Nathaniel Méchaly

Nathaniel Méchaly

  • Birthday: 1972-12-12
  • Place of birth: France
  • Also know as: Nathaniel Mechaly

Biography

Nathaniel Méchaly (born 1972) is a French musician and film composer. His composing credits include Avanim (2004), Revolver (2005), Colombiana (2011), The Grandmaster (2013), and the Taken trilogy (2008–2014). Méchaly was born in 1972. He studied music at the Conservatoire National de Région de Musique de Marseille. Méchaly began his career as a composer for television shows and commercials for French media conglomerates. He served as an assistant to French-Lebanese composer Gabriel Yared. He wrote his first score for French-Israeli writer and director Raphaël Nadjari's 2004 film Avanim. He went on to score two more Israeli feature films: Ushpizin (2004), and Tehilim (2007) which was also directed by Nadjari. Eventually, the French production company EuropaCorp's music department director became aware of Méchaly's earlier works and referred him to compose French actor Richard Berry's 2005 directorial feature film The Black Box. Afterward, French screenwriter and director Luc Besson, co-founder of EuropaCorp became pleased with Méchaly's work in The Black Box and decided to hire him for future projects. Méchaly won Best Original Film Score at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards and Best Composer at the 8th Asian Film Awards for The Grandmaster (2013) with Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi. Source: Article "Nathaniel Méchaly" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Production

Revolver

2005

As Original Music Composer

Taken

2008

As Original Music Composer

Room of Death

2007

As Original Music Composer

Masked Mobsters

2007

As Original Music Composer

Taken 2

2012

As Original Music Composer

Eyes Wide Open

2009

As Original Music Composer

Taken 3

2014

As Original Music Composer

Dorothy Mills

2008

As Music

The Grandmaster

2013

As Music

Without Me

2007

As Original Music Composer

Stones

2004

As Original Music Composer

See You Tomorrow

2016

As Music

Shut In

2016

As Original Music Composer

Final Balance

2011

As Original Music Composer

Joseph et la fille

2010

As Original Music Composer

Stratton

2017

As Music

Swoon

2019

As Original Music Composer

Get Well Soon

2014

As Original Music Composer

Colombiana

2011

As Original Music Composer

Borough Park

0000

As Music

The Jewish Cardinal

2013

As Music

La Mémoire vive

0000

As Music

Déjà vu

2007

As Music

Let Her Kill You

2023

As Music

Magnificat

2023

As Music

Les Papas du dimanche

2012

As Original Music Composer

Lisa

2001

As Sound Designer

Black Box

2005

As Original Music Composer

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