Eduard Nikolaevich Artemyev (Artist: Eduard Artemyev or Edward Artemiev, Russian: Эдуа́рд Никола́евич Арте́мьев), is a Russian composer of electronic music and film scores. Outside of Russia he is mostly known for his film scores from films such as Solaris, Siberiade, Stalker or Burnt by the Sun. 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 the 1960, when electronic music was still in its infancy. He wrote his first composition in 1967 on one of the first s…
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