Imre Czomba

Imre Czomba
Imre Czomba
Background information
Birth name	Imre Czomba
Born	9 September 1972 (age 52); Hungary
Genres	Theatre Music, Film score, Songwriting, Video game score
Occupation(s)	Composer, Film composer, Theatre composer, Video game composer, Music producer
Instrument(s)	Piano, keyboard, Accordion, Synthesizer, Guitar, Flute
Years active	1993–present

Imre Czomba is a highly respected multi award winning composer, film composer, orchestrator, music producer and musician. A prominent figure in the International music scene since 1993. He has several successful Theatre Shows and He has scored numerous Film and Tv productions. He was born in Hungary, but he lives in Los Angeles, California. He was composed the Hungarian National Day’s Fireworks in 2008 and 2009.

Early life

At an early point in his career, Imre was inspired by the blues, which can be clearly heard in his piano playing. He has been a member of several top blues bands and has performed on the same stages with B. B. King, Sting, Zucchero, Pink and Robben Ford. In 2003, Imre continued his momentum by joining the popular band Nox as composer, keyboard player and bandleader. As a result of extensive touring, albums by Nox topped every chart in Hungary and the group received several gold, platinum and double platinum records. Their album Shining became the album of the year in 2006.

Theatre

In 2000 Imre’s career took a different turn when he was asked to compose music for several successful plays such as Merlin Theatre’s Deathtrap. That experience lead to a meeting with choreographer Sandor Roman with whom Imre developed the unique harmony of dance and music for ExperiDance. The dance group is committed to the heritage of Hungarian folk dance. Imre is successfully composing an outstanding music repertoire built around Hungarian folk music but also manages to step outside its boundaries. This new musical direction has turned into a romantic and grandiose part of world-music. These stage-shows are regularly played on the main stages of Budapest’s top theaters, and in bigger cities countrywide as guest-performances. He has many successful musical plays, for example Birth of a Country(2007). The shows were performed with 250 dancers and 10 singers at Budapest’s most famous Hero Square. Untouchables(2012) played at the Margaret Island Open Air Stage and The Taming of the Shrew (Makrancos Kata)(2013) played at the RaM Colosseum.

Sport Events Official Songs

In 2006 Imre also got the opportunity to compose the official song of the 2006 European Aquatics Championships. Sport lovers all over the continent enjoyed the song and it went platinum on the day of its CD release. This led to Imre composing the Hungarian Olympic Team’s official song in 2008, the Judo European Championship’s official song in 2013 and Evgeni Plushenko’s Russian National Championship and Winter Olympic Music.

Theatre works

2016 Benyovszky (Orchestrator) - Budapest
2016 Nostredamus - Budapest
2015 I, Leonardo - Milano
2014 A Night in Venice - RaM Colosseum, Budapest
2014 Játékkészítő - (Score Composer) Tüskecsarnok, Budapest
2013 The Taming of the Shrew - RaM Colosseum, Budapest
2013 Radnóti - RaM Colosseum, Budapest
2012 Untouchable - Margaret Island open Air Stage, Budapest
2011 The Person of the King - RaM Colosseum, Budapest
2009 Happines 69:09 - Palace of the Arts, Budapest
2008 Measure for measure - National Dance Theatre, Budapest
2007 Essence - Beijing
2007 The Birth of a country - Hero Square, Budapest
2006 Festen - Pesti Theatre, Budapest
2006 Gypsies of Nagyida - National Dance Theatre, Budapest
2005 Steel, legend of the metal - Bolzan Urban Theatre
2002 Revans - National Theatre, Budapest
2001 One Thousand and one year - Szolnoki Szigligeti Theatre
2001 Deathtrap - Merlin Theatre, Budapest
2000 E.Tango - Thalia Theatre, Budapest

Fireworks Music Budapest

He was highly honored with an invitation to write music for the Hungarian National Day’s fireworks in 2008 and 2009. With over 3 million viewers, it was an unforgettable moment in his professional life.

Television, Film

He next turned to television as a conductor and a music producer, working on shows such as League Of Stars and Csinaljuk a fesztivalt a popular new TV program that features the biggest Hungarian hits of the last 50 years. He collaborated with friends Gabor Erdelyi and Attila Arpa to make the short film The Meldrum house, which won best film at the 2012 American International Film festival and the 2013 FEBIO International Film Festival. In 2013, Imre moved to Los Angeles. Since then he has scored several International Film Productions, and composed music for the Argo2 (Action Comedy), The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh(documentary), Cinema Inferno (documentary) and The Coffin Footage (Horror movie).

Film, Documentary and Tv show's Works

2016 Search Party in Beverly Hills
2016 Last Vow
2015 The Coffin Footage
2015 Argo2, Action Comedy
2014 Cinema Inferno, Tv movie
2014 The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh, Documentary
2014 Chance of a Lifetime, Short film
2014 Kényszerszinglik, Tv film
2014 Midnight in Hollywood, Short film
2014 Countryside Encounters: Out of the City
2013 Water, Our Past and future, TV series
2013 Matter Death and Life, Documentary film
2012 Becsengetünk és elfutunk, Documentary series
2012 Meldrum House, Short Film
2011 Flow, documentary movie
2011 Nagy duett, TV show
2011 Two Hearts, TV show
2011 Csináljuk a fesztivált VI, TV show series
2010 10 éves az Experidance, documentary
2010 Csináljuk a fesztivált V, TV show series
2009 Fireworks Budapest, TV show
2009 Revolution day Hungary, TV
2008 Csináljuk a fesztivált IV, TV show series
2008 Eon, animation movie
2008 Fire Dance, TV show
2008 És most mi csináljuk a fesztivált, TV
2008 Legend of the dance, TV series
2008 Csináljuk a fesztivált III, TV show series
2007 Mi kérünk elnézést, TV show
2007 Night of the lights, animation film
2007 Impossile Duetts, TV show
2007 Szent István egy Ország születése, TV show
2007 The Hungary is our family, TV film
2007 Csináljuk a fesztivált II, TV show series
2006 Köszönet a szabadság hőseinek, TV film
2006 Csináljuk a fesztivált I, TV show series
2006 Greetings for the Heros of Revolution, TV film
2006 Győzike Show outro
2005 Mr Torma, TV film
2004 Mohácsi vész, Movie (Music arranger)
2002 League of the stars TV Show
2000 E.Tango, TV Show

References

Hungarian Theatre database Imre Czomba Official