Born in Lima (Peru) to Dutch parents, Selma Mutal studied composition at the National Conservatory of Amsterdam and Film Scoring at the 'École Normale de Musique' in Paris. Selma Mutal started her career composing for dance, theatre and television. Since 2003, she also works for the cinema. Some of her credits include director Claudia Llosa's film 'THE MILK OF SORROW' (La Teta Asustada) that won the Golden Bear at the 2009 Berlin Festival and was nominated at the 2010 Oscars Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 2010 Selma Mutal composed the soundtrack for 'UNDERTOW' (Contracorriente) directed by Javier Fuentes-León that received various awards among them the World Cinema Audience Award for Best Film at the 2011 Sundance Festival and Best Original Soundtrack Award at the International Film Festival of Annonay, (France). Her collaboration with Fuentes-León continued on a second feature film, 'THE VANISHED ELEPHANT' (El Elefante Desaparecido) that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014.
In 2012, Selma Mutal composed the music for 'BURDEN OF SILENCE' directed by filmmaker Tod Lending (Legacy). In 2013 she scored Tod Lending's short film 'VEZO' that received the Sundance Institute/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Award (2014).
Since 2007, Selma Mutal collaborates with ‘CEZAME MUSIC AGENCY’ (Frédéric Leibovitz Éditeur) that has also produced Mutal's original soundtracks 'Undertow' and 'The Vanished Elephant'.
Presently she is working on the score for 'PRISON' directed by Violeta Ayala, (Stolen)
In 2013 the International Film Festival of Aubagne (France), commissioned her to direct the Master Class on Film Composition culminating in a live performance during the festival's closing ceremony. Selma Mutal lives and works in Paris.
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In a Police Car [CEO2032 - 1] |
0 | 1'01 | Selma Mutal | Weird, whirling & tragicomic. Like a merry-go-round music. | ironical & mischievous circus music whirling funfair ... | Bbm | 98 |
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Free Movement [CCB1047 - 2] |
0 | 03'18 | Selma Mutal, Vincent Leibovitz | Catchy, jerky & rousing. Sequence with delay fx, piano & electronics. ... | contemporary dance catchy classy edgy ... | Ebm | 96 |
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Sphere [CEZ4068 - 6] |
0 | 3'08 | Selma Mutal | Delicate, patient & childlike. Piano, vibes, xylophone, celesta, ... | arts & crafts steady childhood high seas ... | Cm | 104 |
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Concept [CEZ4068 - 11] |
0 | 2'39 | Selma Mutal | Positive & obstinate. Cello pizz intro 0'23. Harp, marimba, ... | arts & crafts cyclic industry strict ... | Dm | 126 |
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Shared Gardens [CEZ4070 - 6] |
0 | 2'25 | Selma Mutal | Delicate & serious. Marimba, clarinet, piano & guitar . | country & garden arts & crafts bustling patient ... | Gbm | 136 |
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Création [CEZ4068 - 12] |
1 | 2'43 | Selma Mutal | Determined & positive. Piano, harp, glockenspiel, marimba, xylophone, ... | walking politics human resources strict ... | Bb | 139 |
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Création 2 [CEZ4068 - 25] |
0 | 2'43 | Selma Mutal | Determined & positive.Alternative version of P12. Piano, military ... | politics human resources strict arts & crafts ... | Bb | 139 |
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Photographs Memories [CEO2025 - 3] |
1 | 2'39 | Selma Mutal | Flashback. hesitating & emotional. Electronics & strings. Build up. | romantic moving flash back destiny ... | Cm | 84 |
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Photographs Memories [CEO2025 - 24] |
0 | 2'39 | Selma Mutal | Remastered version. Flashback. hesitating & emotional. Electronics & ... | moving flash back romantic destiny ... | Cm | 84 |
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Ballet Opening [CCB1047 - 1] |
0 | 02'58 | Selma Mutal, Vincent Leibovitz | Delicate, resonant & crystalline. Fender Rhodes piano with echo & ... | crystalline contemporary dance mark tree delicate ... | Am | 92 |
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All the Difference [CEO2041 - 4] |
1 | 2'10 | Selma Mutal | Intimate, moving & narrative. Marimba & electronics. | social drama contemporary series destiny intimate ... | Dbm | 84 |
