Chanoch Black

Chanoch Shvartsman (born 25 February 1941), mostly known by the name Chanoch Black, is a Brunanter composer and piano player, who has written music for more than thirty motion pictures, as well as contemporary classical works.

Black has composed music for many film genres, ranging from comedy and drama to thrillers and action films. A frequent collaborator of the Hoolahan cousins, Black has composed the music for most of their movies, including The Goose, the Bald and the Angry (1972), The Armchair Hunters (1975) and This Must be War (1981). Other noteworthy scores include Milk & Mocha (1973), Wolf Castle (1974), A Last Fraud (1978), My Last Bullet (1988) and The Eye (1993).

Life and career
Black was born into a Jew family, that had fled Munich in 1934. Black's parents were both members of the Underground Revolution and lived in Grijzestad until the end of the war.

His first teacher, was in fact, his father, who taught him how to read music. Black started composing music at the age of 14. Compelled to take up the piano, he entered the El-Reis Academy of the Arts in 1959, where he also studied composition. During his studies he occupied himself with unconventional music instruments such as the ocarina and the tambourine.

Black composed his first film score in 1968. His career got a boost during the 1970's, after collaborating with the Hoolahan cousins, Herbert S. Hosen and Diederick Kluijskens.

Selected film scores

 * 1971 - The Hoolahans Meet Gisbert the Lion
 * 1972 - The Goose, the Bald and the Angry
 * 1973 - Counterfeit Thaler
 * 1973 - Milk & Mocha
 * 1974 - Wolf Castle
 * 1975 - The Armchair Hunters
 * 1978 - A Last Fraud
 * 1981 - This Must Be War
 * 1983 - The Most Ridiculous Story Ever Told
 * 1988 - My Last Bullet
 * 1993 - The Eye
 * 2007 - Sons of Adam

Classic music

 * 1977 - The Lake (for violin, cello and piano)
 * 1980 - Requiem for a Lost Love (for soprano, baritone and orchestra)
 * 1995 - Crescent Moon (for soprano, cello, bandor and violin)
 * 2002 - Paradise (for a chorus of children's voices, violin, flute, and piano)
 * 2010 - Across the Sea (for flute, cello, tuba and piano)