Layal Watfeh

Watfeh was born in Damascus, Syria, where she began exploring her interest in music at a young age. She entered the music conservatoire in Damascus to learn the violin at nine years old.,^[5] though later that year moved to Dubai with her family. At 11, she turned her attention to the piano for two years,^[6] and by 17 Watfeh was recording voice-overs for TV and radio commercials.^[7] After working in numerous music studios in Dubai, Watfeh began composing original music.^[8]

Watfeh's career in music began in 2002 when MBC Group offered her a job as a post-production sound engineer, sound designer, and music composer.^[5] Watfeh accepted the job, and after six years she was named the senior manager of her branch.^[9] Meanwhile, Watfeh was active in the music industry as she sang the lead vocals with Abali on their album "Lemonada"" in 2004.

Watfeh left MBC in 2009 to create her own studio and begin composing music.^[10] She was drawn to a variety of media, including advertisements, TV series, documentaries, short films, and feature films, and she found work across the Middle East, the United States, Canada, and the UK. Watfeh was invited to Berlinale Talents^[11] 2014 in Berlin, Germany; she was one of approximately 300 invitees that year^[12]

In 2016, Watfeh signed a contract with scoreAscore^[13] in Los Angeles as a composer, where she has been writing scores for various American companies.^[8][14]