Khaled Mouzanar (born on September 27, 1974) is a Lebanese music composer, songwriter and producer. He has composed music scores for several films, including After Shave,Caramel, and Where Do We Go Now?. In 2008, he recorded Les Champs Arides, his first solo album as a singer and songwriter. His work is rooted in various music genres, including classical, jazz, Mediterranean, and oriental melodies. His compositions are also influenced by Brazilian choro and Argentinian tango.Mouzanar studied under Boghos Gelalian – an Armenian-Lebanese composer.In the year 2000, he established – in collaboration with Zeid Hamdan – his first label ‘Mooz Records’ through which he produced the majority of Beirut’s underground music scene. Groups such as Soap Kills, Kitaa Beirut, The New Government and RGB were among these productions. One of his first professional experiences in cinema took place in 2005 with After Shave – a short film directed by Hany Tamba. The film won in France the Cesar Award for Best Short Film in 2006. In 2007, and while signing with the French independent record company Naïve Records for a solo album, Mouzanar composed the score for Caramel – a feature film directed by Nadine Labaki whom he later married. In 2008, he won the UCMF Award for Best Music for the soundtrack of Caramel at the Cannes Film FestivalIn 2009, he composed the music for the opening ceremony of the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie, which was viewed by 60 million spectators all over the world. French choreographer Daniel Charpentier directed the show.
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