BIO

Ari Barack Fisher, a multi-award-winning composer with degrees from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (Bachelor of Music and Master of Music), aims to connect with listeners through evocative melodies and intricate harmonies. Fisher, an avid collaborator, has worked on a variety of projects ranging from feature-length films to video game soundtracks. In 2015, Fisher received the Jon Vickers Film Scoring Award for his score to the 1916 silent film "The Return of "Draw" Egan by William S. Hart.  In 2019, the score was revised for the restored Library of Congress Version of Hart's film featuring newly discovered footage and scene swaps.  The LOC version of the score had its European premiere at the 2019 Pordenone Silent Film Festival (Le Giornate del Cinema Muto). In 2021, Fisher collaborated with the renowned cross-over string quartet ATLYS and Jeff Montalvo (Seven Lions) in arranging string quartet covers of EDM songs by Seven Lions for performances at Red Rocks Amphitheater and The Gorge Amphitheater. Fisher's arrangements featuring ATLYS were then recorded and released by Ophelia Records in an album titled OPUS.

 

Fisher's teachers and mentors include David Taylor (Assistant Concertmaster Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Michelle Szamarzewska Wynton, Michel Merlet, Sven-David Sandström, Narcis Bonet, Claude Baker, Aaron Travers, Don Freund, and Rick Marvin. His works have been performed by ATLYS, Seven Lions (Jeff Montalvo), Woori Orchestra, Artemis Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Scoring Orchestra, Indiana University Chamber Orchestra, New Trier Symphony Orchestra, Hawaii Youth Symphony, Hawaii Music Educators Association Honors Orchestra, Naples Community Orchestra, and members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Other works have been performed by violinists Richard Silvers, Jorja Fleezanis, pianists Norman Kreiger, Nicholas Ho, Clare Longendyke, vocalist Laurie Rubin, conductors Alvin Ho, Nicholas Hersh, Joseph Stepec and Henry Cheng. Venues include Teatro Verdi (Pordenone Silent Film Festival), Red Rocks Amphitheater, The Gorge Amphitheater, Ravinia Music Festival, and The Seoul Arts Center. His awards include the 2010 Indiana University cinema competition, the inaugural Jon Vickers film scoring award, the VGM Con Video Game Music Awards best symphonic arrangement in 2023 and Listener’s Choice in 2023 and 2024. In 2024, Fisher won the commission prize to compose music and write lyrics for Indiana University Jacobs School of Music’s fight song titled Sound Off the Carillon. In 2025, Fisher won 1st prize in The 3rd Vienna International Arnold Rosé Violin Competition’s Composition Competition. He was also awarded 1st prize in the 2nd International ArtePiano Composer’s Competition. 

 

In 2023, Fisher was hired to compose two tracks for a special edition of the popular video game Bread and Fred. In the same year, ZREO: Second Quest collaborated with ATLYS to release the album Fair Winds and Following Seas featuring ATLYS. Recently, Fisher's composition Romance for Cello and Piano was recorded by Warren Hagerty (Verona Quartet/Principal Cello Pacific Symphony) and Orli Shaham. He released an album of original composition for string quartet titled The Sonnenberg Suite on November 16th 2024 recorded with the string quartet ATLYS and Grammy award winning producer Adam Abeshouse. Fisher also serves as co-founder, music director, lead composer, and arranger for ZREO: Second Quest, a company that creates interpretations of music from the Legend of Zelda video game series. He is also composer-in-residence and section violinist of The Artemis Chamber Orchestra. His concert works have been performed in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Taiwan, and across the United States. His music has been featured across the nation in television ads. 

 

Fisher currently resides in Skokie, Illinois with his wife Jamie, their son, Chaim, and dog Birdie. 

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