Ákos Lustyik is a classically trained composer
from Budapest, currently residing and working
in the United Kingdom in London. After
completing his studies at the Liszt Academy
of Music in Budapest, he graduated with
distinction from the Royal College of Music in
London. He is an active film music composer
and has scored numerous contemporary films,
as well as working as a conductor, orchestrator,
music editor, and music supervisor. His
involvement as music editor and supervisor on
Mindenki/Sing (Kristof Deák, dir.) earned him
an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short
Film. In 2018, he was one of the participants of Richard Bellis’ prestigious
ASCAP film scoring workshop in Hollywood. He has collaborated with JaguarLand Rover in their Fleet & Business campaign, providing music for their
promotional films. He was selected to be on the BAFTA (British Academy of
Film and Television) Arts Crew for its 2021 program. He has been a finalist and
award-winner in numerous film music competitions, including being a fivetime winner at the FMF in Krakow, a 2nd Prize-winner at the Transatlantyk
Film Festival, and most recently a Prize-winner at the Jubilee Competition at
the Hungarian Palace of the Arts (MÜPA). Apart from working in film music,
he is also an active composer and arranger for both theater and concert
programs. He is a repeat recipient of the Zoltán Kodály Scholarship for young
composers.
STAGE WORKS
R&L: The Realm of the Magi – Opera Rethought (2013), symph. orch.,
electronica Lib: András Almási-Tóth
The Happy Prince (2014), storyteller, symph. orch. Lib: after Oscar Wilde
Pumpkinville – Children’s Play (2014), 1 Act, ens. Lib: Máté Czakó
At the Hawk’s Well – Dance Drama Based on the Drama of W. B. Yeats (2015), ens.
Once Long Ago in May – Contemporary Dance (2015), 1 Act, ens.,
electronica Lib: Roland Schimmelpfennig
The Only Jealousy of Emer – Dance Drama Based on the Drama of W. B.
Yeats (2017), ens.
Women of Troy – Interdisciplinary Motion Art (2018), ens.
The Dreaming of the Bones – Dance Drama Based on the Drama of W. B.
Yeats (2019), ens.
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Köztársaság tér/Republic Square – Oratorio (2016), S, symph. orch.
Lib: András Almási-Tóth
Emerald City (2017), symph. orch.
Le detente (2017), symph. orch.
Ascension (2020), symph. orch.
CHAMBER WORKS
Sz.É.P.I.A. (2011), S, pno. Lib: Dezső Kosztolányi
Volito (2012), str. quartet
Mon rêve familier – Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp (2012)
String Trio (2013)
Piano Quartet (2013)
M’arrendo (2013), T, pno.
In Your Otherness (2015), CT, pno. Lib: János Áfra
Suikinkutsu 水琴窟 – Concertino for Koto and Ensemble (2015)
XtRcTr (2016), A sax., electronica
Violin Sonata (2017), vl., pno.
We śnie (2020), S, pno. Lib: Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński
SOLO WORKS
AsunCión AntiProtóniCA (2014), fl.
Concertino for Harpsichord (2016)
Bilder aus ungeschehenen Zeiten – Sonata for Solo Cello (2018)
FILM MUSIC
Határ/The Border (2014) Dir: Mátyás Szabó
Behind Me! (2015) Dir: Máté Czakó
Ráktéritő/Tropic of Cancer (2015) Dir: Máté Czakó
Headless (2015) Dir: Gábor Harmat
Gesto (2015) Dir: Máté Czakó
Szaladják/Runnovich (2015) Dir: Máté Czakó
Csuhaja/Robes (2016) Dir: Máté Czakó
Swarm (2016) Dir: Máté Czakó
The Observer (2017) Dir: Ksenia Rubina
The Last Portrait – Animation (2017) Dir: Hina Fujimoto
Crochet, Intertwined Loops (2017) Dir: Minjoo Chae
Az aranyember/Man of Gold (2018) Dir: Alexander Korda
Deadpan (2018) Dir: Edward Hicks
Sink or Swim (2019) Dir: Ksenia Rubina
Bulusma/Meeting (2020) Dir: Nurbanu Asena
