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Claude SAMARD POLIKAR is an explorer of musical landscapes. Over the years he has traveled successfully across many diverse musical territories as a musician, arranger, producer and film composer. (2 Best Music Awards in major international Film Festivals). Studied at Berklee College of Music (Boston-USA). Claude started his musical career as a studio guitarist and  soon became an accomplished arranger with several gold and platinum credits to his name.
He then evolved quite naturally into producing and composing music for films, documentaries, video games and music libraries, when not working as a musician/Musical Director for electronic music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre (since 2004)

Claude SAMARD POLIKAR’s unique compositional versatility led him to involvement in far-ranging projects like scoring UbiSoft’s runaway international video game hit Rayman as well as composing reggae songs for Rita Marley.
His first movie soundtrack "Bo Ba Bu" (Directed by Uzbek Ali Khamraev) won the Best Music Award in 2001 at the Shanghai International FIlm Festival. “The folk music of Central Asia and modern music are beautifully blended in BO BA BU” was the Jury's comment.

His score for Max Sender's  "Christopher Roth"  was voted Best Music at Sao Paulo-Brazil 5th Cinefantastic Festival (2010).
His collaboration with Cezame now showcases more than 30 songs. "Vision of China" (CEZ 4133) , his latest release from 2014 is a good example of the blend of organic and electronic sounds that has become Claude SAMARD POLIKAR’s indelible and successful trademark.

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