Евгений Дмитриевич До́га (Yevgeny Dimitri Doga) is a Moldavian composer, whose work is largely recognized as being part of the Soviet Union. Most of the information online are in Russian, so if you have any contribution - I would really appreciated it.
Doga studied music for nine years before paralysis took his left arm, thus preventing his further career as a musician. He instead focused more on writing and composing music, and taught music theory from 1963 to 1967.
Doga is best known for his collaboration with Russian director Эмиль Лотяну (Emil Loteanu) for his films Мой ласковый и нежный зверь ("My Tender and Affectionate Beast", aka "A Hunting Accident" ) (1978), Табор уходит в небо ("Queen of the Gypsies") (1975), and many more.
From reading various articles, I've concluded that his most famous composition is Вальс ("Waltz" or "Wedding Waltz"), which originally appeared on the soundtrack to "...Beast". The song is really sweet, full of violins, pianos, and the rarely used cymbals crashing sound! I am also including another song of his called Кукушечка because I like the vocals on this. No idea what he's saying, but it's really good.
For a full list of compositions and works, please refer to Russian Wikipedia: Yevgeny Doga
PS, I must confess, I have not seen film, but trying to see a clip of it turned up this little gem.
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