# Nathaniel Méchaly

Nathaniel Méchaly (born 1972) is a French musician and film composer. His composing credits include Avanim (2004), Revolver (2005), Colombiana (2011), The Grandmaster (2013), and the Taken trilogy (2008–2014).

## Early life

Méchaly was born in 1972. He studied music at the Conservatoire National de Région de Musique de Marseille. His older sister, opera singer Gaëlle Méchaly, studied music at the same conservatoire.

## Career

Méchaly began his career as a composer for television shows and commercials for French media conglomerates. He 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: Ushpizin (2004), and Tehilim (2007) which was also directed by Nadjari. Eventually, the French production company EuropaCorp's music department director became aware of Méchaly's earlier works and commissioned him to compose French actor Richard Berry's 2005 directorial feature film The Black Box. French screenwriter and director Luc Besson, co-founder of EuropaCorp was pleased with Méchaly's work in The Black Box and decided to hire him for future projects.
Méchaly won Best Original Film Score at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards and Best Composer at the 8th Asian Film Awards for The Grandmaster (2013) with Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi.

## Selected filmography

| Year | Title | Director | Studio | Notes |
| 2004 | Avanim | Raphaël Nadjari | BVNG Productions Transfax Film Productions 2.1 Films Compagnie des Phares et Balises | |
| 2004 | Ushpizin | Gidi Dar [he] | Eddie King Films | |
| 2005 | Revolver | Guy Ritchie | Samuel Goldwyn Films | |
| 2005 | The Black Box | Richard Berry | EuropaCorp | |
| 2007 | Tehilim | Raphaël Nadjari | BVNG Productions Transfax Film Productions | |
| 2007 | The Secret | Vincent Perez | EuropaCorp | |
| 2007 | The Last Gang | Ariel Zeitoun | EuropaCorp | |
| 2007 | Room of Death | Alfred Lot | Bac Films | |
| 2008 | Taken | Pierre Morel | EuropaCorp (France) 20th Century Fox (US) | |
| 2008 | Dorothy Mills | Agnès Merlet | Dutch FilmWorks | |
| 2009 | Eyes Wide Open | Haim Tabakman | Peccadillo Pictures | |
| 2009 | The Assassin Next Door | Danny Lerner | Bleiberg Entertainment | |
| 2010 | Une petite zone de turbulences | Alfred Lot | UGC / TFI Films | |
| 2011 | Final Balance | Pierre Lacan | Sombrero Films | |
| 2011 | Colombiana | Olivier Megaton | EuropaCorp | |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | Olivier Megaton | EuropaCorp (France) 20th Century Fox (US) | |
| 2012 | Black Really Suits You | Jacques Bral | Thunder Films International | |
| 2013 | The Grandmaster | Wong Kar-wai | Block 2 Pictures Jet Tone Films Sil-Metropole Organisation Bona International Film Group | Composed with Shigeru Umebayashi and Stefano Lentini |
| 2014 | Angélique | Ariel Zeitoun | EuropaCorp | |
| 2014 | Get Well Soon | Jean Becker | ICE3 K.J.B. Production SND Films France 3 Cinéma Rhône-Alpes Cinéma | |
| 2014 | Pure Life | Jeremy Banster | Cantina Studio | |
| 2014 | Taken 3 | Olivier Megaton | EuropaCorp (France) 20th Century Fox (US) | |
| 2016 | Shut In | Farren Blackburn | Transfilm International Lava Bear Films Canal+ Ocs Cine+ | |
| 2016 | See You Tomorrow | Zhang Jiajia | Alibaba Pictures | |
| 2017 | Stratton | Simon West | GFM Films | |