Attila Pacsay (born October 30, 1970) is a Hungarian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

who is particularly known for his music written for films, television, and the theatre. His compositions encompass a wide variety of music from

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

and symphonic works to

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pieces and contemporary music. He began his musical studies in piano, trumpet, and trombone at age 7. A few years later, he started preparing for a career as composer. His compositions were performed by his own band. At age 14, he was accepted in the composition class of László Draskóczy and Attila Reményi at the János Richter Conservatory in the city of Győr. He received his college degree in composition at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he studied in the class of Emil Petrovics. After graduation, Mr. Pacsay began working as freelancer. Initially, he composed music for television and radio programs, and, in 1997, he met his childhood musician friend the directo
Géza M. Tóth
who was searching for a composer for his animated films. Their collaboration resulted in hundreds of short animated television ID-s and several animated short films. During these years, besides film scores, Mr. Pacsay composed music for theater and prepared symphonic music

arrangement In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...

s. Pacsay has collaborated on films with such notable directors as

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, an
Géza M. Tóth
For his work on the film
Ergo
' he won the award for Best Sound Design at th
Animanima International Animation Festival
in 2008, the prize for Best Film Score at the Kecskemet Animation Film Festival (KAFF) in 2009, the award for Best Film Music at th
Asolo Art Film Festival
in 2010 and Best Sound Design Award at th

Albania. For the music and sound design of Geza M. Toth's short feature fil
Mama
he wo
"The Leo" Best Music Award
at the 23r
Braunschweig Film Festival
in 2009, and he was awarded a KAFF prize for Best Music in 2011 for his work o
Sophie Tari
s ''Szofita Land''.
10. Kecskeméti Animációs Filmfesztivál 7. Európai Animációs Játékfilm Fesztivál
'. Kecskeméti Animáció Film Fesztivál. 2011. He also notably wrote the music for the

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short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

'' Maestro'' which was nominated for

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during the

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in 2007. Besides his work as film composer, Mr. Pacsay is constantly present at other areas of the music scene. For example, his classical

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s are on the repertoire of, among others, the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra of the city of

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. In the lighter genres, Mr. Pacsay is known as the permanent orchestrator fo
Tibor Tátrai
Since 2001 he has served on the faculty of the Media Institute at

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Film and television scores

2021
Post Mortem
(directed b
Péter Bergendy
2020
Zárójelentés
(directed b
István Szabó
2019
Tall Tales
(directed b
Attila Szász
2018
Trezor
(directed b
Péter Bergendy
2017
Budapest Noir
(directed b
Éva Gárdos
2016
The Carer
(directed by János Edelényi) 2015
Fever at Dawn
(directed by Péter Gárdos) 2014
The Undesirable
(directed by ( Michael Curtiz) 2014: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (directed b
Arthur Allan Seidelman
2013: Heaven's Vanguard (directed by Emil Goodman) 2013: "Kispárizs" (directed b
Orsi Nagypál)
2012: ''The Lady with Long Hair'' (directed by Barbara Bakos) 2011:
Patrick and Theo
(directed by Márton Nagy, Márton Kovács, Ervin B.Nagy) 2011:
Henry Waltz
(directed by Emil Goodman) 2011: "It Happened in TLV" (directed by Balazs Juszt) 2010: ''Szofita Land'' (directed b
Szofita
2009: "Orsolya" (directed b
Bella Szederkényi
2009: "Freeze" (directed by Balázs Tóth) 2009: ''Mama'' (directed b
Géza M. Tóth
2009: ''Detti and Drot'' (directed by István Heim) 2009: ''Touch'' (directed b
Ferenc Cakó
2008: ''Ergo'' (directed by Géza M. Tóth) 2007: ''Face'' (directed by

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) 2006: ''Ready, Steady, Money!'' (directed by Miklós Varga and Zoltán Szalay) 2006: ''Deja Vu'' (directed by Béla Klingl) 2005: ''Maestro'' (directed by Géza M.Tóth) 2004: ''Dog's Life'' (directed by

) 2003: ''Crash'' (directed by Zsolt Richly) 2001: ''Piroska's World'', Part 5-6 (directed by István Heim) 2000: ''Urasima Taro'' (directed by Éva Mandula) 1999: ''Piroska's World'', Part 1-4 (directed by István Heim) 1998: ''From To'' (directed by László Hegedűs II)

Awards and nominations

- Hungarian Film Week - Best Original Music fo
Post Mortem
nominated, 2021 - Parma International Music Film Festival - Violetta d'Oro Best Original Score fo
Tall Tales
winner, 2020 - Hungarian Film Week - Best Original Music fo
Tall Tales
winner, 2020 - Parma International Music Film Festival - Violetta d'Oro Best Original Score fo
Trezor
nominated, 2019 - Hungarian Film Week - Best Original Music fo
Trezor
Television Film Category, winner, 2019 - Hungarian Film Week - Best Original Music fo
Budapest Noir
nominated, 2018 - International Music+Sound Awards - Best Original Composition fo
Budapest Noir
nominated, 2018 - Hollywood Music in Media Awards - Best Original Music fo
Budapest Noir
Independent Foreign Language Film Category, winner, 2017 - Hollywood Music in Media Awards - Best Original Music fo
The Carer
Independent Film Category, nominated, 2016 - International Sound & Film Music Festival - Crystal Pine Best Original Score fo
The Carer
winner, 2016 - International Sound & Film Music Festival - Crystal Pine Best Original Score fo
Fever at Dawn
nominated, 2016 - Parma International Music Film Festival - Violetta d'Oro Best Original Score fo
Fever at Dawn
winner, 2016 - International Music+Sound Awards - Best Original Composition fo
The Carer
nominated, 2016 - International Music+Sound Awards - Best Original Composition fo
Fever at Dawn
nominated, 2016 - International Jerry Goldsmith Awards - Best Original Music for Patrick & Theo, Animated Short Film Category, nominated, 2012 - Kecskemet Animation Festival - Best Music Award fo
Szofita Land
winner, 2011 - International Jerry Goldsmith Awards - Best Original Music fo
Szofita Land
nominated, 2011 - Asolo Art Film Festival - Best Film Music fo
Ergo
winner, 2010 - Anifest Rozafa - Best Sound Design fo
Ergo
winner, 2010 - Kecskemet Animation Festival - Best Music Award fo
Ergo
winner, 2009 - Braunschweig International Film Festival - 'The Leo' Best Music Award fo
Mama
winner, 2009

References

External links

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MOME.hu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pacsay, Attila 1970 births Living people Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni Hungarian film score composers Male film score composers Academic staff of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Place of birth missing (living people)