original music. [8]

Career

Watfeh's career in music began in 2002 when MBC Group offered her a job as a post-production sound engineer, sound designer, and music composer. [5] Watfeh accepted the job, and after six years she was named the senior manager of her branch. [9] Meanwhile, Watfeh was active in the music industry as she sang the lead vocals with Abali on their album "Lemonada"" in 2004.

Watfeh left MBC in 2009 to create her own studio and begin composing music. [10] She was drawn to a variety of media, including advertisements, TV series, documentaries, short films, and feature films, and she found work across the Middle East, the United States, Canada, and the UK. Watfeh was invited to Berlinale Talents [11] 2014 in Berlin, Germany; she was one of approximately 300 invitees that year [12]

In 2016, Watfeh signed a contract with scoreAscore [13] in Los Angeles as a composer, where she has been writing scores for various American companies. [8] [14]

Awards

YearEventNominationsResult
2006 Promax Awards-WorldBest Sound Design

Gold

2007Promax Awards-AsiaBest Sound DesignSilver
2007Promax Awards-ArabiaBest Sound DesignSilver
2011The New York FestivalsBest Original Music (Tears for Rain)Bronze
2011The New York FestivalsBest Narration (Road of Death)Bronze
2015US International Film & Video FestivalBest Original Music (Tide of Grief)Silver
2016 Hollywood Music in Media Awards [15] Best Music in a Trailer (Slums of India)Winner
2017Cairo Film Society FestivalBest Original Main Title Theme Music

[16] [17]

Winner
2017Hollywood Music in Media AwardsBest Music in a TrailerNominee
2022 Canadian Screen Music Awards Best Original Main Title Theme Music [18] Winner

Television and filmography

YearFilm/TV ShowRole
2007The Strange Case of Salman abd al Haqq [19] [20] Composer
2008A Journey to TripoliComposer
2010Baram and Hamza [21] [22] Composer
2010Butterflies of Trip City [23] [24] Composer
2010A Journey to Tripoli [25] Composer
2011Abandoned Memories [26] Voice Actor/Sound Editor
2011The Road of Death [27] [28] Composer/Sound Editor
2011Acid [29] [30] Composer
2012 04 [ citation needed ] [31] [32] Composer
2013I Hugged the Berlin Patient [33] [34] Sound Mixer
2013Moga Harra ("Heat Wave") [35] [36] [37] Composer
2014Thakira Min Waraq [38] [39] Composer
2014Burkan Naem [40] Composer
2014Second Chance [41] Composer
2015Hob Walaken [42] Composer
2015Kaeb Alee [43] Composer
2015Abu Mohammad [44] Composer
2015Nawara [45] [46] [47] [48] Composer
2015Before the Summer CrowdComposer
2016Motel Fin de la Route [49] Composer
2016Baab al ReehComposer
2016Khiyanat WatanComposer
2016Slums of IndiaComposer
2017Photocopy [50] [51] Composer
2017The Black Day [52] Composer
2017Love Without BoardersComposer

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