Biography
Biran was born in Ofakim under the name Tomer Biton, to David and Yaffa Biton. Biran has a brother and sister, soundtrack designer Assaf Biton and fashion designer Yarden Biton. After his military service, Biran moved to Tel Aviv. [3]
Early in his career, Biran worked with Haim Tsinovich and participated in his album "Today's Tears Are Tomorrow's Honey" which he created in 2000, composing and arranging songs including "Habel, the Vanity of Grace, the Lie of Beauty." [4] Biran was also involved in his next album, "And the Fire Will Burn" from 2001. [5] [6]
In 2007, he arranged the song "Abba" for Shlom Shabbat, which reached third place in the 2008 annual chart. [5] The following year, he arranged the song "Nguna Shel Hashchuna" performed by Shlom Shabbat for the Hebrew Work Project. In 2009, he arranged the song "Chalk Amach" for Shiri Maimon, which reached 8th place in the chart. [7] In 2012, he arranged the song "Shmayim" for Yigal Bashan, which was a success and even reached the top of the chart for one week. [4] [8] In 2019, after Bashan's death and at the request of the family, he arranged the song "Tabit. [9] [10]
In 2019, two songs that he arranged and produced musically achieved great success: "Shevet Achim and Achiyot" performed by Omni Israel and "Aluf Ha'olam" performed by Hanan Ben Ari. [11] The following year, the songs "Im Tartzi" and "Shemesh" that he arranged and produced by Ben Ari also achieved success, with the former winning the title of "Song of the Year" in the annual Hebrew hymn parade of the Kan Gimel radio station for 2015. [12] [13] [14]
Biran composes original songs and arranges existing songs for commercials, including Bezeq (Omer Adam - "Good Morning", Noa Kirel and Agam Buhbot - "At the Aunt and Uncle's"), Cellcom, Pelephone, Castro and Afora (Tapuzina) and more. In 2018, he arranged the commercial song for Hot, which was a cover version called "Here It Comes" of the song "Siva Tova" by Arik Sinai and was performed by Hot stars. Among the performers of the original songs he composed are Amir Dadon, Carmi Shimron, Anat Ben Hamo and Kfir Ben Lish.
Pati composes background music and soundtracks for television programs including "The Israelis", "Dets Beltz", "The Clock", "Naor's Friends" (from which "Tel Aviv Doesn't Sleep" performed by Adi Cohen was a success), "Television at its Best", "The Next Generation 24/7" and "Malbi Express". [15] He has also composed the soundtrack for international television series including "Sex and the City", "The Sopranos" and the films "Click" and "Malcolm in the Mood". [3] In 2005, the song "D-Tune" he wrote with Zinovich appeared in the film "Singer". [16]
Biran, with Haim Tsinovich, composed the opening theme to "Eretz Nehederet", "Haksefet", "Hasharir", "Rtzim Ladira" and the opening theme to the program "Erev Tov Am Guy Pines". [17] [18]
In 2025, he produced and arranged the single "New Day Will Rise", which was selected to represent Israel in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. [19] [20] [21] The song came in second place in the competition. [22] [22]
