K'she Achinu Ha'katan Yigdal - Music

Noam Kaniel Born August 18 1962 In Tel Aviv Israel Is A Singer And Composer Who Has Sold Over 8 Million Records And Is Known For Composing Or Performing The Theme Songs Of Many Animated Series Including X-Men Goldorak The Mysterious Cities Of Gold Heathcliff And Code Lyoko.

Noam Began Singing At The Age Of 8 In Israel Taking Second Place In A Children's Singing Contest Organized By His Future Most Frequent Collaborator Producer Haim Saban In Partnership With Yuda Talit.

While In Israel He Went On To Record Such Major Hit Songs As "Gali" And "Ima Sheli" During This Period He Performed Continuously.

By 1972 At The Height Of The Yom Kippur War Young Noam Was Spotted Singing In Front Of Soldiers By Mike Brant Who Was France's Biggest Selling Artist At The Time. Brant Believed That Noam Could Have A Successful Career In France And Had Convinced Haim Saban To Move There To Look For Record Produce And Supervise Potential Hit Songs.

Noam's First Release "Difficile De Choisir" Went Straight To The Top Of The Charts. From 1972 To 1978 This Was Followed In Succession By Such Hits As "Viens Maman On Va Danser" "Une Maman" "Lollipop" And Other Singles. Two Subsequent Albums Followed.

In 1975 Kaniel Released An Album In Japan In Which He Sang All 12 Tracks In Japanese. This Resulted In His Headlining A Concert Tour First In Tokyo Then In Johannesburg South Africa.

Three Years Later Noam Recorded France's First-Ever Major Theme Song For An Animated Cartoon Show. The 1978 Production Goldorak Was The First Anime Series To Be Telecast In France. Noam's Performance Earned Him Unprecedented Celebrity Status In France By The Time Goldorak Had Ended Its Original Run On French TV Its Theme Song Had Sold Over 1.3 Million Copies.

At The End Of 1978 Noam Kaniel Moved To Los Angeles Following Haim Saban And His Partner Shuki Levy. Together With Saban And Levy As Composerproducers And Noam Usually Handling Lead Vocals The Three Artists Recorded Theme Music Andor Songs For Some Of The Most Popular International Animated Series Of The 1980s --- Notably Entrechats The Fantastic Four Superman The Incredible Hulk And Most Famously Of All He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe And Its Spin-Off She-Ra Princess Of Power. Levy And Saban Later Brought Noam Together With Filmation Founder Lou Scheimer And His Daughter Erika To Record "I Have The Power " Title Song From The 1985 Series Pilot The Secret Of The Sword Which Subsequently Received U.S. Theatrical Distribution.

In 1980 Kaniel Made His Acting Debut In An Israeli Film Kohav Hashahar Morning Star In Which He Portrayed An Aspiring Teen Singer Who Tries To Help His Fisherman Father Out Of Ruin.

In 1988 He Recorded And Released "My Butterfly " Which He Wrote With His Friend Alain Garcia. The Song Was A Tribute To Noam's Wife Kira Who Had Died Of Terminal Cancer At The Age Of 23. Shortly After "My Butterfly" Was Released Kaniel Abandoned His Acting Career Making Scant Appearances On French And Israeli TV.

In 1995 He Took A Sabbatical To Return To His First Real Love Songwriting. To Date He Has Written Andor Produced Material For Such French Music Stars As Mireille Mathieu Patricia Kaas Ophelie Winter Hélène Ségara Patrick Fiori Lorie Julie Zenatti And Lâam.

In 1998 Noam Teamed Up With Johnny Williams And Louis Element To Create MIRANDA A Mix Of Technopop And Dance Fusion That Took The European Charts By Storm. Miranda's First Single "Vamos A La Playa" Was Sold Over 2 000 000 Copies Worldwide And Was Honored As Best Italian Artist Of The Year.

In The Next Decade Noam Kaniel Returned To Writing Music For Animated Television And Theatrical Films.

Kaniel's Theatrical Film Scores Include

Touch Of A Panda 2009
Shattered Image 1994 TV
Under Investigation 1993 V
Til Death Do Us Part Part 1 1993
Round Trip To Heaven 1992

Discography


1974 Dessine-Moi Le Bonheur
1974 Difficile De Choisir
1975 Une Maman
1975 Viens Maman On Va Danser
1976 Lollipop
1976 Prends Cette Rose
1977 Rien Ne Vaut Le Mercredi
1978 Goldorak
1978 Le Retour De Goldorak
1979 Albator 78
1979 The Incredible Hulk
1979 Spider-Man L'araignée
1979 Superman
1980 Aime French Version Of Fame
1980 The Fantastic Four
1980 Shérif... Fais-Moi Peur !
1982 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century
1983 The Mysterious Cities Of Gold
1985 La Chanson Des Entrechats
1985 Les Entrechats Sont Là
1986 Popples
1986 M.A.S.K.
1988 My Butterfly Song Dedicated To Kira Kaniel Who Died Of Terminal Cancer
1992 X-Men
Dare-Dare Motus
La Vie Des Botes
BéCéBéGé
Diplodo
La Lucarne D'Amilcar

Music Composition For Series


Pig City 2001 - Theme And Original Score
L'odyssee 2001 - Theme And Original Score
Sacre Andy 2002 - Theme And Original Score
W.I.T.C.H. 2003-2005 - Theme And Original Score
Gadget And The Gadgetinis - French Theme
Les Tofous 2004 - Theme And Original Score
Alien Bazar 2004 - Theme And Original Score
Code Lyoko 2004 - Interprete Of The English Version Canal J France 3 Titre A World Without Danger
Martin Mystery 2004 - Theme
Action Man A.T.O.M. 2005 - Theme And Original Score
POP Secret 2006 - Theme And Original Score
Les 4 Fantastiques 2006 - Original Score
Combo Niños 2007 - Theme And Original Score
Monster Buster Club 2007 - Generique
In Ze Boite 2008-2011 - Theme And Original Score
Gormiti 2008-2011 - Original Score
Casper's Scare School 2009 - Theme And Original Score
TARA DUNCAN 2010 - Original Score
Rekkit Rabbit 2010 - Theme And Original Score
Power Rangers Samurai 2011 - Theme And Original Score - Nickelodeon US Canal J Gulli
The Mysterious Cities Of Gold 2012 - Original Background Music TF1
Power Rangers Megaforce 2013
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