Amin Bhatia

Who is Amin Bhatia?

Amin Bhatia is a recording artist, film and television music score composer and producer. In 1981 his compositions won the Roland Corporation International Synthesizer competition for two consecutive years. The judges included Oscar Peterson, synth veterans Robert Moog and Ralph Dyck, and Japanese artist Isao Tomita. The exposure led to projects with David Foster, Steve Porcaro and a solo album on Capitol Records Cinema label called "The Interstellar Suite" which launched his career in music for film and television.

Bhatia is known for lush orchestral work with contemporary influences. His early compositions were created strictly with analog keyboards and tape, combining and layering hundreds of electronic parts to achieve a warm orchestral sound that was not sampled from an orchestra. In later years, Amin’s strengths in both music and midi synthesizer programming led him to projects like "John Woo's Once a Thief" and “Iron Eagle II”. Over the years Bhatia has moved into actual orchestral work with his film and television scores. The IMAX film “Jane Goodall’s Wild Chimpanzees” features members of the Toronto Symphony and Opera Orchestras with hit songs recorded in Africa with Johnny Clegg. The GFT epic war feature “Going Back” was recorded by the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the animated adventure “Rescue Heroes: The Movie” features players from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.