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Layal Watfeh (born February 14th,1980) is a Syrian composer, musician, and voice actor. Over two decades of work, Watfeh has won numerous international awards for her voice acting and original scores for television and film. Watfeh specializes in trailer and commercial music, which typically features Arab and orchestral influences. 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 talking head on many TV networks across the Middle East, such as MBC2, MBC4, OSN, Abu Dhabi TV, DMTV. Watfeh currently lives in Dubai.
Early Life
[edit]Watfeh was born in Damascus, Syria, where she began exploring her interest in music at a young age. She officially began her career at nine years old when she was entered the music conservatoire in Damascus to learn the violin, though later that year moved to Dubai with her family. At 11, she turned her attention to the piano for two years, and by 17 Layal was recording voice-overs for TV and radio commercials.
After working in numerous music studios in Dubai, Watfeh began composing original music. Hours of extra study and practice with the sound equipment allowed her to develop her talent as a composer.
Career
[edit]In 2002, MBC Group offered her a job as a post-production sound engineer, sound designer, and music composer. Watfeh accepted the job, and after six years of rising through the ranks, she was named the senior manager of her branch. Meanwhile, Watfeh saw increasing success in the music industry, as she sang the lead vocals on the hit single “Lemonada” in 2004.
Despite great success at MBC, Watfeh left in 2009 to create her own studio and begin composing music. She gravitated to a variety of media, including advertisements, TV series, documentaries, short films, and feature films, and she found work across Middle East, the USA, Canada, and the UK. Watfeh’s growing success led to an invite to Berlinale 2014 in Berlin, Germany. She was one of 300 artists invited to the festival that year .
In 2016, Watfeh signed a contract with Score a Score in Los Angeles as a composer, where she has been writing scores for various American companies.
Awards
[edit]| Year | Event | Nomination | Result? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | PromaxBDA-World | Best Sound Design | Gold |
| 2007 | PromaxBDA-Asia | Best Sound Design | Silver |
| 2007 | PromaxBDA-Arabia | Best Sound Design | Silver |
| 2011 | The New York Festivals | Best Original Music (Tears of Rain) | Bronze |
| 2011 | The New York Festivals | Best Narration (Road of Death) | Bronze |
| 2015 | US International Film & Video Festival | Best Original Music (Tide of Grief) | Silver |
| 2016 | Hollywood Music in Media Awards | Best Music in a Trailer | Winner |
| 2017 | Cairo Film Society Festival | Best First Score in Feature Film (Before the Summer Crowd) | Winner |
List of TV series credit:
2012 - "04"
2013 - "Heat Wave"
2014 - "Thakira Min Waraq"
2014 - "Burkan Naem"
2014 - "Second Chance"
2015 - "Hob Walaken"
2015 - "Kaeb Alee"
2016 - "Baab Al Reeh"
2016 - "Khiyanat Watan"
2017 - "The Black Day"
2017 - "Love Without Boarders"
List of Feature Films credit:
2015 - "Nawara"
2015 - "Before the Summer Crowd"
2017 - "Photocopy"
Pages:
IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3221223/
SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/layalwatfeh
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LayalWatfehOfficial/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/layalwatfeh
Official Website - https://www.layalwatfeh.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ladyellez/
LinkedIn - https://ae.linkedin.com/in/layal-watfeh-9435aa10