Nathaniel Méchaly
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| Birth name | Nathaniel Méchaly |
| Born | 1972 (age 44–45) France |
| Genres | Rock, film scores |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, record producer, musician |
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| Website | nathanielmechaly |
Nathaniel Méchaly (born 1972) is a French musician and film composer.
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 by French media conglomerates. He has 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: the 2004 film Ushpizin, and the 2007 film Tehilim 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's composing credits include the 2005 film Revolver, the 2007 films The Secret and Room of Death, the 2008 film Dorothy Mills, the 2011 film Colombiana, and the 2014 film Angélique. He is best known as the film composer of the Taken trilogy.
Méchaly, with Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi won "Best Original Film Score" at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards and "Best Composer" at the 8th Asian Film Awards for the 2013 film The Grandmaster.
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