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Musical artist
Selma Mutal (born in
Lima ,
Peru ) is a
Franco-Dutch
film score composer .
[1]
[2] She is known for her collaborations with filmmakers
Claudia Llosa ,
Javier Fuentes-León , and
Tod Lending . Mutal has also scored films directed by Fabien Gorgeart,
Piotr Dumala , Pola Rapaport, and Víctor García León, work for TV, and a
Chanel campaign, among other things.
Early life
Mutal was born in
Lima ,
Peru to Dutch parents. She studied
music composition at the
National Conservatory of Amsterdam and
film scoring at the
École Normale de Musique in
Paris . Mutal also studied piano
improvisation with the
jazz pianist and composer
Misha Mengelberg .
[3]
Career
Mutal embarked on her career composing for dance, theatre, and television. In 2003, she started working in film. French music publisher Frédéric Leibovitz Editeur produces many of her soundtracks.
[3]
Filmography
Common'hood Video Game (2022, dir.
José Sanchez )
[4]
The Best Families (Las Mejores Familias ) (2020, dir.
Javier Fuentes-León )
El Día de mi Suerte, TV
miniseries (2019, dir. Daniel Vega Vidal)
Los Europeos (2019, dir. Víctor García León)
Nadia Comaneci: la Gymnaste et le Dictateur (2016, dir. Pola Rapaport)
[5]
Ederly (2016, dir.
Piotr Dumala )
All the Difference (2015, dir.
Tod Lending )
[6]
Making-of Behind the Scenes Karl Lagerfeld (2015 for
Chanel )
[7]
The Vanished Elephant (2014, dir. Javier Fuentes-León)
[8]
Vezo, (2014, short film, dir. Tod Lending)
Burden of Silence (2012, dir. Tod Lending)
Contracorriente (Undertow) (2010, dir. Javier Fuentes-León)
[9]
The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) (2009, dir.
Claudia Llosa )
[10]
[11]
Madeinusa (2006, dir. Claudia Llosa)
[12]
Emue & Furiosa (2004, dir. Fabien Gorgeart)
[13]
Other work
With Tarek Schmidt, original music for Corpo Barocco, the Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company,
Zurich , 2018
[14]
[15]
Soundtrack for
Block'hood (video game, José Sanchez, 2017)
Original music for In.Quieta Rooms, the Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company, 2017
[16]
Awards and distinctions
Shared awards
Best Gameplay Award,
Games for Change festival ,
New York City , for Block'hood, 2016
[19]
Toronto International Film Festival premiere for Javier Fuentes-León's
The Vanished Elephant , 2014
[8]
Sundance Film Festival premiere for Tod Lending's
short film Vezo , 2014
[20]
Sundance Film Festival , World Cinema Audience Award Dramatic for Fuentes-León's
Undertow , 2011
[21]
Academy Award nomination,
Best Foreign Language Film for
Claudia Llosa 's The Milk of Sorrow , 2010
[22]
The Golden Bear at the 2009
Berlin International Film Festival for
The Milk of Sorrow
[1]
References
External links
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