TV & Film
Hundreds of titles written for film and television series airing on international networks worldwide, including Cosmic Vistas and Hubble’s Canvas.
Composer · Toronto
Music for story,
movement & image.
Film · Television · Ballet · Opera · Video Games
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Projects
Ballet & Opera
Critically acclaimed scores including Anastasia, The Velveteen Rabbit and The Emperor’s New Clothes.
Video Games
From dramatic symphonic scores to rock-driven material, including work connected with My Singing Monsters and Concert Kings.
Just Music
A Doctor of Musical Arts, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, Yves moves comfortably between classical, pop and rock worlds.
ORCHESTRAL·ELECTRONIC·ACOUSTIC
About
Biography
Composer · Guitarist · Multi-instrumentalist · Filmmaker
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Yves Barbotin began playing guitar at 10. Within a couple of years, he formed the rock band Sphinx, which soon won the “Soviet Union’s Best Youth Band” competition. At 16, he joined Russia’s celebrated rock band Forum as lead guitarist.
After making Canada his new home in 1990, Yves studied languages and linguistics and worked as a video editor at Leafs TV and NBA TV Canada before returning to music full-time as a film and television composer.
His music has been performed and recorded by orchestras including the Russian Philharmonic, the Kitchener-Waterloo Orchestra and Symphony Nova Scotia. Yves holds a doctorate in composition from the University of Toronto.
He is currently working on his nature series fraQtal, combining music composition, drone flying and video production.
Selected notices
Press
“the music is positively majestic” Metro Newspaper
“evocative music” The Globe and Mail
“a soaring score” National Post
“beautiful music” Now Magazine
“Barbotin’s orchestral score is profound” straight.com
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