Eduard Nikolaevich Artemyev PAR (Russian: Эдуа́рд Никола́евич Арте́мьев, IPA: [ɛdʊˈard ɐrˈtʲemʲjɪf]; born 30 November 1937) is a Soviet and Russian composer of electronic music and film scores. Outside of Russia he is mostly known for his soundtracks for films such as Solaris, Siberiade, Stalker and Burnt by the Sun. He was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia in 1999.
Artemyev was born in Novosibirsk and studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Yuri Shaporin. His interest in electronic music and synthesizers began after his graduation in 1960 when electronic music was still in its infancy. He wrote his first composition in 1967 on one of the first synthesizers, the ANS synthesizer developed by the Soviet engineer Evgeny Murzin. He was thus one of the first composers and a pioneer of electronic music. His collaboration with the film director Andrei Tarkovsky in the 1970s made him well-known. He wrote the film scores of Tarkovsky's Solaris, Zerkalo and Stalker. Later he also wrote film scores for Andrei Konchalovsky and Nikita Mikhalkov. His film scores and his music received numerous accolades as well as three Nika Awards. Recently, he licensed several excerpts from the Solaris soundtrack in order to use them in the upcoming Spanish production The Cosmonaut. Eduard Artemyev wrote a couple of songs the most famous of them Deltaplan by Valery Leontiev.
In 2001 he won the Special Silver St. George at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival.
Eduard Artemyev's composition Campaign or Death of the hero (Siberiade theme) has been used at 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Sochi, and his music theme from At Home Among Strangers has been used at the closing ceremony.
Known For
Stalker
(1979)
Original Music Composer
Solaris
(1972)
Original Music Composer
Mirror
(1975)
Original Music Composer
The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
(2010)
Original Music Composer
12
(2007)
Original Music Composer
The Barber of Siberia
(1998)
Music
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
(2010)
Original Music Composer
As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Homer and Eddie
(1989)
Original Music Composer
Burnt by the Sun
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Branded
(2012)
Music
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
(1977)
Original Music Composer
Courier
(1986)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Encounter in Space
(1963)
Music
Arena
(1967)
Original Music Composer
Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
(1967)
Music
Literature Lesson
(1968)
Music
Ball of Yarn
(1968)
Music
Доктор Вера
(1968)
Music
Each Evening at Eleven
(1969)
Music
Greedy Kuzma
(1969)
Music
Great Cold
(1969)
Music
Meeting at the Old Mosque
(1970)
Music
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
(1970)
Original Music Composer
Чудный характер
(1970)
Music
The Amazing Boy
(1970)
Music
Золочёные лбы
(1971)
Music
Solaris
(1972)
Original Music Composer
The Little Breeze
(1972)
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Silence of Doctor Ivens
(1974)
Music
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
(1974)
Original Music Composer
Birds Over the City
(1974)
Music
The Mystery of the Forgotten Crossing
(1974)
Music
A Very English Murder
(1974)
Music
Mirror
(1975)
Original Music Composer
A Slave of Love
(1975)
Original Music Composer
Нарисовать начало
(1975)
Music
Маленькие зверюшки Антони ван Левенгука
(1975)
Music
Peasant Son
(1975)
Music
Ваши права?
(1975)
Music
Страх высоты
(1976)
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The Golden Fleece
(1977)
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An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
(1977)
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Living Water
(1977)
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Legends of Peruvian Indians
(1978)
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Самолетик
(1978)
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Risk Strategy
(1978)
Music
Five Evenings
(1978)
Music
Soft-Boiled Boots
(1978)
Music
Inspector Goole
(1979)
Music
Oblomov
(1979)
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Stalker
(1979)
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Territory
(1979)
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The Detective
(1979)
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Siberiade
(1979)
Music
Герон
(1979)
Music
Girl and Dolphin
(1979)
Music
Baba-Yaga Against!