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All the Difference 2 [CEO2041 - 15] |
0 | 2'54 | Selma Mutal | Patient, solitary & sad. Electronics. | social drama intimate introspective contemporary series ... | Dbm | 75 |
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Carousel Dance [CCB1047 - 4] |
1 | 01'40 | Selma Mutal, Vincent Leibovitz | Ethereal, twirling, dreamy, airy & magical. Electronic sounds like a ... | weird fantasy merry-go-round music contemporary dance ... | Dm | 73 |
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Carousel Dance Alternate [CCB1047 - 12] |
0 | 02'10 | Vincent Leibovitz, Selma Mutal | Remix version without melody. Weird, unusual & atmospheric. ... | mark tree crystalline atmospheric weird ... | Dm | 72 |
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Tango Pulsacion [CCB1047 - 3] |
0 | 02'24 | Selma Mutal, Vincent Leibovitz | Modern tango in a minimalist mood. Intriguing, punctuated, danceable ... | contemporary dance electro tango classy edgy ... | Gm | 110 |
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La Sirena [CEG5008 - 15] |
0 | 2'11 | Selma Mutal | Refined & sentimental. On a waltz rhythm with something Andean. Solo ... | destiny acoustic piano sentimental romantic ... | Gm | 112 |
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Refusenik [CEZ4184 - 7] |
0 | 2'20 | Selma Mutal | Gentle & melancholic. Strings & electronics. | geopolitics Russia destiny melancholic ... | Cm | 152 |
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Madeinusa [CEG5007 - 20] |
0 | 1'13 | Selma Mutal | Sad & poignant. String quartet & piano. | destiny historical narrative tragic social drama ... | Ebm | 155 |
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Sparkle Stream [CEZ4145 - 18] |
0 | 1'06 | Selma Mutal | Calm & intimist. Piano & acoustic guitar | calm corporate video gardening simple ... | G | 81 |
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Intimacy [CEV3010 - 29] |
0 | 1'31 | Selma Mutal | Meditative & introspective. Piano & clarinet. | intimate clarinet (all) delicate sparse ... | Dm | 65 |
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Balancelle [CEV3001 - 1] |
1 | 2'04 | Selma Mutal | Childlike & peaceful. Guitar & piano. | peaceful ballad country & garden charming ... | Eb | 104 |
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Balancelle [CEV3001 - 37] |
0 | 2'07 | Selma Mutal | Remastered version. Childlike & peaceful. Guitar & piano. | peaceful country & garden charming delicate ... | Cm | 104 |
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Petit Frère [CEV3001 - 3] |
0 | 1'55 | Selma Mutal | From the nursery rhyme "Frère Jacques". Nostalgic & peaceful. Solo ... | childhood tender country & garden charming ... | Db | 82 |
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Changing Minds [CEZ4099 - 1] |
0 | 2'48 | Daniel Diaz, Selma Mutal | Interrogative & uplifting. Constant progression. Piano, guitar, ... | romantic comedy corporate (all) uplifting building ... | C | 154 |
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The Vegetable Garden [CEZ4095 - 30] |
0 | 1'43 | Selma Mutal | Restrained & interrogative. Piano & guitar. | country & garden intimate romantic comedy delicate ... | Gm | 106 |
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Balancelle [CEZ4500 - 20] |
0 | 2'05 | Selma Mutal | Folk. Melancholic, tender & pastoral. Acoustic guitar and piano. ... | melancholic country & garden peaceful childhood ... | Cm | 104 |
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Body is Voice [CCB1047 - 8] |
0 | 02'29 | Vincent Leibovitz, Selma Mutal | Peculiar, chanted, haunting & inspiring. Sampled voices, ... | edgy unclassifiable sampled female voice contemporary dance ... | Bm | 60 |
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Slow Motion [CCB1047 - 10] |
0 | 02'36 | Vincent Leibovitz, Selma Mutal | Suspended, as in weightlessness, misty & contemplative. Piano with ... | space slow motion atmospheric cold ... | Am | 119 |
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Expanding Space [CCB1047 - 6] |
0 | 01'43 | Vincent Leibovitz, Selma Mutal, Clément Varieras | Inspirational, spacious, gracious & contemplative. Electronics, pads ... | airy panoramic suspended atmosphere space ... | Cm | 61 |
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Steps and Bounces [CCB1047 - 11] |
