The best between film and music - that's our position.

SoundTrack_Cologne is Europe's leading congress for music and sound in film, games and media, and a source of inspiration for the growing landscape of festivals and congresses in Europe. In over 40 round tables, panels, workshops and networking events, SoundTrack_Cologne focuses on current developments in culture, law, marketing and technics of media music and offers business cases and networking events. In 2023 SoundTrack_Cologne will celebrate its 20th edition. 

SoundTrack_Cologne is a film event - from the music perspective. The event addresses business professionals, music students and everyone interested in film and music.

When it comes to film narratives, SoundTrack_Cologne aims to give its audience a diversive and versatile experience of music and sound. Judical, economic and aesthetic work conditions of film composers in a global market stand in the forefront, whereas a dialogue is established between the various film trades in workshops, workshop talks, case studies and panel discussions by experienced and established film composers to pass on their knowledge to the next generation. 

With competitions such as the European Talent Competition and Peer Raben Music Award, SoundTrack_Cologne aims to appeal to the younger generation of composers and sounddesigners. With AcadeMeet, SoundTrack_Cologne also hosts events for the European universities and education institutions.


Film Festival SEE THE SOUND

SEE THE SOUND, the film festival of SoundTrack_Cologne aims to show a broad array of extra-ordinary music films connecting image and sound by bringing them to the big screen. It takes place from June 21 - 25, 2023.

In addition to the regular film programme, SEE THE SOUND selects eight films for the SEE THE SOUND Music Documentary Award competition.

Competitions Winners

Award Winners 2023

• Mychael Danna – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Johann Grillenbeck  – WDR Filmscore Award
• Pavel Sitnikov  – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Jan Willem de With  – Peer Raben Music Award
• And Still I Sing – See The Sound Music Documentary Award

Award Winners 2022

• Walter Murch – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Lorenzo Gioelli (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
• David Kamp (Germany) – Peer Raben Music Award
• Anonymous Club – See The Sound Music Documentary Award

Award Winners 2021

• Rachel Portman – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Ludwig Peter Müller (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Maximilian Sattler (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Paulo Gallo – Peer Raben Music Award
  Shut up Sona – See The Sound Music Documentary Award

Award Winners 2020

• Don Davis – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Fabian Zeidler (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Sinan Varis (France) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Alex Symcox (USA) – Peer Raben Music Award
• Everybody's Everything – See The Sound Music Documentary Award

Award Winners 2019

• Klaus Doldinger – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Leon Maximilian Brückner (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Paul Clímaco Müller Reyes (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Mateo Ojeda (Colombia) – Peer Raben Music Award
• BNK48: Girls Don’t Cry – See The Sound Music Documentary Award

Award Winners 2018

• Craig Armstrong – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Ben Winkler (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Celia Ruiz Artacho (Spain) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Mateja Starič (Slovenia) – Peer Raben Music Award
• Silvana – See The Sound Music Documentary Award

Award Winners 2017

• Bruce Broughton – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Thomas Chabalier (France) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Martin B. Janssen (France) – Peer Raben Music Award
• Liberation Day – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
• Berlin live - Award for the Best German Live Music TV-Show

Award Winners 2016

• Cliff Martinez – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Daniel Herget (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Jérémy Bocquet (France) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Filip Sijanec (Slovenia) – Peer Raben Music Award
• I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
• zdf@bauhaus - Award for the Best German Live Music TV-Show

Award Winners 2015

• Enjott Schneider – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Damian Scholl (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Armin Badde (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Stanislav Makovsky (Russia) – Peer Raben Music Award
• The Case of the Three Sided Dream (USA) – See The Sound Music Documentary Award

Award Winners 2014

• Eberhard Schoener – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Marianna Liik (Estonia) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Friso Hoekstra (The Netherlands) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Denise Barth (Germany) – Peer Raben Music Award
• Europe in 8 Bits (Spain) – See The Sound Music Documentary Award

Award Winners 2013

• Manfred Eicher – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Filip Šijanec (Slovenia) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Artur Khayrullin (Russia) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Rosanna Zünd (Switzerland) – Peer Raben Music Award
• Kidd Life (Denmark) – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
• Laurence Owen (Great Britain) – Früh Kölsch Audience Award for the Best Music in a Short Film

Award Winners 2012

• Michael Nyman – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• John Chua (Singapore) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Sebastian Kübler (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Enrica Sciandrone (Italy/Great Britain) – Peer Raben Music Award

Award Winners 2011

• Horst Peter Koll – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Olivier Militon (France) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Nathan Blais (France) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Pablo Pico (France) – Peer Raben Music Award

Award Winners 2010

• Christian Bruhn – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Martin Batchelar (Great Britain) – WDR Filmscore Award
• Jens Heuler & Dominik Campus (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best cooperation between composer and sound designer
• Jewgeni Birkhoff (Germany) – Peer Raben Music Award
• German TV Music Award
  - Fabian Römer (Composer): "Tatort: Weil sie böse sind" - Best Music a TV Movie
  - Sven Rossenbach & Florian van Volxem: "Im Angesicht des Verbrechens" Best Music for a TV Series
  - Michael Kadelbach: Henners Traum – Das größte Tourismusprojekt Europas Best Music for a Documentary

​Award Winners 2009

• Irmin Schmidt – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Felix Rösch (Germany) – New Sound in European Film
• Phillip Specht (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Titas Petrikis (Lithuania) – Peer Raben Music Award
• Biber Gullatz & Andreas Schäfer (Komponist) "Der verlorene Vater" – German TV Music Award

Award Winners 2008

• Peter Thomas – SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
• Joram Letwory (The Netherlands) – New Sound in European Film
• Henning Knoepfel (Great Britain) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Antoni Łazarkiewicz "Die zweite Frau" – German TV Music Award

Award Winners 2007

• Alexander Reumers (The Netherlands) – New Sound in European Film
• Ravian de Vries & Susanne Grünewald (The Netherlands) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design

Award Winners 2006

• Paul van Vulpen (The Netherlands) – New Sound in European Film
• Matthias Heuser, Lief Thomas & Christiane Buchmann – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design

Award Winners 2005

• Maria Ushenina (Russia) – New Sound in European Film
• Christopher Wilson (Great Britain) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
• Dimitri Dodoras (Deutschland) - Skoda SoundTrack Award for students

Award Winners 2004

• Juhan Vihterpal (Estonia) - New Sound in European Film
• Tom Werner, Michael Schlappa & Ralf Herrmann (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design

TEAM

Head of Festival: Michael P. Aust
Head of organisation: Simeon Ostberg
Programme management: Valentina Obando
Heads of technic: Markus Aust, Johannes Dröge
Team Technic: Henning Marquaß
Graphics: Markus Aust

Congress:

Head of programme: Michael P. Aust, Helge Borgarts
Consulting: Dr. Anselm C. Kreuzer, Prof. Hansjörg Kohli
Head of Competitions and Award Ceremony, Matchmaking, Consulting: Dagmar Blume-Niehage
Head of EEAMS (European Education Alliance für Music and Sound in Media): Yati Durant

SEE THE SOUND:

Head of programme: Michael P. Aust
Junior curator: Valentina Obando
Consulting SEE THE SOUND: Dagmar Blume-Niehage, Johannes Klein, Dusica Banduka, Sepiedeh Fazlaii, Lika Avruzki, Annette Groschke.

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