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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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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    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
    • 2013
    Sydney Sweeney, Ben Hardy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, and Justice Smith in The Voyeurs (2021)
    The Voyeurs
    6.1
    • Soundtrack
    • 2021
    Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund in Mojave (2015)
    Mojave
    5.2
    • Soundtrack
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Composer

    • Off the Air (2011)
      Off the Air
      8.4
      TV Series
      • music "Tezeta" (segment "Jim Denevan, Radiating Sand Mounds")
      • 2022
    • 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
      7.7
      Short
      • 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
      8.0
      • music arranger
      • 1999

    Soundtrack

    • Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, Ming-Na Wen, Joshua Jackson, Jon Billington, Dana E. Glauberman, Robert Mark Kamen, Ben Wang, Rob Lieber, Katrina Batur, Emile Pazzano, Karen Rosenfelt, Aramis Knight, Maya Sigel, Justin Brown, Jonathan Entwistle, Dominic Lewis, Wyatt Oleff, Jennifer-Lynn Christie, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Sadie Stanley, and Caleb Baker in Karate Kid: Legends (2025)
      Karate Kid: Legends
      6.3
      • performer: "As We Enter"
      • writer: "As We Enter"
      • 2025
    • Leonard Fuchs, Max Mattis, Bruno Alexander, Emil Belton, and Oskar Belton in Intimate (2023)
      Intimate
      7.6
      TV Series
      • performer: "Yègellé Tezeta"
      • writer: "Yègellé Tezeta" (uncredited, uncredited)
      • 2025
    • Donald Glover and Maya Erskine in 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, Lionel Boyce, Matty Matheson, and Ayo Edebiri in The Bear (2022)
      The Bear
      8.5
      TV Series
      • performer: "Tezeta (Nostalgia)" (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • Off the Air (2011)
      Off the Air
      8.4
      TV Series
      • performer: "Tezeta"
      • writer: "Tezeta"
      • 2022
    • 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
    • Les Dennis in Famously Unfit for Sport Relief (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

    Personal details

    • Born
      • 1943
      • Jimma, Ethiopia

    Did you know

    • 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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