Gil Talmi

Gil Talmi

Known for
Sound
Born
December 15, 1968 (age 57)

Biography

GIL TALMI is an EMMY nominated film composer, sonic activist and recording artist with a passion for socially conscious films. Blending his traditional orchestral background with tasteful modular electronics and eclectic world music sensibilities, Talmi has created a signature sound that can be heard in many award winning productions worldwide. Some of Gil's most recent work includes original music for Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer, Harry & Meghan, UNKNOWN: Cosmic Time Machine (Netflix/Story Syndicate), Baby Doe (Impact Partners/Lunamax Films), Wild Wild Space (HBO/Zero Point Zero), ALL IN: The Fight For Democracy (Amazon Studios/Story Syndicate), The Great Hack (A Netflix Original Documentary/A Noujaim Films/Othrs Production), Lead Me Home (Netflix/Actual Films), Jacinta (Hulu/Endeavor Pictures), White Noise (The Atlantic) and, Chavela (Aubin Pictures). Gil's score for Harry & Meghan (Netflix/Story Syndicate) was recently awarded the BMI Streaming and Media Award and the music for Backyard Wilderness (Archipelago Films) was nominated for Best Original Score in the 2018 GSCA Awards. In 2017, Gil's score for Chavela was nominated for Best Original Composition ­Feature Film Score by the Music & Sound= Awards. Gil was also nominated for a National News and Documentary Emmy Award for his work on CBS Evening News and won Best Documentary for his score for Tales Of The Waria (PBS Global Voices). Gil has scored the Peabody Award winning documentaries Between The Folds (PBS Independent Lens), Who Killed Chea Vichea? (PBS) and New Year Baby (PBS Independent Lens), winner of the Amnesty International 'Movies That Matter' Award. Talmi's 1700 square foot scoring facility with inspiring views of Manhattan is located inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard (a stone's throw away from Steiner Studios). The studio's unique location, ambiance, and state of the art equipment work together to complement the innovative, high quality scores that Talmi creates for studio and indie projects alike.

Known For

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Filmography

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Jack and Jill poster

Jack and Jill

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Love Apptually poster

Love Apptually

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Ice Gold: A Journey from Worst to First poster

Ice Gold: A Journey from Worst to First

Movie · Music Producer, Original Music Composer

2026
Manhood poster

Manhood

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Baby Doe poster

Baby Doe

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
52 Blue poster

52 Blue

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Harvest

Harvest

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Love, Rendered poster

Love, Rendered

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
In Our Blood poster

In Our Blood

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
We Met at Grossinger’s poster

We Met at Grossinger’s

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer poster

Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer

TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps

2024
Finding the Money poster

Finding the Money

Movie · Music

2024
Wild Wild Space poster

Wild Wild Space

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Who in the Hell Is Regina Jones? poster

Who in the Hell Is Regina Jones?

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Hold the Line poster

Hold the Line

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All poster

Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All

Movie · Music Producer

2024
The Original Badass poster

The Original Badass

Movie · Music

2023
Breaking the News poster

Breaking the News

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Passersby poster

Passersby

Movie · Music

2023
Nina & Irena poster

Nina & Irena

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine poster

Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
This Is Not Financial Advice poster

This Is Not Financial Advice

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Goodbye, Morganza poster

Goodbye, Morganza

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
You'll Be Happier poster

You'll Be Happier

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Jailhouse to Milhouse poster

Jailhouse to Milhouse

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Esther Newton Made Me Gay poster

Esther Newton Made Me Gay

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Mama Bears poster

Mama Bears

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Battleground poster

Battleground

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Silent Beauty poster

Silent Beauty

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Our American Family poster

Our American Family

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Wings Over Water poster

Wings Over Water

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Harry & Meghan poster

Harry & Meghan

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

2021
American Scar poster

American Scar

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Cicada poster

Cicada

Movie · Music

2021
Lead Me Home poster

Lead Me Home

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Revolution of Our Times poster

Revolution of Our Times

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Captains of Za'atari poster

Captains of Za'atari

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Jacinta poster

Jacinta

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
iGilbert poster

iGilbert

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
All In: The Fight for Democracy poster

All In: The Fight for Democracy

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
White Noise poster

White Noise

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Chris' Casting Call

Chris' Casting Call

Movie · Music

2019
The Great Hack poster

The Great Hack

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Building the American Dream poster

Building the American Dream

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Dykes, Camera, Action! poster

Dykes, Camera, Action!

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Tre Maison Dasan poster

Tre Maison Dasan

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Backyard Wilderness poster

Backyard Wilderness

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Chavela poster

Chavela

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image poster

Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
Remittance poster

Remittance

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
The Memory of Fish poster

The Memory of Fish

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
A House Without Snakes poster

A House Without Snakes

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
The Lost Arcade poster

The Lost Arcade

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
All Rise poster

All Rise

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Love Between the Covers poster

Love Between the Covers

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Desert Migration poster

Desert Migration

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Food Chains poster

Food Chains

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Savannah poster

Savannah

Movie · Music

2012
Ultimate Mars Challenge poster

Ultimate Mars Challenge

Movie · Music

2012
Bill W. poster

Bill W.

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Tales of the Waria poster

Tales of the Waria

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
David poster

David

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Between Us poster

Between Us

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Mamá poster

Mamá

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
Galapagos poster

Galapagos

TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps

1999
Love Is Strange poster

Love Is Strange

Movie · Original Music Composer