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Milán Hodován is a Hungarian award-winning composer, producer, and songwriter of an impressive array of films and songs. He attended the Liszt Academy before embarking on a successful music career. He is proficient in myriad instruments, including piano, percussion, and synths. Hodován began scoring films at age 17 before attending applied music composition at Liszt Academy. His score for the Benő Baranyi-directed romantic comedy, sci-fi, Zanox - Risks and Side Effects was praised among critics and ended in the Hungarian Box Office's top 10 in the first week. In 2020 he scored the featured-length documentary Hands of God, directed by Barna László, which won the grand prize at the 21st Filmtettfeszt. His score for "Love, Cherish, Obey" (directed by Frigyes Rácz) was composed in collaboration with the well-known Hungarian artist Дeva. The short film was selected for the XII. Friss Hús Budapest Film Festival and won the Best Foreign Short award at the Atlanta ShortsFest.
In 2024, he won the Best Original Musical Score for the film SwapID, directed by Andrea Szatmári, at the Filmapalooza in Lisbon. The film was also showcased at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Hodován ended with his score, composed for a scene from a Hungarian movie, Kincsem - Bet on Revenge, within the top 10 composers at the 2nd International Pannonia Film Music Competition 2020. Besides, he won the prize for the Best Musical Score at the Eindhoven Film Festival in 2019 for the multi-award-winning short film Birds on the Catwalk, directed by Andrea Szatmári.
Hodován is a member of three Hungarian bands as a keyboard/synth player: Péterfy Bori & Love Band, Maluridé, and kristoaf. In 2021 he co-produced (with DOÓR) the end credits for the Academy Award-winning director Kristóf Deák's feature film, The Grandson, with the Hungarian artist OHNODY.
Since 2019, Milán has been the festival composer of the Budapest International Documentary Festival.
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Awards
48HFP Filmapalooza Lisbon - Best Original Musical
Score - 2024
FILM MUSIC FOR SILENT FILMS! COMPOSER COMPETITION: II. PRIZE - 2023
LISZT ACADEMY COMPOSER COMPETITION: III. PRIZE - 2022
II. INTERNATIONAL PANNONIA FILM MUSIC COMPETITION: FINALIST - 2020
EINDHOVEN FILM FESTIVAL 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT: BEST MUSICAL SCORE (BIRDS ON THE CATWALK) - 2019
SZOKOLAY INSPIRART COMPOSER COMPETITION: SPECIAL PRIZE - 2018
5TH COMPOSER COMPETITION OF MEZŐTÚR: I. PRIZE - 2016
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