0 | 01'39 | Vincent Leibovitz, Selma Mutal | Confident, catchy & inspired. Piano, rhythm & electronics. Suggested ... | everyday life resillience bouncy society ... | Em | 119 |
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Keep on Dancing [CCB1047 - 7] |
1 | 03'13 | Vincent Leibovitz, Selma Mutal | Haunting, catchy & danceable in a deep house mood revisited. ... | contemporary dance electronic score danceable house ... | Cm | 118 |
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Keep on Dancing Alternate [CCB1047 - 13] |
0 | 03'07 | Vincent Leibovitz, Selma Mutal | Remix without house beat. Atmospheric, bizarre & unclassifiable. Nu ... | contemporary art atmospheric sci-fi weird ... | Cm | 118 |
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Feathers Waltz [CCB1047 - 9] |
0 | 01'49 | Vincent Leibovitz, Selma Mutal, Clément Varieras | Peaceful, dreamy, refined & patient waltz. Piano, pads & electronics. ... | contemporary dance delicate dreamy airy ... | Gb | 61 |
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Harmonics in Harmony [CCB1047 - 5] |
0 | 02'15 | Vincent Leibovitz, Selma Mutal | Constant, delicate, jerky but lightly & cautious. Keyboards with fx ... | arts & crafts delicate fx delay edgy ... | Cm | 156 |
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Misleading Appearances [CEO2121 - 2] |
1 | 02'49 | Selma Mutal | Acoustic Score. Pensive, suspended, cyclic & interrogative. Piano, ... | patient acoustic piano arts & crafts suspended atmosphere ... | G | 105 |
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Misleading Appearances ...
[CEO2121 - 11] |
0 | 02'17 | Selma Mutal | Alternate piano & fx only. Pensive, suspended, cyclic & interrogative. | patient acoustic piano arts & crafts interrogative ... | G | 105 |
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The Best Families [CEO2121 - 1] |
1 | 01'48 | Selma Mutal | Acoustic Score. Dramedy, falsely casual & almost ironic. Piano, ... | dramedy ironical & mischievous acoustic piano interrogative ... | Bm | 121 |
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The Best Families Alternate ...
[CEO2121 - 10] |
0 | 01'01 | Selma Mutal | Short alternate. Dramedy, falsely casual & almost ironic. Piano, ... | dramedy ironical & mischievous acoustic piano interrogative ... | Bm | 121 |
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Life is Like Tango [CEO2121 - 3] |
0 | 01'22 | Selma Mutal | Acoustic Score. Tragi-comical, old-fashioned & worldly. Piano & ... | acoustic piano classical tango tragi-comic Argentina ... | Gb | 120 |
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The Silent Servant [CEO2121 - 6] |
0 | 02'13 | Selma Mutal | Acoustic Score. Narrative & circumspect but with a preciousness ... | patient acoustic piano interrogative cyclic ... | Em | 117 |
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Wordly and Wortly [CEO2121 - 9] |
0 | 01'28 | Selma Mutal | Neo-baroque pastiche with a touch of exotism. Tragi-comic & stilted. ... | tragi-comic old-fashioned staccato dramedy ... | C | 128 |
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A Family Story [CEO2121 - 4] |
2 | 04'04 | Selma Mutal | Acoustic Score. Peaceful & dreamy then more animated. Piano, cello, ... | narrative dreamy acoustic piano beds ... | Dbm | 77 |
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A Family Story Alternate [CEO2121 - 12] |
0 | 04'04 | Selma Mutal | Sparse alternate. Peaceful & dreamy. Piano & fx only. | narrative dreamy mute piano beds ... | Gbm | 77 |
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A Family Story Alternate 2 [CEO2121 - 13] |
0 | 04'02 | Selma Mutal | Sparse alternate. Peaceful, cosy & dreamy. Solo piano. | narrative dreamy acoustic piano beds ... | Dbm | 77 |
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The Charm of Discretion [CEO2121 - 8] |
0 | 02'53 | Selma Mutal | Romance. Peaceful, discreet, dreamy & delicate. Piano with echo fx & ... | shy delicate intimate narrative ... | C | 77 |
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An Irrepressible Doubt [CEO2121 - 5] |
0 | 01'51 | Selma Mutal | Acoustic Score. Light Mystery, Dramedy, suspense but with humour & ... | dramedy tragi-comic acoustic piano funny scary ... | Am | 122 |
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Comedy of Life [CEO2121 - 7] |
