Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
With an academic background from Budapest & Vienna I have been working, for 15+ years, full time as a composer, music producer, and sound designer specialized in genre-blending, hybrid styles. I am a member of the European Film Academy. My applied music production company is operating inside the renowned building of Pannonia Studios. I have recently created music for the HBO docu-drama "ULTRA", for AMC Networks' channel „JIMJAM”, for the TV series „VIRTUÓZOK”, for the animated movies "The Grickles" (KUFLIK) I & II, for the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall (MUPA Budapest), and for the Hungarian Klasszik Rádió. I am the in-house composer and sound designer of Kedd Animation Studio lead by Oscar-nominated Géza M. Tóth. Besides creating soundtracks to movies, commercials and theatre shows I compose concert pieces for symphonic orchestras, jazz/pop and electronic bands. -------------- Alpár Balázs zeneakadémiai végzettségű, számos műfaji területen aktív, többszörös díjnyertes zeneszerző. Szimfonikus koncertdarabok, improvizatív jazz-kompozíciók mellett nagyszámú filmzenei, színházi és reklámzenei alkotás fűződik nevéhez. A Művészetek Palotája hangarculatának megalkotója, a Kedd Animációs Stúdió állandó zeneszerzője és sound designere. Rendszeresen lép színpadra mint hangszeres előadó, a Fugato Orchestra és a Fele Királyság együttesek vezetőjeként.
As Head of Department I manage and execute tasks from developing music/sound concepts to composing and producing soundtracks for film, tv, commercials.
I teach a music/sound concept development course specifically aimed at emerging filmmakers (primarily directors, writers, editors). The program is focusing on central topics like "musical character development" and non-trivial functions of music in film. It is designed to help directors/filmmakers create musical and sonic concepts in a more conscious way, fully unlocking the storytelling potential of applied music and sound design. The interactive workshop part includes playful games and exercises, like producing sounds with simple instruments such as parts of our bodies, and giving sound reactions to picture: translating colors, shapes, visual concepts, characters' personal traits to the language of music.