Thierry Malet

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Thierry Malet conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra at Smecky Studio (Prague - Czech Republic) in 2016. Compositeur-Thierry-Malet HD.jpg
Thierry Malet conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra at Smecky Studio (Prague - Czech Republic) in 2016.
Testing the Arpegam recording process for film music at the Palais des Congres of Paris - France - June 2017 - With the French composer Thierry Malet and the sound engineer Sylvain Demay Testing the Arpegam Process for film music recording at the Palais des Congres - Paris june 2017.jpg
Testing the Arpegam recording process for film music at the Palais des Congrès of Paris - France - June 2017 - With the French composer Thierry Malet and the sound engineer Sylvain Demay

Thierry Malet, is a French composer [1] [2] of film music. He is also the designer of the very first MIDI guitars [3] and a new 3D spatialization system for feature film music. [4]

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Thierry Malet rehearsals before his jazz piano solo concert at Sheffield - UK - October 1990. Thierry Malet rehearsals before his jazz piano solo concert at Sheffield - October 1990..jpg
Thierry Malet rehearsals before his jazz piano solo concert at Sheffield - UK - October 1990.

Life and career

Thierry Malet started to study the piano at the age of 7 at the Conservatoire of Paris with the pianist and concertist Marie-Claire Laroche, [5] where he took courses in harmony and composition. But it was to be a further ten years before he discovered his true passion at Claude Bolling's school, [6] writing film scores. In order to gain a fuller understanding of musical acoustics, he went to study acoustics at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers.

In 1986, he developed the very first MIDI digital guitar in Belgium with the RTBF laboratories. before moving to the University of Sheffield in England where he graduated with a Ph.D. in bioacoustics [7] [8] and architectural acoustic computer simulation. [6] [9] [10] Confident in this experience, he returned to France in 1994 and was soon to compose a number of original scores for television broadcasts and documentaries before going on to sign scores for French and American feature films. In 1995, he founded his own executive musical production company [11] in order to gain a perfect understanding of the recording business.

In 2005, he signed the original score of the musical film Imago [12] which won the Golden Rail at the Cannes film festival | Semaine de la critique. He won the SACEM prize for the best film score. [13]

Latest events

In 2015, he composed the music of the film Winter Roses [14] [15] directed by Lorenzo Gabriele with Jean-Pierre Marielle, Mylène Demongeot and Léa Drucker.

In 2016, he signed the music of a big show at the Grand Palais in Paris (France), The Conquest of the Air, [16] [17] a full 360° 6000 m2 picture with a 3D music as a tribute to the 100 years anniversary of the French aviation.

In 2017, he attended a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France where he announced the release of a new 3D system of spatialization [18] called ARPEGAM and dedicated to the recording of feature film music.

Thierry Malet conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra in March 2015 Thierry Malet conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra in march 2015.jpg
Thierry Malet conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra in March 2015

Selected filmography [Original titles in french]

References

  1. ↑ Compositeurs français de Musique de film: General Books - 2013 (in French). General Books, 2013. 2013-01-16. ISBN   978-1230700991.
  2. ↑ Evasion Magazine (2014-06-23). "Interview with Thierry Malet by Jacques Brachet - 2014 - Evasion Magazine" (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  3. ↑ BORIGINAL Magazine (2017-10-23). "Article about the French Composer Thierry MALET" (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  4. ↑ Musique de film (2017-03-01). "Interview du compositeur par Cyril Coplan - 2017 - Musique de film" (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  5. ↑ "Musica et Memoria. Biographies de musiciens. Lauréats du Prix de Rome" . Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Biography" . Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  7. ↑ "Ranking of some famous people who graduate to Sheffield University" . Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  8. ↑ Malet, Thierry (2001-01-01). Acoustique des salles (in French). Publications Georges Ventillard. ISBN   9782851102751.
  9. ↑ "Review of the French book "Acoustique des Salles" by Michel Cassan". Soundesigners (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  10. ↑ "Study of optimal architectural shape for a concert hall - Thesis by Nicolas Remy" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  11. ↑ Regnard, Sylvie (1988-11-05). "ARPEGAM Company - French Business Review". French Business Review (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  12. ↑ "Bio | Thierry Malet". www.thierrymalet.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  13. ↑ "First Prize SACEM for the Best Original Score in 2006" . Retrieved 28 June 2006.
  14. ↑ Summarize (2011-06-23). "Interview of the French Composer Thierry Malet" . Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  15. ↑ Groupe25 images (2014-06-23). "Interview with Thierry Malet - 2009 - Score of the film Winter Roses" . Retrieved 2017-10-17.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ "The Air Conquest Show - 2016 - Presentation of the composer Thierry Malet". conquetedelair.com/en/. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  17. ↑ "Interview of the composer Thierry Malet and the film director Bruno Seillier - The Air Conquest Show at Grand Palais - April 2016". conquetedelair.com/en/ (in French). 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  18. ↑ "Review - 3D music for the Air Conquest Show - Usinenouvelle" (in French). 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  19. ↑ "Review - Soundtrack of the film "Paris sous les eaux"". cineserenade.com (in French). 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  20. ↑ Debegue, Eric (2015-10-15). "Review: The original motion picture soundtrack of the movie Qui sème l'Amour composed by Thierry Malet". cristalrecords.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  21. ↑ "L'oeil du Cyclone - Album review - Music News 2015 by Hellen Page" (in French). Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  22. ↑ "Review of the last 3 film scores composed by Thierry Malet - Cineserenade Magazine". cineserenade.com (in French). 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  23. ↑ "Reviews: Paris sous les eaux - La grande Crue - Fil Music Website" (in French). 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  24. ↑ "Best Prize SACEM 2016 - Topmp3nline" (in French). Retrieved 28 January 2015.
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