Asaf Sagiv(; ; born 29 July 1982) is a Los Angeles based Israeli composer who writes music for film, television, contemporary dance and theater. His work combines orchestral writing with contemporary electronic elements. Some of his works in film include Last Summer, Drugs and the Emmy Award nominated Netflix Original ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff? directed by Academy Award-nominated director Kief Davidson. He spent his early life growing up in Israel, playing guitar and keys and studying composition, and later relocated to the US. His work for the short film Dreamwisher won the Southern Shorts Award Of Excellence for Individual Achievement In Music. Early life and career Asaf was born on 29 July 1982 in Tel HaShomer, Israel to Ovadia Sagiv, an aerospace engineer and inventor, and Osnat (Sabina) Perelman, daughter of The Holocaust Survivors Sigmund and Barbara Perelman who fled Poland of World War II. He grew up with his parents and three sisters in a quiet moshav called Ganot. He learned the guitar from the age of 12 and taught himself how to play the piano. Asaf began writing music at a young age and wrote his first orchestral piece when he was 15. At some point he took a break from music and taught himself how to paint by looking at the Old Masters works. Asaf started his musical career in the early 2000s as the musical director and commander of the Israeli Air Force Band as part of his mandatory service. During this time he began to work as a guitarist and producer in various bands. It was around that period that Asaf experimented with different musical styles, coming up with his own sound. In 2004 Asaf moved to Boston. There he collaborated with contemporary dance company Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance Company, as well as with playwright Rebecca Bella Wangh for the Boston Playwrights' Theatre. He attended Berklee College, where he studied film scoring and orchestration. He was invited by The Society of Composers & Lyricist to go to Los Angeles soon after, and intern their Mentor Program in Fall 2007. That same week Asaf moved to California where he started writing more for film and media. Around 2010 he returned to Ganot to form the Indie Rock band Water Knot and led their EP tour of Europe and the US, culminating at Bonnaroo Festival. Following that he settled in London, UK for a couple of years.