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Karel Svoboda

カレル・スヴォボダ　/　かれる・すゔぉぼだ

Composer from Czech Republic

December 19, 1938 – January 28, 2007　・　Prague, Czech Republic

composer
songwriter
film score composer

My Take

Svoboda intrigues me as a Prague composer who poured his gift into 1970s television rather than the concert hall, with Dracula among his signature works. The Czech lands gave the world Smetana and Dvořák, and there is something I find charming about an heir to that melodic tradition delivering tunes straight into living rooms. Screen composers rarely get their names remembered, yet they quietly colonize our memories with themes we hum without knowing whose they are. Conductor, songwriter, score writer, he wore many hats. As long as his music keeps playing, he is not really gone, and I like that kind of legacy.

Overview

Karel Svoboda (19 December 1938 – 28 January 2007) was a Czech composer of popular music. He wrote music for many TV series in the 1970s.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Karel Svoboda
Name (Japanese): カレル・スヴォボダ
Reading: かれる・すゔぉぼだ
Born: December 19, 1938 – January 28, 2007
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Tiger
Origin: Prague, Czech Republic
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer / songwriter / film score composer / musician / conductor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Dracula	—

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.karel-svoboda.cz
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%9C%E3%83%80

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