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Misha Segal

Misha Segal is an Israeli composer and music producer known for Israeli songs of the late 1960s and early 1970s and for film and television scores in the United States.

born 1943Songs for Chava AlbersteinArik Einstein's album "Pozi"Score for "The Last Dragon"A 1984 Emmy Award

Born: 26 December 1943, Haifa
Occupation: record producer, composer, film score composer, musician

Misha Segal was born in 1943 in Haifa

Segal was born in Haifa in 1943 to a Jewish family. His father was a boxing referee and a jazz fan, so Segal heard jazz often as a child. He played saxophone from age 17.

He served in the Israeli Air Force orchestra. He studied music with Paul Ben-Haim, Noam Sheriff and Yitzhak Sadai, and film and philosophy at Tel Aviv University. He later trained with Dieter Schönbach in Germany, studied composition and conducting at the Guildhall School in London, and attended Berklee College of Music in Boston.

His first recorded song, "Mot HaParpar" with lyrics by Ehud Manor, was sung by Chava Alberstein in 1968. In 1969 he composed and arranged songs for Arik Einstein's album "Pozi". He also wrote "Ad Sof HaKayitz" and "Yelid HaAretz", and music for theater and films.

After finishing at Berklee in 1976 he stayed in New York, working with artists such as Luther Vandross and Maynard Ferguson. In 1981 he moved to Los Angeles and scored films including "The Last Dragon" and "The Phantom of the Opera". He won an Emmy in 1984.

He kept working with Israeli musicians, producing Chava Alberstein's album "Kolot" in 1982. In 2008 he was nominated for an Ophir Award for the film "Weekend in Tel Aviv".