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Víg Mihály

Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1957
 
Composer Mihály Víg was born on September 21, 1957 in Budapest into a family of musicians. His father, Rudolf Víg, was a folk music researcher and conductor, so it is not surprising that he himself continued this tradition and, in addition to composing, he is also active as a guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is a founding member of several bands: Trabant (1982) and Balaton (1979). He has also composed music for the works of János Xantus, András Szirtes, Ildikó Szabó, Péter Müller Sziámi and Béla Tarr.

He was nominated for a European Film Award for the music for the film The Horse of Turin. He played the lead role in Béla Tarr's 1994 film Sátántangó, and also appeared in Gábor Fabricius's film Eltörölni Frankot. In 2022 director András Kécza made a film about his life entitled Ott torony volt. He has released several CDs, and in 1996 Bahia Music Publishing released his book, entitled Versek és novellák.

In 2003 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Civil Division. In 2008 he was awarded the Film Composer of the Year prize at the EU XXL Film Festival in Vienna.

He is credited with the following film scores:

Eszkimó asszony fázik, (composer) 1983 (Hungarian film)
Ex-kódex, (composer, actor) (1983) (Hungarian film)
Őszi almanach, (composer) 1984 (Hungarian film)
Kárhozat, (composer) 1988 (Hungarian film)
Rocktérítő, (composer) 1988 (Hungarian film)
Az utolsó hajó, (composer) 1990 (Hungarian film)
Sátántangó, (composer, actor) 1994 (Hungarian film)
Utazás az Alföldön, (composer) 1995 (Hungarian film)
Werckmeister harmóniák, (composer) 2000 (Hungarian-German-French-Italian film drama)
A londoni férfi, (composer) 2007 (French-German-Hungarian-English film drama)
Saját halál, (composer) 2008 (Hungarian film)
The Turin Horse, (composer) 2011 (Hungarian-French-German-Swiss film drama)
Daymark (composer) 2011 (Norwegian-Hungarian film drama)
NémetEgység @ Balatonnál - Mézföld (composer) 2011 (Hungarian film)
A kert (composer) 2012 (Hungarian film)
A hosszú út hazafelé (composer) 2013 (Hungarian film)
Genezis (composer) 2018 (Hungarian film)
Rengeteg - Mindenhol látlak (actor) 2021 (Hungarian film)
Eltörölni Frankot (actor) 2021 (Hungarian film)
 
Title Type Year
Almanac of Fall Film music 1984
Damnation Film music 1987
Daymark Film music 2011
Eskimo Woman is Cold Film music 1983
Eve Dönüs: Sarikamis 1915 / The Long Way Home Film music 2013
Ex-Codex Film music 1983
Journey on the Plain Film music 1995
Own Death Film music 2008
Satan´s Tango Film music 1994
The Man from London Film music 2007
The Turin Horse Film music 2010
Werckmeister Harmonies Film music 2000