---
name: "Shye Ben Tzur"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shye-ben-tzur"
fi1m_id: "shye-ben-tzur"
imdb_id: "nm7661461"
tmdb_id: 1498978
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T21:26:41.388529+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Shye Ben Tzur

## Identity

Shye Ben Tzur

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shye-ben-tzur
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shye-ben-tzur
- **IMDb ID:** nm7661461
- **TMDB ID:** 1498978
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7661461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1498978

Composer. Born in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Also known as:** שי בן צור, Shye Ben-Tzur
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7661461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1498978

## Biography

Shye Ben Tzur is an Israeli composer and musician. He contributed to the soundtrack of the film *Inherent Vice* (2014).

He is known for the 2015 album *Junun*, recorded with Jonny Greenwood and the Rajasthan Express at Mehrangarh Fort in Rajasthan, India. The sessions were documented in a film by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Born in New York City, Ben Tzur lives in India and Israel. He composes Qawwalis and devotional music in Hebrew, Urdu and Hindi, and has released albums including *Heeyam* (2003) and *Shoshan* (2010).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com, shyebentzur.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Inherent Vice* (2014), Fi1m 78, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/inherent-vice.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Junun* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Inherent Vice* (2014), Music — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/inherent-vice.md)

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