Thierry Malet

Thierry Malet conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra at Smecky Studio (Prague - Czech Republic) in 2016.

Thierry Malet, is a French composer of film music. He is also the designer of the very first MIDI guitars and a new 3D spatialization system for feature film music. 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, 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, 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 and architectural acoustic computer simulation. 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 in order to gain a perfect understanding of the recording business.

In 2005, he signed the original score of the musical film Imago which won the Golden Rail at the Critics' Week of the Cannes Film Festival. He won the SACEM prize for the best film score.

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

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 called ARPEGAM and dedicated to the recording of feature film music.

Selected filmography [Original titles in french]

2020 : Luca directed by Horatiu Malaele and written by Adrian Lustig 2020 : Tijuana Bible directed by Jean-Charles Hue 2019 : Haroun Tazieff directed by Eric Beauducel 2019 : Paul-Emile Victor directed by Stephane Dugast 2019 : Europe, Pushed to the wall directed by Nicolas Dupuis 2018 : Voices from the Stones directed by Eric Beauducel 2017 : La nuit aux invalides directed by Bruno Sellier 2017 : Journal d'une crue directed by Eric Beauducel 2016 : [The Conquest of the Air] directed by Bruno Seillier 2016 : Qui sème l'amour... directed by Lorenzo Gabriele with Julie de Bona 2015 : The eye of the storm directed by Sékou Traoré and Luis Marques 2015 : Des roses en hiver directed by Lorenzo Gabriele with Jean-Pierre Marielle 2015 : Pater Noster directed by Eddy Vicken and Yvon Bertorello 2015 : Haroun Tazieff / Claude Allègre – La guerre des volcans directed by Éric Beauducel 2014 : Le petit Houdini directed by Cédric Babouche 2014 : 1910: Paris sous les eaux directed by Olivier Poujaud and Éric Beauducel 2014 : Ils font dans la dentelle directed by Valérie Jourdan and Éric Beauducel 2013 : L’Echange directed by Michael Mongin and Jérôme Léonard 2013 : Starcraf Les ailes de la liberté - Trailer 2013 : Le Lagon directed by Éric Beauducel (IMAX – 3D) 2013 : Luminescence directed by Bruno Seillier (3D) 2013 : Femmes de silence directed by Eddy Vicken 2013 : Une justice entre deux mondes directed by Éric Beauducel 2013 : Prêtre pour se donner directed by Véronique Brechot 2012 : Au nom du frère directed by Éric Beauducel 2012 : Cathologue directed by Aymeric Christensen 2012 : Gainesville, Dios Primeramente directed by Éric Beauducel 2011 : Comme chez soi directed by Lorenzo Gabriele 2011 : Pierre et l’Emmanuel directed by Bernard Simon and Éric Beauducel 2010 : Walpole, l'île mystérieuse directed by Éric Beauducel 2010 : Le Pigeon directed by Lorenzo Gabriele with François Morel and Thierry Lhermitte 2009 : Those Special Men directed by Eddy Vicken and Yvon Bertorello 2009 : Le Mont Athos directed by Yvon Bertorello and Eddy Vicken 2009 : Tragédie Grouick directed by Matthieu Van Eeckhout and Marc Earcersall 2008 : La mascarade des Makhishis directed by Jérôme Ségur 2008 : Frères de sang directed by Bernard Simon 2008 : Moussa à Paris directed by Maka Sidibé 2007 : Mister French Taste directed by Benoît Proux and Eric Beauducel 2007 : Notable donc coupable directed by Francis Girod 2006 : Allez de l’avant directed by Éric Beauducel 2005 : Parlez-moi d’amour directed by Lorenzo Gabriele 2005 : Imago directed by Cédric Babouche 2004 : Vous êtes de la région directed by Lionel Epp 2004 : Le bataillon des guitaristes directed by Éric Beauducel 2004 : Aligato directed by Maka Sidibé 2003 : Je hais les enfants directed by Lorenzo Gabriele 2003 : Les femmes ont toujours raison directed by Élisabeth Rappeneau 2003 : L’Alexandrophagie directed by Sylvain Gillet 2003 : Nuit d’Amour directed by Ron Dyens 2003 : La famille Barbecuche directed by Lorenzo Gabriele 2002 : Third base directed by Thomas Goupille 2002 : Le Prix de la mort directed by Thomas Goupille 2002 : Le hasard fait bien les choses directed by Lorenzo Gabriele 2002 : Volutes directed by Romain Clément 2001 : Riffed (en) directed by Lorenzo Gabriele 2001 : L’Héritier directed by Christian Karcker 2001 : Appel d’air directed by Armault Labaronne 2000 : Parking directed by Christophe Stupar 2000 : La dernière femme directed by Benoît Proux 2000 : Volcans sous surveillance directed by Éric Beauducel 2000 : Le siège des Dieux directed by Éric Beauducel 1999 : Chuut directed by Christophe Legendre 1999 : Le feu qui nourrit directed by Éric Beauducel 1998 : Le Morbihan, vents et marées directed by Nicolas Mifsud 1998 : La sagesse sous les hêtres directed by Éric Beauducel 1998 : Vingt ans Veneur directed by Éric Beauducel 1998 : Vents et marées directed by Éric Beauducel 1998 : Le Finistère directed by David Teyssandier 1998 : A la recherche du Tassergal directed by Éric Beauducel 1998 : Côte d’Opale directed by Isabelle Saunois 1998 : Surfcasting sous les falaises Normandes directed by Nicolas Mifsud 1998 : Charentes, vents et marées directed by Isabelle Saunois 1998 : Ile d’Yeu de Père en fils directed by Éric Beauducel 1998 : La chasse saison II directed by Éric Beauducel 1998 : Une femme parmi les hommes directed by Isabelle Saunois 1998 : Surf en mer Baltique directed by Jérôme Colin 1998 : Delta de l’Ebre – Espagne directed by Éric Beauducel 1998 : La manche, vents et marées directed by Nicolas Mifsud 1998 : Surfcasting dans les Pertuis directed by David Teyssandier 1997 : Eiffel et sa tour directed by Claire Jenteur 1997 : Les transportés directed by Éric Beauducel 1997 : L’aventure d’Alexandre Le Grand directed by Jean-Phlippe Quillien 1997 : La chasse saison I, Série de 6 documentaires directed by Éric Beauducel 1997 : Un territoire en Sologne directed by Véronique Klener and Éric Beauducel 1997 : Un poète dans la garrigue directed by Isabelle Saunois 1997 : La pêche à la Dorade Royale directed by Éric Beauducel 1997 : Transair (Grand prix du Festival de Biarritz) 1996 : Mafa Africain directed by Bernard Simon 1996 : Einstein et son temps directed by Daniel Garric 1995 : Une vie donnée directed by Yves Humbert 1994 : Les Chansonniers directed by Bernard Simon