(1979)
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The Bodyguard
(1979)
Music
Catch the Wind
(1979)
Music
Торговка и поэт
(1979)
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A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers
(1979)
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Hello River
(1979)
Music
Birthnight
(1980)
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Fairfax's Millions
(1980)
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A Fox Hunt
(1980)
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Школа
(1980)
Music
Three Years
(1980)
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Частное лицо
(1980)
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Investigation
(1980)
Music
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
(1980)
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Brothers Rico
(1980)
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Kin
(1981)
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Father Had Three Sons
(1981)
Music
Little Alexander
(1981)
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Unkind Lado
(1981)
Music
Uncle's Dream
(1981)
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Talking Hands of Travancore
(1981)
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Challenge
(1981)
Music
Capture
(1982)
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The Train Has Stopped
(1982)
Music
When the Whales Leave
(1982)
Music
Tribal Law
(1982)
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Date with Your Youth
(1982)
Music
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
(1983)
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Without Witness
(1983)
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Moon Rainbow
(1983)
Music
Hot Summer in Kabul
(1983)
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Гори-гори ясно
(1983)
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К своим!..
(1983)
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Road to Eternity
(1983)
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Monsieur Lenoir, who...
(1983)
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Youth of a Genius
(1983)
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First Cavalry
(1984)
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Seven Elements
(1984)
Music
Return from Orbit
(1984)
Music
Either a Bird or an Animal
(1984)
Music
The Invisible Man
(1985)
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Riddle of the Sphinx
(1985)
Music
Every Hunter Wants To Know
(1985)
Music
Farewell, Summer Green
(1985)
Music
The Spaceship of Aliens
(1985)
Music
We Are Cheerful, Happy, Talented!
(1986)
Original Music Composer
Courier
(1986)
Original Music Composer
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1986)
Music
Ara, bara, pooh!
(1986)
Music
Two on the Island of Tears
(1986)
Music
With No Expiration Date
(1986)
Music
Plata za proyezd
(1986)
Music
Murder Complicity
(1986)
Music
Жалоба
(1986)
Music
Attempt on GOELRO
(1986)
Music
The End of Eternity
(1987)
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Gobseck
(1987)
Music
The Pointsman
(1987)
Music
Visiting the Minotaur
(1987)
Music
Zerograd
(1988)
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Ай-ай-ай!
(1988)
Music
Will of Universe
(1988)
Music
Кресло
(1988)
Sound Engineer
Before Dawn
(1989)
Music
Homer and Eddie
(1989)
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And Everything Will Be Repeated…
(1989)
Music
Edge
(1989)
Music
These... Three True Cards...
(1989)
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Evil Spirit
(1989)
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The Executioner
(1990)
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The Heart of the Deal
(1990)
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Entrance to Labyrinth
(1990)
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Close to Eden
(1991)
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Auto Stop
(1991)
Music
Genius
(1991)
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Подводные береты
(1991)
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Shtemp
(1991)
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The Inner Circle
(1992)
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Double Jeopardy
(1992)
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Волшебная лавка
(1992)
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Anna
(1993)
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Sin: A Story of Passion
(1993)
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Burnt by the Sun
(1994)
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The Boundaries
(1995)
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Burial of the Rats
(1995)
Music
I, A Russian Soldier
(1995)
Music
The Barber of Siberia
(1998)
Music
Mommy
(1999)
Music
As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me
(2001)
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House of Fools
(2002)
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Mother
(2003)
Music
Father
(2003)
Music
A Driver for Vera
(2004)
Music
Destiny
(2006)
Music
Through the Eyes of a Wolf
(2006)
Music
12
(2007)
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Gloss
(2007)
Music
Nikto, Krome Nas...
(2008)
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The Fall of an Empire: The Lesson of Byzantium
(2008)
Music
Crawfishlike
(2009)
Music
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
(2010)
Original Music Composer
The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Space Tourists
(2010)
Music
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel
(2011)
Music
Home
(2011)
Original Music Composer
A Quiet Outpost
(2011)
Music
Expiation
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Branded
(2012)
Music
Legend No. 17
(2013)
Music
The Arcturian
(2013)
Music
The Postman's White Nights
(2014)
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Sunstroke
(2014)
Original Music Composer
The Hero
(2016)
Music
Genesis 2.0
(2018)
Music
Planetary Alignment
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Sin
(2019)
Music and Music Arranger
Don't Be Afraid of Anything
(2021)
Music
Nurnberg
(2023)
Music
Acting
Crew