Todor Kobakov

• Name — Todor Kobakov • Genre — Contemporary Classical, Alternative, Electronic • Years Active — 1998–present • Label — 88 Calibre • Website — www.todor.ca • Born — 19 September 1978 • Birthplace — Sofia, Bulgaria • Education — University of Toronto

Kobakov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he was raised by his mother and grandmother. He comes from a family of classical musicians all of whom are bass players. Kobakov's grandmother played in the Bulgarian opera and his mother worked at Bulgarian National Television as a producer of music programming. Kobakov's musical training began at the piano as a toddler. At age seven, he was accepted into the Lubomir Pipkov Music School in Sofia where he studied for ten years. Kobakov moved to Canada at age sixteen and graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Music with a Performance Piano Degree at age twenty.

While in university Kobakov interned at Krystal Music & Sound Design, a commercial music house based in Toronto. The owner, David Krystal, schooled Kobakov on composing music for picture, including the use of production equipment for sound design and mixing. Kobakov landed his first commercial, a Nikon spot, in 2000. He went on to a successful run as a freelance composer landing over a dozen Canadian commercials. In 2007, Kobakov landed his first major international campaign for Vodafone Europe. Other international campaigns followed most notably for Macy's (U.S.), Foot Locker (UK), and Robinsons (UK). In 2010, Todor scored Canadian Cancer Society's short film Fight, which won the Silver Lion at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

In 2003, Kobakov wrote the string arrangements for indie pop band Stars critically acclaimed sophomore album Set Yourself On Fire. Kobakov gained considerable attention when Pitchfork Media gave the album an 8.4 rating stating that "it might be the best orchestral pop album of the past year". Kobakov went on to score string arrangements for other prominent Canadian indie artists including Metric, Emily Haines, k-os, Sarah Slean, Lindy, Small Sins, and Dan Mangan. Kobakov has toured as a keyboardist with Emily Haines and The Soft Skeleton, Luke Doucet and Small Sins. In 2007, Kobakov and Lindy Vopnfjörð formed the indie rock band Major Maker. Their song "Rollercoaster" was licensed to a television commercial, which propelled the song to a Top 40 radio hit in Canada and a Canadian distribution deal with EMI Music Canada. That same year Kobakov was named "Toronto's Best Keyboardist" by Now Magazine. In July 2010, Metric enlisted Kobakov to compose a string version of their breakthrough album Fantasies to be performed at Vivid Live, a music festival held in Sydney, Australia curated by Lou Reed and Lori Anderson. Kobakov accompanied Haines to the festival where she performed the songs accompanied by a string quartet. Kobakov also played piano as Haines and Lou Reed performed Reed's song "Perfect Day". Metric also commissioned Kobakov to compose a string version of "Eclipse (All Yours)", the theme song from the movie The Twilight Saga: Eclipse which Metric co-wrote with Howard Shore. Kobakov's arrangements can also be heard on Metric's iTunes Live Session album released on January 4, 2011. Canadian hip-hop artist k-os commissioned Kobakov to compose string arrangements for his MTV Unplugged performance on March 31, 2011.

• Year — Title — Director — Genre • 2013 — Solo — Isaac Cravit — Mystery thriller • 2012 — The Samaritan — David Weaver — Neo-noir thriller • 2011 — Cold Blooded — Jason Lapeyre — Crime thriller • 2011 — Monster Brawl — Jesse Thomas Cook — Action horror comedy • 2010 — Hit List — Minh Collins — Dark comedy • 2008 — Pinkville — Steven Garbas — Psychological drama • 2007 — Sympathy — Andrew Moorman — Suspense, grindhouse • 2007 — Young People Fucking — Martin Gero — Romantic comedy • 2015 — Hellions — Bruce McDonald — Horror thriller • 2015 — Closet Monster — Stephen Dunn — Horror drama • 2021 — Artificial Immortality — Ann Shin — Documentary • 2022 — Brother — Clement Virgo • 2024 — Humane — Caitlin Cronenberg — Dystopian thriller • 2024 — The Invisibles — Andrew Currie — Science fiction • 2024 — 40 Acres — R. T. Thorne — Post-apocalyptic thriller • 2026 — #WhileBlack — Sidney Fussell, Jennifer Holness — Documentary

• Year — Client — Title — Agency • 2010 — Amex — Yes — Ogilvy Canada • 2010 — Footlocker — Again — Sapient Nitro UK • 2010 — Canadian Cancer Society — Fight — DDB Canada • 2010 — Canadian Cancer Society — Combat — DDB Canada • 2010 — Toronto Rehab — Rehabilitation Saves Lives — Manifest Communications • 2010 — Winners — Spring Time — Ogilvy Canada • 2009 — Robinsons — Imagine — BBH London • 2009 — AIDS/HIV Awareness — Shine — Manifest Communications • 2009 — Chocolate Milk — Recharge — Grip Toronto • 2009 — Acura — Master The Road — Grip Toronto • 2009 — Acura — Driving Conditions — Grip Toronto • 2008 — Vodafone — Cartwheel — BBH London • 2008 — Macy's — Anthem — JWT NY

• Year — Band/Artist — Song — Release Details • 2013 — Sara Bareilles — I Wanna Be Like Me — The Blessed Unrest • 2011 — k-os — Astronaut — MTV Unplugged • 2011 — k-os — Born to Run — MTV Unplugged • 2011 — k-os — Burning Bridges — MTV Unplugged • 2011 — k-os — Man I Used To Be — MTV Unplugged • 2011 — k-os — Uptown Girl — MTV Unplugged • 2011 — k-os — Zambony — MTV Unplugged • 2010 — Metric — Eclipse (All Yours) — Vivid Live (performance) • 2010 — Metric — Help I'm Alive — iTunes Session • 2010 — Metric — Gimme Sympathy — iTunes Session • 2010 — Metric — Blindness — Vivid Live (performance) • 2010 — Metric — Gold, Guns, Girls — Vivid Live (performance) • 2010 — Metric — Satellite Mind — Vivid Live (performance) • 2009 — Dan Mangan — Nice, Nice, Very Nice — Set The Sails LP • 2007 — Emily Haines — Doctor Blind — Knives Don't Have Your Back LP • 2007 — Emily Haines — Reading In Bed — Knives Don't Have Your Back LP • 2007 — Emily Haines — Mostly Waving — Knives Don't Have Your Back LP • 2006 — Small Sins — Stay — Smallsinsmusic.com • 2006 — Lindy — Beautifully Undone — Lindymusic.com • 2004 — Sarah Slean — Weight — Orphan Music LP • 2003 — Stars — One More Night — Set Yourself On Fire LP • 2003 — Stars — Set Yourself On Fire — Set Yourself On Fire LP • 2003 — Stars — Your Ex-Lover Is Dead — Set Yourself On Fire LP

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