{{short description|Israeli music producer and film composer}} {{refimprove|date=November 2025}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2007}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Misha Segal | image = Misha Segal (990048244600205171) (cropped).jpg | caption = Misha Segal, 1969 | native_name = מישה סגל | native_name_lang = he | birth_place = Haifa, Israel | background = non_performing_personnel | occupation = Composer | genre = Film composer | yearsactive = }}
'''Misha Segal''' ({{Langx|he|מישה סגל}}) is an Israeli music producer and film composer. He studied music, film, and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and apprenticed under Dieter Schöhnbach in Germany. Segal also studied composition and conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, after which point he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Segal has stated that he has been influenced by jazz, Elton John and The Beatles.
Segal has worked on several projects, including Blue Lou and Misha Project - Highly Classified, a Christmas CD with Diane Arkenstone, and a piano collection made to raise awareness for lung cancer awareness.
Segal was born in Haifa, Israel, to a Jewish family. He served in the Israel Defense Forces Orchestra of the Israeli Air Force.
== Awards == * Award of the Israeli Film Academy for Best Music (2008, nominated - ''Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv'') * Black Reel for Best Original Score (2012, nominated - ''Mooz-lum'') * Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition in Children's Programming (1984, won - for "Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy", episode 12.4 of ''ABC Afterschool Specials'') * Brit Award (''The Phantom of the Opera'')
== Discography == * ''Let it In'' (1979, as Charme) * ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1989, soundtrack) * ''Zambooka'' (1991)<ref>{{Cite web|title = Zambooka - Misha Segal (review)|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/zambooka-mw0000273525|website = AllMusic|accessdate = 2015-12-30}}</ref> * ''Connected to the Unexpected'' (1996, as Misha)<ref>{{Cite web|title = Connected to the Unexpected (review)|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/connected-to-the-unexpected-mw0000648516|website = AllMusic|accessdate = 2015-12-30}}</ref> * ''Female'' (2003) * ''Female Part II'' (2005) * ''Simplemente el Piano Romantic''o (2006) * ''Be My Love: Female, Pt. 3'' (2006)
== Selected composer filmography ==
=== Film === * ''Ninja III: The Domination'' (1984) * ''The Last Dragon'' (1985) * ''KGB: The Secret War'' (1985) * ''Young Lady Chatterley II'' (1985) * ''Steele Justice'' (1986) * ''The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking'' (1988) * ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1989) * ''The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)'' (2015) * ''Clinger'' (2015) * ''Legend of the Demon Cat'' (2017) * ''Frank & Ava'' (2018) * ''The Lurker'' (2019)
=== Television === * ''The Facts of Life Goes to Paris'' (1982) * ''Baby Makes Five'' (1983, 4 episodes) * ''ABC Afterschool Specials'' (1982-1990, 5 episodes) * ''CBS Schoolbreak Special'' (1984-1991, 6 episodes)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0002226}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110724091753/http://files.tarakanov.net/mp3/donjuan-19.08.09.mp3 Version of arietta "Your eyes see but my shadow" with chorus by Misha Segal (from "The Phantom of the Opera")] *Irina Sakne (soprano); [http://hor.tarakanov.net Academic big chorus of Russian Mendeleyev University]
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