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MIKAEL BENTZ
www.mikaelbentz.com
Music composer
[email protected]
Biography :
Mikael Bentz is a film composer and arranger.
Born in France, it was violin lessons at age 6 that sparked his interest in classical music but by 16,
he had got an electric guitar and started producing rock music.
Mikael earned a degree in Music at the University of Pau, France, specializing in electroacoustic
music and music writing. In parallel, he was a founding member of Mygük , the band with which he
performed at numerous concerts throughout France, sharing the stage with artists such as Yann
Tiersen, Serge Teyssot-Gay, Richard Hawley, Elliot Murphy, Pascal Comelade, Françoiz Breut,
Laetitia Velma feat. Dominique A...and with which he recorded 5 albums unanimously applauded by
the press.
Mikael's interest in scoring films began with live performances of music he composed for silent
movies : Nosferatu the Vampire and The Last laugh by FW. Murnau and more recently Las Hurdes
by Luis Bunuel.
After ten years stage experience, Mikael has turned to scoring for documentaries, and films, some
of which have earned awards, honing his skills by learning to work with an orchestra in Paris with
Arnaud de Buchy, Gérard Torikian and Alain Bédier.
Instrumental expertise
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Real orchestration and Orchestral simulation (virtual studio technology)
Violin
Guitars (electric, acoustic), bass guitar, ukulele
Piano
Electronic music
Education
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Film scoring with an orchestra, CIFAP, Paris, France, Winter 2010
Master in Electroacoustic music, University of Pau, France, 2000/2001
Degree in Music composition and Electroacoustic music, University of Pau, France
1999/2000
Discography
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Le Dernier des Hommes, original score for The Last Laugh by F.W. Murnau with the
band Mygük, Orphée (production), November 2007
Volatiles, ombres et autres formes, Orphée, June 2005
Nosferatu le Vampire, original score for Nosferatu eine symphonie des Grauens by F.W.
Murnau with the band Mygük, Orphée, September 2004
A un fil, Orphée, November 2003
« eponymous », Orphée, March 2001
other studio contributions for other bands
Filmography as composer
Exploité(e) (2011)
F. Dupaquier / Frontview Production
Documentary short
L'homme oiseau de Jamaïque (2011)
J-M Sainclair / Backpack production
Documentary short
Vol Mémoire (2011) cifap (exercice)
JPC Production
Drama short
A Contrecoeur ( 2010)
F. Dupaquier / Frontview Production
& L. Delle Piane
Les filles des Rues de Kinshasa (2009) F. Dupaquier / Frontview Production
& J. Farrugia
Documentary short
Vers une beauté engagée (2009)
Frontview Production
Corporate
Wahaj (2009)
F. Dupaquier / Frontview Production
Documentary short
Piedra y Miel (2009)
L. Delle Piane / BackPack Production
Docudrama short
Documentary short
The Last Laugh (cineconcert 2007/2009) F.W. Murnau / Orphée
Drama feature
Elinea (2005)
Christophe Joaquin / Orphée
Sci-fi Drama short
Nosferatu (cineconcert 2002/2006)
F.W.Murnau / Orphée
Horror Drama Feat.