Matti Bye (Born 1966) is widely considered as one of Sweden's most important composers of film scores and an extraordinary performer with his own, incomparable style of improvisation on the piano. He is also widely recognized for having written a series of innovative scores for such early Swedish silent film classics as Phantom Carriage by Victor Sjöström, Häxan by Benjamin Christensen, and Gösta Berling Saga by Mauritz Stiller, now included on a 6 DVD box set released by Svensk Filmindustri, SF, as well as countless other silent films. Last year he wrote the score for Academy Award nominee Jan Troell's latest feature Everlasting Moments and Stig Björkmans "Scenes from a playhouse" – a documentary about Ingmar Bergman.
Matti Bye's work is also concerned with the tension, which exists between moving image, sound and music. He has recently engaged with collaborative projects involving an esthetic and performative language proper to the contemporary visual arts. Beyond the medium, his work takes the viewer on a unique and lyrical journey of the world of dreams and illusions through a multi-sensorial experience of storytelling.


Music for film:

• 2011 – Snigeln (short, Jan Troell)
• 2011 – Bibliotekstjuven (TV series)
• 2010 – Filmen var min älskarinna "…But Film is My Mistress" (documentary about Ingmar Bergman)
  
• 2010 – Sebbe (Babak Najafi)
  
• 2009 – Bilder från lekstugan "Images from The Playground" (documentary about Ingmar Bergman)
  
• 2009 – Elkland (short)
  
• 2008 – Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick "Everlasting Moments" (Jan Troell)
  
• 2008 – Mellan oss (short)
  
• 2007 – Fritt fall (short)
  
• 2006 – En uppstoppad hund (TV movie)
  
• 2006 – Quinze (short)
  
• 2006 – Brevbärarens hemlighet (short)
  
• 2005 – Krama mig "Love and Happiness" (Kristina Humle)
  
• 2005 – En god dag "A Good Day" (short)
  
• 1999 – Vuxna människor (Felix Henrgren)
  
• 1998 – Homo Sapiens 1900 (documentary by Peter Cohen)
  
• 1995 – Sista skriket "The Last Gasp" (TV play by Ingmar Bergman)
  
• 1924 – Gösta Berling Saga "The Saga of Gosta Berling" (Mauritz Stiller)
  
• 1922 – Häxan "Witchcraft through ages" (restored version: 2006)
  
• 1921 – Körkarlen "Phantom Carriage" (Victor Sjöström)
  
• 1920 – Erotikon (Mauritz Stiller)
  
• 1919 – Herr Arnes Pengar "Sir Arnes´s Treasures" (Mauritz Stiller)
  
• 1916 – Dödskyssen (short) (restored version: 2002)

• 2011 – Matti Bye, Mattias Olsson & Martina Hoogland Ivanow: Elephant & Castle (released on Kning Disk)
• 2009 – Drömt (released on Rotor)
• 2008 – Gösta Berlings Saga (released on Rotor)
• 2003 – Körlkarlen (released on Rotor)
  
  

Strasbourg, 13 September @ Festival Européen Du Film Fantastique De Strasbourg
Event page: http://strasbourgfestival.com/

Stockholm, 20 Augusti @Filmhuset
Silent film concert to Fantom

Stockholm, 16 Augusti @Filmhuset
Silent film concert to Nosferatu