Saeed Shahram is a noted composer with over 60 feature-length movie soundtracks to his credit since 1983. His accomplishments include awards for the film "Two Sides of a Coin" and "Abadanies", the latter winning the prize for Best Film at the 1994 International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland. He studied composition, electronic music, and completed Dastgah under Mr. Pour Torab and Master Karimi in 1983. He has been composing full-time since then. Shahram moved to the United States in 1994 and has been traveling back to Iran periodically, especially since 2006, to compose a variety of scores for award-winning films, such as "Lonesome Trees" director Saeed Ebrahimefar. Currently, Shahram has several scores for film and television projects in production. He resides in Seattle, Washington and has been serving on the board of the Seattle Composers Alliance since 2001. He is also a member of ASCAP.
Works
Compositions: 2016-2019 “Aunti Frog” Puppet feature film, Tehran/Seattle USA 2016 "Kalileh and Demneh" Animation feature film- Tehran, Iran/ Seattle, USA 2015-2016 GITA" -Feature Film- Seattle, USA/ Tehran, Iran 2009 Paye Piyadeh - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2008 Life of Garib - TV Series, 37 Episodes - Tehran, Iran 2008 - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2008 - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2007 - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2007 - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2007 - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2006 Tak Derakht-ha - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2006 Vaghti Hame Khab Boodan - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2006 Movajehe - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2005 - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2005 "Tardast" - Feature Film-Tehran,Iran 2005 Aroose Farari - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 2005 Seattle Transportation - TV Series, 1 Episode - Seattle, WA 2002 The Butterfly - Theatrical Play - Seattle, WA 2002 Kelvin Design - commercial, Farinaz Taghavi - Seattle, WA 2000 On the footsteps in our fatherland - Documentary Film - New York, NY 1998 Yves Saint Laurent - Commercial Film - Seattle, WA 1997-98 Career Advantage- 26 episode TV Series for KCSM-TV - San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo - CA 1997 Seattle train station - Documentary Film - Seattle, WA 1997 Hotel carton - Feature Film InternationalFilm Festival - Tehran, Iran 1997 White, Black and Gray - TV Series - Tehran, Iran 1996 KCSM-TV - Public TV Logo - San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo - CA 1995 Rodell- Feature Film - Chicago, Illinois 1994 Abadanis- Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 1994 The Sting - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran 1994 Two Sides of a Coin - Feature Film - Tehran, Iran Recordings: 2004 Bright Colors of HopeWorld Jazz and operatic - Seattle and San Francisco, WA, CA. 2002 Amordad Cultural Anthems Seattle, WA 1999–present Stand On the Earth World Jazz, Seattle, WA 2001 Gatha Zoroastrian Anthems Vancouver, BC 2001 New SeedWorld Music, Seattle, WA and Mexico 1998-2000 Ancient Whispers Zoroastrian Anthems, Seattle, WA 1997 Ceremony of the soul World Music, Seattle, WA 1996 Invisible BordersNew Age, San Francisco, CA Publications: 2000 Talking rhythm'' Mexico and USA