Mihály Víg (born 1957,
Budapest
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) is a
Hungarian composer, poet, songwriter, guitarist, singer and actor.
Career
Born into a family of musicians. He is the co-founder of bands
Trabant
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(1980–1986) and Balaton (1979–present). Although the bands' songs were not officially released in the 1980s, they became
underground hits. He
composed film scores
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for the films of János Xantus, András Szirtes, Ildikó Szabó, Péter Müller Sziámi and
Béla Tarr
Béla Tarr (born 21 July 1955) is a Hungarian filmmaker. Debuting with the film ''Family Nest'' (1977), Tarr began his directorial career with a brief period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling everyday stories about ordin ...
. He also plays the lead role - Irimiás - in the film ''
Sátántangó
''Sátántangó'' (; meaning ' Satan's Tango') is a 1994 drama film directed by Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr. Shot in black-and-white and running for more than seven hours, it is based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Hungarian novelist ...
''. His score for the film ''
The Turin Horse'' was nominated for ''the European Film Prize for Best Composer in 2011''. He also appears in the cast of
Gábor Fabricius' film Eltörölni Frankot.
Personal life
In 1986, at the invitation of Tamás Pajor, he and his wife became members of the
Faith Church
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. After a short time he left the religious community in disappointment, but the memory of this bitter encounter stayed with him for the rest of his life, and for a long time caused him a creative crisis. In 2020, he made serious accusations in László Bartus's book, ''Fesz lesz'', against the congregation and personally against
Sándor Németh, the leading pastor of the congregation, in connection with the loss of his wife and son.
Awards
* In 2003 he was awarded the ''Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend lovagkeresztje polgári tagozata (Knight of Cross from the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic).''
* In 2008 he was awarded the ''Film Composer of the Yea''r prize at the EU XXL Film Festival in Vienna.
Filmography
* 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
''Sátántangó'' (; meaning ' Satan's Tango') is a 1994 drama film directed by Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr. Shot in black-and-white and running for more than seven hours, it is based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Hungarian novelist ...
, (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)
Discography
* ''Film music from the films of Béla Tarr'' (2001)
* ''Balaton 1985. 04. 27.''
magnetic tape only
* ''Balaton II.'' (concert and home-made recordings, 1992)
* ''A fény közepe a sötétség kapujában'' (1996)
* ''1979-2009'' (compilation, 2009)
* ''1987.03.27 - Inota'' (concert recording)
Bibliography
''Versek és novellák'' (versek, dalszövegek, novellák, forgatókönyvek, színdarabok; Bahia Music Kiadó, Budapest, 1996
References
External links
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Berlin Literature Festival
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Living people
1957 births
Hungarian film score composers
Male film score composers
Composers from Budapest