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Hayat Selim

United Kingdom

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Biography

Hayat Selim is an Egyptian London-based media composer, singer-songwriter, and recording artist. She moved to the United Kingdom in 2017 on a scholarship to do her master's in composition for screen at the Royal College of Music, London and graduated in 2019.

Hayat’s compositional work varies from game and film music to advertisement and her solo artist project in various genres, mainly fusing Western classical cinematic orchestration with world music influences. In 2018 she was profiled in Meagan Marie book "Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play" for her work in the Indie gaming industry in Egypt and her soundtrack "The Great Red Spot" for a virtual reality experience was broadcast on BBC 3 Radio's Late Junction show for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

Hayat's original song and composition ‘Mirage’ for the short film by Lena Srinivasan was nominated in the ‘Best Song’ category of the Jerry Goldsmith Awards 2019 and started opening doors in singing on media projects.

In 2020, Hayat was commissioned by Sonuscore and Steinberg to be the featured singer of the ‘Ethnic Vocal Phrases’ virtual instrument library and has sung on various video game and film soundtracks since.

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Art Type:

Musician

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Speciality:

Singer (Vocalist)

Genres:

Ballad, Classical, Contemporary, Folk, Indie, Instrumental, Middle Eastern, Pop, World Music

Events Type:

Hotels & Restaurants, Wedding, Festival, Public Event, Corporate Event, Private Party, Exhibition

Languages:

German, French, English, Arabic

Awards and Recognition

Winner of the 'Young Talent Award Game Music', Hamburg, Germany
2016

Full Scholar at the Royal College of Music supported by the Noel Coward Foundation, Clifton Parker Award and the Henry Wood Trust
2017

Semi-finalist in the 'World Music' of the UK Songwriting Contest
2019

Nominee in the 'Best Song' Category of the Jerry Goldsmith Awards for the song 'Mirage'
2019

Group Members

Brian Hughes

Piano & Keys

Maria Gilicel

Violinist

Cristina Cooper

Cellist

Mau Loseto Brito

Percussionist

Experience

Vocalist on John Michael McDonagh's 'The Forgiven' film
2021

Vocalist and Composer of 'Ethnic Vocal Phrases' by Sonuscore and Steinberg
2020

Singer at Oxo Tower, London
2021

Singer at New Cross Inn, London
2021

Singer-songwriter at Fiddler's Elbow, London
2020

Singer-Songwriter at The Royal Academy of Music, London
2019

Singer-Songwriter at "The District", Cairo
2016

Soprano singer in Cairo Celebration Choir
2015-2017

Singer at the Cairo International Jazz Festival
2016

Singer at the GUC Music Ensemble
2010-2015

Song list

  • World Music & Originals, Pop/Cinema/Musicals
  • World Music:
  • Lamma Bada Yatathanna (Arrangement)
  • Hymn Of Greatness by Hisham Nazih (Arrangement)
  • Now We Are Free by Hans Zimmer (Arrangement)
  • Grounder's Anthem by Tree Adams (Arrangement)
  • She's All Of That (Original)
  • Elsewhere (Original)
  • Pilgrimage (Original)
  • Of Music And Fairies (Original)
  • Bohemienne from Notre Dame De Paris (Cover)
  • Alegria from Cirque Du Soleil (Cover)
  • Sweat On My Forehead (Original)
  • Songs from Cinema and Musicals:
  • 'Valerie' by Amy Winehouse
  • 'Back To Black' by Amy Winehouse
  • 'Easy As Life' from Aida The Musical
  • 'Loyal Brave and True' by Christina Aguilera
  • 'Bound To You' by Christina Aguilera
  • 'Skyfall' by Adele
  • 'No Time to Die' by Billie Eilish
  • 'Welcome to Burlesque' by Cher
  • 'Tell Him' by Barbara Streisand and Celine Dion
  • 'I'm Alive' by Celine Dion
  • 'Never Enough' from The Greatest Showman
  • 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' by Abba
  • 'Lay All Your Love On Me' by Abba
  • 'I know where I've been' by Queen Lateefah
  • 'Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word' by Elton John
  • 'Apologize' by One Republic
  • I am open to learning new songs beyond the above mentioned

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What genres do you sing in exactly?

I have two sides of my singer career, the original song and arrangements side which is mainly fusing Western cinematic composition with world music influences (from the Middle East, Celtic music, Africa and India) The other possibility: singing pop songs, songs from musicals and films in different events depending on client needs; preferably they would share the setlist of preferred songs such that I can learn and suggest others for those outside my capability

Hayat Selim