0 | 01'43 | Selma Mutal | Acoustic Score. Dramedy. On tiptoe, teasing & falsely precious. Piano ... | old-fashioned dramedy refined funny ... | Ab | 153 |
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Mounting Horror [CEG5022 - 9] |
0 | 1'27 | Selma Mutal | Terrifying, anticipating & suspenseful. Low drone & electronics. | sinister scary horror halloween ... | G | 165 |
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Interrogation Room [CEG5020 - 17] |
0 | 2'14 | Selma Mutal | Pulsating, ondulating & sad. Piano, synth sequence & electronics. | introspective interrogative science anticipation ... | Dbm | 116 |
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Une autre Voie [CEO2100 - 12] |
0 | 1'22 | Selma Mutal | Cyclic & moving. Ukulele, piano & sequencing. | arts & crafts confident everyday life adventure ... | E | 116 |
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Miguel y Santiago [CEG5008 - 20] |
0 | 2'00 | Selma Mutal | Interrogative & solitary. @ 0'30 melancholic & decided. Piano, ... | adventure moving string section Andean ... | Em | 134 |
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Wandering in Lima [CEG5008 - 11] |
0 | 0'48 | Selma Mutal | Sad & solitary. Keyboard, strings & sequencing. | social drama nocturnal wandering introspective ... | Abm | 115 |
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Interrogation Room [CEO2075 - 7] |
0 | 2'14 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Interrogative, wandering & mysterious. ... | social drama desolate legal drama investigation ... | Dbm | 116 |
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The Breaking Point [CEO2075 - 1] |
0 | 1'47 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Interrogative, dramatic & anticipation. ... | investigation social drama relentless anticipation ... | A | 127 |
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Coercive Interrogation Tactic [CEO2075 - 2] |
1 | 2'17 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Tense, steady & repetitive. Piano, ... | legal drama investigation relentless suspense ... | Cm | 87 |
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Coercive Interrogation Tactic ...
[CEO2075 - 14] |
0 | 2'31 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Interrogative, mysterious & tense. ... | investigation suspense anticipation crime movie ... | Cm | 87 |
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Unreliable Witness [CEO2075 - 3] |
2 | 1'55 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Suspended & restrained. @ 1'06 tense & ... | investigation strict suspense social drama ... | Dm | 98 |
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Unreliable Witness Alternate 1 [CEO2075 - 15] |
0 | 1'18 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Sad & melancholic. Solo piano. | social drama beds acoustic piano cyclic ... | Dm | 98 |
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Unreliable Witness Alternate 2 [CEO2075 - 16] |
0 | 1'51 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Anticipation, interrogative & ... | investigation mysterious suspense beds ... | Dm | 98 |
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Released from Jail [CEO2075 - 4] |
0 | 1'35 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Determined, nostalgic & atmospheric. ... | social drama introspective atmospheric steady ... | Bbm | 86 |
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Forensic Proof [CEO2075 - 12] |
0 | 1'44 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Melancholic & solitary. Piano & sound ... | atmospheric space introspective suspended atmosphere ... | B | 107 |
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New Witnesses [CEO2075 - 10] |
1 | 1'23 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Interrogative & suspended. Piano, ... | social drama anticipation suspended atmosphere suspense ... | Dbm | 82 |
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New Witnesses Alternate [CEO2075 - 19] |
0 | 1'35 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Panoramic, inexorable & suspended. ... | atmospheric conflitto storico inexorable disturbing ... | Dbm | 82 |
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A Recipe for Disaster [CEO2075 - 11] |
0 | 1'45 | Selma Mutal | Investigation. Social Drama. Synth pad. Desolate & sparse. Piano & ... | space desolate drone Ambient (all) ... | F | 118 |
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