Famed film score composer departs life

Well-known Iran film score composer and music maestro Naser Cheshmazar has passed away at hospital in Iranian capital city of Tehran.

The maestro gave the shock of life to his fans when the news of his sudden death at a Tehran hospital broke out Friday.

Born 1950 in Iranian provincial capital of Ardabil, Cheshmazar selected to play the accordion in his childhood besides learning music theory.

The top-of-the-line music composer learned and displayed the art in the best possible shape. He was critically acclaimed for making film scores of famous Iranian films such as ‘Long Lost Sisters’ by Kiumars Pourahmad and ‘Hamoun’ by Dariush Mehrjui.

His musical works presented in 'The Devil’s Eye' by Hassan Hedayat as well as Rasoul Mollagholipour’s ‘The Poisonous Mushroom’ grabbed the Best Music Crystal Simorgh awards at Fajr International Film Festival in Iran.

The great Iranian musician left us with his marvelous musical works and very much regret that we missed him for good.

Listen to one of his music composed for ‘Long Lost Sisters' featuring Iran actor Khosro Shakibaee.

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