Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Annexe

♬ Effect / اثر

Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh / اسفندیار منفردزاد was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a film composer, songwriter and filmmaker.

He started his career early the late 1950s with the National Iranian Radio Children’s Program. He work his way up to the Youth Orchestra of National Iranian Radio and was eventually put in charge of all the music arrangement and the conductor duties.

From an early age, he was fascinated by cinema and filmmaking. He shared this dream with his lifelong friend Masoud Kimiai who eventually became a film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1967, Masoud Kimiai got a chance to direct his first film, Come Stranger, and Monfaredzadeh was asked to compose the score. Their second collaboration – 1969’s Qeysar / قیصر – was a box office success. Monfaredzadeh won the Best Film Score award for Qeysar at the second Sepas Awards ceremony – which would be repeated the following year for their collaboration Reza Motorcyclist / رضا موتوری. That same year, Monfaredzadeh joined the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults where he contributed to establish the Children’s Film Training Center as well as writing music for audio books, animations and short films produced by the institute.

In 1972, Kimiai asked Monfaredzadeh to compose the soundtrack to the film Baluch / موزیک متن – their fifth film working together – which is the single posted above. All four songs have the same title: “Effect” / “اثر”.

In 1973, he was sentenced to prison for his social and political ideas. However, after his release he would not remain silent and with his film and music, he accompanied and supported people in the upcoming revolution.

Monfaredzadeh is still active as of this posting. You can find out more about him as well as his film and music at his website (which is all in Farsi) here: https://www.monfaredzadehmusic.com/

Catalog number Catalog number ۰۰۱۹۰۵/۹۰۲۰۴۲ on Disco record of Iran. Released 1972.