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Mulatu Astatke

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Mulatu Astatke was born in 1943 in Jimma, Ethiopia. He is a composer, known for Broken Flowers (2005), In a World... (2013) and The Voyeurs (2021).
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    Known for

    Bill Murray in Broken Flowers (2005)
    Broken Flowers
    7.1
    • Composer
    • 2005
    Lake Bell in In a World... (2013)
    In a World...
    6.6
    • Soundtrack("Yegelle Tezeta")
    • 2013
    Sydney Sweeney, Ben Hardy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, and Justice Smith in The Voyeurs (2021)
    The Voyeurs
    6.1
    • Soundtrack("Asmarina", "Tezeta")
    • 2021
    Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund in Mojave (2015)
    Mojave
    5.2
    • Soundtrack("I Faram Gami I Faram")
    • 2015

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    Composer

    • Jeans & Martò (2011)
      Jeans & Martò
      • Composer
      • 2011
    • Little Heaven (2011)
      Little Heaven
      8.1
      • Composer
      • 2011
    • WIFF: Join Us (2008)
      WIFF: Join Us
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2008
    • Farmhouse: Jim Jarmusch at Work
      8.0
      Short
      • Composer (score by)
      • 2008
    • Bill Murray in Broken Flowers (2005)
      Broken Flowers
      7.1
      • Composer
      • 2005

    Music Department

    • Wax & Gold (2019)
      Wax & Gold
      Short
      • musician
      • 2019
    • Adwa (1999)
      Adwa
      8.1
      • music arranger
      • 1999

    Soundtrack

    • Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024)
      Mr. & Mrs. Smith
      7.0
      TV Series
      • performer: "Tezeta (Nostalgia)"
      • writer: "Tezeta (Nostalgia)"
      • 2024
    • Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Liza Colón-Zayas, Jeremy Allen White, Abby Elliott, Edwin Lee Gibson, Lionel Boyce, Matty Matheson, and Ayo Edebiri in The Bear (2022)
      The Bear
      8.5
      TV Series
      • performer: "Tezeta (Nostalgia)" (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • The Baby (2022)
      The Baby
      6.3
      TV Series
      • performer: "Yegelle Tezeta"
      • writer: "Yegelle Tezeta"
      • 2022
    • Sydney Sweeney, Ben Hardy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, and Justice Smith in The Voyeurs (2021)
      The Voyeurs
      6.1
      • performer: "Asmarina", "Tezeta"
      • 2021
    • African Renaissance (2020)
      African Renaissance
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Soundtrack ("Yèkèrmo Sèw")
      • 2020
    • Can You Hear Me (2018)
      Can You Hear Me
      7.9
      TV Series
      • performer: "Yègellé Tezeta"
      • writer: "Yègellé Tezeta"
      • 2020
    • James Franco, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., and Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Deuce (2017)
      The Deuce
      8.1
      TV Series
      • performer: "Assiyo Bélléma"
      • writer: "Assiyo Bélléma"
      • 2019
    • Andrew Garfield and Riley Keough in Under the Silver Lake (2018)
      Under the Silver Lake
      6.5
      • performer: "Yekermo Sew (A Man of Experience and Wisdom)"
      • writer: "Yekermo Sew (A Man of Experience and Wisdom)"
      • 2018
    • Famously Unfit for Sport Relief
      TV Movie
      • writer: "As We Enter" (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Tom Hanks and Emma Watson in The Circle (2017)
      The Circle
      5.4
      • performer: "Assiyo Bellema"
      • 2017
    • Les Rouleaux de Printemps
      Short
      • music: "Tezeta"
      • 2017
    • Jessica Williams in The Incredible Jessica James (2017)
      The Incredible Jessica James
      6.5
      • performer: "Yegelle Tezeta"
      • writer: "Yegelle Tezeta"
      • 2017
    • Usain Bolt in I Am Bolt (2016)
      I Am Bolt
      7.1
      • writer: "As We Enter"
      • 2016
    • Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund in Mojave (2015)
      Mojave
      5.2
      • performer: "I Faram Gami I Faram"
      • writer: "I Faram Gami I Faram"
      • 2015
    • Lake Bell in In a World... (2013)
      In a World...
      6.6
      • performer: "Yegelle Tezeta"
      • writer: "Yegelle Tezeta"
      • 2013

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • 1943
      • Jimma, Ethiopia

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Contributed musical arrangements to "We Shall Survive," an all-star album of Ethiopian pop music, funded by the US and Ethiopian governments, to help combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia.

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