Selma Mutal | |
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Born | Lima, Peru |
Occupation(s) | Film score composer |
Years active | 2005–present |
Website | selmamutal |
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.
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]
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]