Mihály Víg (born 1957,

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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

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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

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for the films of János Xantus, András Szirtes, Ildikó Szabó, Péter Müller Sziámi and

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. He also plays the lead role - Irimiás - in the film ''

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''. His score for the film ''

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'' was nominated for ''the European Film Prize for Best Composer in 2011''. He also appears in the cast of Gábor Fabricius' film '' Erasing Frank''.

Personal life

In 1986, at the invitation of Tamás Pajor, he and his wife became members of the Faith Church. 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

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, 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 ''Damnation'' () is a 1988 black-and-white Hungarian film directed by Béla Tarr. The screenplay was co-written by Tarr and his frequent collaborator, László Krasznahorkai. Plot Karrer (Miklós B. Székely), a depressed man, is in love with a m ...

, (composer) 1988 (Hungarian film) * Rocktérítő, (composer) 1988 (Hungarian film) * Az utolsó hajó, (composer) 1990 (Hungarian film) *

, (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 ''The Man from London'' () is a 2007 Hungarian film directed by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky. It is an adaptation by Tarr and his collaborator-friend László Krasznahorkai of the 1934 novel ''L'Homme de Londres'' by prolific Belgian writer Ge ...

, (composer) 2007 (French-German-Hungarian-English film drama) * Saját halál, (composer) 2008 (Hungarian film) *

, (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.''

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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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vig, Mihaly Living people 1957 births Hungarian film score composers Hungarian male film score composers Composers from Budapest