Selma Mutal is a Franco-Dutch composer who writes music for cinema and contemporary dance. She is known for her collaborations with filmmakers Claudia Llosa, Javier Fuentes-León, and Tod Lending. Her work has received critical acclaim, with awards including Best Original Soundtrack Award at the International Film Festival of Annonay in 2011(Undertow), and Best Soundtrack at the International Series Festival of Buenos Aires in 2020 (Lucky Day/El Dia). Selma lives and works in Paris.

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 … Mutal provides a Satie-like mode-inflected score for piano solo and chamber ensemble, which like all good music, says what can’t be said...
— Michael McDonagh, Culture Vulture on Undertow.