Isolated Incident

This piece is about a transcendental moment of connection. That moment where all the nightclub posturing and idle chitchat fall away as you look across the room and lock eyes with a beautiful stranger. In an instant, your entire world stops and you stand frozen in the imagination all of the fantastic possibilities that this [...]

Bitter Sweet Confusion

This piece explores the painful process of sacrificing what we want for what we need. The gut-churning decision to step up and do what is right instead of what is easy. The thing that no one ever tells you is that there are no prizes or awards for doing the right thing – especially when [...]

Tokyo at Night

Tokyo at Night

A photo of suburban Tokyo at dawn inspired me for this piece. The landscape has so many colours, strange buildings and this incredible, majestic glow to it. There is a sustained chord towards the end of the piece that represents this glow. A magical, musical, weightless moment where the listener can take [...]

CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY | “FIGHT”

I have just composed the score for two Canadian Cancer Society films. Below is the English version entitled “Fight”. If this powerful video inspires you to want to help, please visit the CCS website at http://www.fightback.ca to find out how you can join the fight.

TORONTO STORIES

Finally! Pop Music is out today! For the next eleven days I will post the stories that inspired me for each piece on the album.

Toronto Stories

Toronto is often called a “multi-cultural city” but I think we lose sight of what that term means. Walking the streets at any hour will reveal a constant clash of [...]

ROBINSONS WIMBLEDON AD | Music By Todor Kobakov

Todor has just scored this ad for Robinsons (airing now across the UK). It plays on hopes that Andy Murray could become the first British winner in Wimbledon the men’s singles since Fred Perry in 1936. Well, it didn’t happen this year Andy…better luck next time.