Elia Cmiral
Elia Cmiral emerged as one of the most compelling and innovative action composers of his generation via John Frankenheimer's 1998 cult favorite Ronin. Born in Czechoslavakia in 1957, Cmiral was the son of an actress and stage director. After writing his first symphony at age 11, he composed his first theatrical score for his father's production of Cyrano de Bergerac. After fleeing his Communist-controlled homeland for Sweden in 1980, Cmiral studied electronic music in Stockholm, eventually winning a grant from the University of Southern California, where he pursued film music and in 1988 was commissioned to write his first Hollywood score for the underground hit Apartment Zero. Cmiral nevertheless returned to Sweden in 1991 and worked on a series of European-produced films and television series before returning to the U.S. in 1996 to score the fledgling Don Johnson cop series Nash Bridges. He also earned notice for his work on the video game The Last Express before earning widespread international acclaim for his work on Frankenheimer's acclaimed thriller Ronin. After surviving the debacle of John Travolta's L. Ron Hubbard adaptation Battlefield Earth in 2000, Cmiral aligned himself with a series of low-budget horror movies including 2001's Bones, 2002's Wes Craven Presents: They, and 2003's Wrong Turn, remaining a favorite of soundtrack enthusiasts even if his commercial profile dipped considerably.
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Discography
10 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Ronin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Varese on 1 Jan 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wicked Blood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Varese Sarabande on 1 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Battlefield Earth (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Varese Sarabande on 1 Jan 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Chamber Suites
Film Soundtracks - Released by MovieScore Media on 24 Jun 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wrong Turn (Original Motion Picture Score)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Varese on 1 Jan 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Piranha 3DD (Original Motion Picture Score)
Soundtracks - Released by Lakeshore Records on 29 May 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Splinter - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtracks - Released by BSX Records on 4 Nov 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tooth and Nail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Lakeshore Records on 28 Apr 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pulse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Lakeshore Records on 7 Oct 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Feral (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by MovieScore Media on 1 Jun 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo