Fifthteen composers and sound designers are nominated for the EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD. The competition screening will take place on Friday, June 23rd at 10:30 at Turistarama cinema and the award ceremony at 19:00 at COMEDIA Theater.
Fifteen composers and sound designers are nominated for the EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD. The winners will be announced at the festive awards ceremony on June 23 at the Comedia Theater.
The EUROPEAN TALENT COMPETITION offers a platform especially for young talents.
The participants had the task to either compose the film music or to create the sound design for the short film "Reunify" (directed by Mette Tange & Peter Smith) or to re-score the film in a team of composer and sound designer.
The nominees (in alphabetical order):
Dorian Bonnardel (Score), Camille Borrelly (Sound design) & Guillaume Demore (Score), Hernan Castro Fioravanti (Score), Marco Falcon Medrano (Sound design), Johann Grillenbeck (Score), Emily Hawkins (Score), Daniel Heinemann (Score), Thomas Judge (Score), Michael Kaspar (Score), Martin Lemoine (Score),
Louison Pugin (Sound design), Arezou Rezaei (Score), Pavel Sitnikov (Sound design), Tran Quoc Kim Vu (Sound design).
The competition screening will take place on Friday, June 23 at 10:30 at Turistarama cinema. To buy the tickets for the screening, clic here.
The nominees and their new scores for "Reunify" will be presented to audience and jury under Yati Durant's moderation.
The jury members will be:
Jessica de Rooij (Composer, Jury President)
PeterLicht (Indie Pop Musician, Writer)
Johannes Rexin (Film Producer)
Corinna Rottschy (Manager, WDR Funkhausorchester)
Klaus Waßen-Floren (Sound designer, TORUS sound mixing studio)
Here you can find more information about our nominees and the jury members.
The winner of the WDR FILMSCORE AWARD will have the opportunity to record an original composition of 7 – 9 minutes length with the WDR Funkhausorchester – for many young composers this could be their first opportunity to record with a large orchestra and begin filling out their film-scoring calling card.
The winner for the best SOUND DESIGN will receive a 5.1 cinematic mix down in the prestigious sound mixing studio TORUS GmbH.
Seven composers are nominated for the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD. The competition screening will take place on Friday, June 23rd at 14:30 at Turistarama cinema and the award ceremony at 19:00 at COMEDIA Theater.
Seven composers are nominated for the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD. The winner will be announced at the festive awards ceremony on June 23 at the COMEDIA Theater.
The PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD honors the Best Original Music in a Short Film. The winner receives a prize money of 1,500 euros. First presented in 2009, the award commemorates the great German film composer Peer Raben.
Nominated are six film scores from six outstanding short films with innovative and dramaturgically coherent use of music and sound in relation to the narration.
The short films include stories about violence against women in the Middle East, about a magic record that reads the soul and plays memories, about the friendship of a young girl and her wise old dragon, about a neighborhood dispute as a musical feud that shakes the balconies of the disputants, about loneliness in old age and about a mysterious creature from Alpine folklore.
The nominees (in alphabetical order):
The Jury members (in alphabetical order):
The Competition Screening will take place on Friday, June 23rd at 14:30 at Turistarama cinema and the award ceremony at 19:00 at COMEDIA Theater.
The nominees and their films will be presented to audience and jury under the moderation by André Feldhaus (composer).
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Wednesday 21 June 2023: SoundTrack_Cologne will dedicate a special day to Video Games featuring renowned composers. The panellists will talk about their experience in the world of gaming and the nascent possibilities in the industry.
The music and sound largely determine the mood, tone, the possibility of immersion and the connection to the characters playing a Video Game.
That's why SoundTrack_Cologne is dedicating a special day to composing for video games on June 21, featuring renowned composers such as Jon Everist (Overwatch 2), Cody Johnson (Resident Evil 2) and Brian D'Oliveira (League of Legends). The panellists will talk about their experience in the world of gaming and the nascent possibilities in the industry.
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Composing for Video Games
Wednesday 21 June 2023 · Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Auditorium
Moderator: Helge Borgarts
10:30 – 11:30
Jon Everist
The Lamplighters League, BattleTech
Workshop - Discussion
12:00 – 13:00
Cody Johnson
Resident Evil 2 · Devil May Cry 5
Workshop - Discussion
14:30 – 15:30
Brian D´Oliveira
League of Legends · resident Evil 7 and 8
Workshop - Discussion
16:00 – 17:30
Jon Everist, Cody Johnson, Brian D´Oliveira and Helge Borgarts
Games Roundtable
Thursday 22 June 2023: Four composers will participate in in-depth discussions about their experiences in the film industry, their careers and the prospects for the future of music on screens during the Composing for Film Day at SoundTrack_Cologne.
“It’s all about creating waves that bring me happiness – or that reveal how I feel. It has to drag me into a dream or a sort of internal pleasure”, says composer Jean-Benoît Dunckel about what he feels when he makes music. Dunckel, a member of the electronic group Air and responsible for award-winning soundtracks such as The Virgin Suicides, is one of the composers at SoundTrack_Cologne's Composing for Film Day on Thursday, 22 June 2023.
Further guests will be Jørund Samuelsen, HARPA Award winner 2023 and Amanda Award winner for the Best Original Score in Everybody Hates Johan; Isobel Waller-Bridge, composer of critically acclaimed films and series such as Emma and Fleabag (BBC/Amazon), and Valentin Hadjadj, who has scored the music of a dozen feature films including Girl (Camera d'Or Cannes 2018) and Close (Grand Prix Cannes 2022 and Oscar-nominated).
The four composers will participate in in-depth discussions about their experiences in the film industry, their careers and the prospects for the future of music on screens.
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Composing for Film
Thursday 22 June 2023 · Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Auditorium
10:30 – 11:30
Jørund Samuelsen
Everybody hates Johan (Alle Harten Johan) · A Wedding, Funeral and a Christening
Workshop - Discussion
In coop. with HARPA
12:00 – 13:00
Jean-Benoît Dunckel (Air)
Summer of 85 · The Virgin Suicides
Workshop - Discussion
14:30 – 15:30
Isobel Waller-Bridge
Munich: The Edge of War · The Phantom of the Open
Workshop - Discussion
16:00 – 17:00
Valentin Hadjadj
Close · Girl
Workshop - Discussion
Friday 23 June 2023: Four outstanding composers will talk about how they wrote memorable & captivating music for some of the most sucessful series on television and streaming during the Composing for TV Series Day at SoundTrack_Cologne.
Four outstanding composers will talk about how they wrote memorable & captivating music for some of the most sucessful series on television and streaming during the Composing for TV Series Day at SoundTrack_Cologne.
Two-time Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen's Gambit and Godless), Nami Melumad, the first woman scoring for the Star Trek franchise (Strange New World and Prodigy), Florian Tessloff, creator of the music for Bonn: Old Friends, New Enemies (WDR's hit German spy series), and Natalie Holt, two-time Emmy Award nominee for Marvel Studios' Loki and Obi-Wan Kenobi, will be the panelists of the workshop-discussions that will take place on Friday 23 June.
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Composing for TV Series
Friday 23 June 2023 · Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Auditorium
10:30 – 11:30
Carlos Rafael Rivera
Queen's Gambit · Godless
Workshop - Discussion
12:00 – 13:00
Nami Melumad
Star Trek: Strange New World · Star Trek: Prodigy
Workshop - Discussion
14:30 – 15:30
Florian Tessloff
Bonn: Old Friends, New Enemies (Bonn: Alte Freunde, neue Feinde) · The Baader Meinhof Complex
Workshop - Discussion
16:00 – 17:00
Natalie Holt
Loki · Obi-Wan Kenobi
Workshop - Discussion
SoundTrack_Cologne presents four high profile case studies in which music plays a significant and exemplary role – and in which the composer had a special responsibility: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, HOLY SPIDER, THE SWARM, and THE ORDINARIES.
SoundTrack_Cologne presents four high profile case studies in which music plays a significant and exemplary role – and in which the composer had a special responsibility: All Quiet on the Western Front, Holy Spider, The Swarm, and The Ordinaries. How do you compose the soundtrack for such a film or a TV series and still give it a personal signature - but without repeating yourself? On Wednesday, 21 June, at SoundTrack_Cologne four renowned composers will give their thoughts on the matter and share their experiences in the four case studies: Oscar and BAFTA Award winner Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front); European and German Film Award winner Dascha Dauenhauer (The Swarm); Fabian Zeidler, composer of The Ordinaries, plus the film’s director Sophie Linnenbaum; and Martin Dirkov, composer of Holy Spider.
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Reality Check Case Studies
Wednesday 21 June 2023 · Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Robert Ellscheid Saal
10:30-11:30
Holy Spider (Film)
Composer Martin Dirkov
12:00-13:00
The Ordinaries (Film)
Composer Fabian Zeidler, Director Sophie Linnenbaum
14:30-15:30
The Swarm (Der Schwarm) (Series)
Composer Dascha Dauenhauer
16:00-17:30
All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) (Film)
Composer Volker Bertelmann
The Lifetime Achievement Award of the twentieth SoundTrack_Cologne 2023 goes to Mychael Danna.
The Lifetime Achievement Award of the twentieth SoundTrack_Cologne 2023 goes to Mychael Danna. At the award ceremony on Friday, 23 June, the WDR Funkhausorchester Köln will play film scores by Mychael Danna. Danna will not only travel to Cologne to receive the award, but will also present his work in a talk with film composer Mirjam Skal on Thursday, 22 June.
Danna is an Academy Award-winning film composer who has composed over 80 film scores and is recognized for his blending of non-western traditions with orchestral and electronic music. He composed the transculturally inspired, 2013 Oscar and Golden Globe winning film score for Ang Lee's Life of Pi. Danna also composed the scores for Ang Lee's The Ice Storm and Ride with the Devil.
Other well-known films Danna has composed music for include Academy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated films such as The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica and Ararat from his longtime collaboration with director Atom Egoyan; also Moneyball and Capote with director Bennett Miller, Monsoon Wedding, Little Miss Sunshine, Being Julia, Stillwater, The Addams Family 1 and 2, Pixar's The Good Dinosaur and Where the Crawdads Sing.
Danna won an Emmy Award for outstanding music composition for the mini-series World Without End. Other television scores include Alias Grace (Emmy Nomination), Tyrant, (3 Emmy Nominations), Camelot (Emmy Nomination) and Return to Space (Emmy Nomination).
Among Danna’s other awards are the Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing (2013), the World Soundtrack Awards for Film Composer of the Year, and Best Score of the Year (both 2013), and the Hollywood Film Award for Composer of the Year (2016).
“The most gratifying filmmaking experiences are ones that take effort to unpeel the layers surrounding the heart of the story and to find the best musical expression of that heart,” says Danna. “Those are always the film scores I am most proud of.”
The Canadian-born composer graduated from the University of Toronto and today lives in Los Angeles.
Accreditations
SEE THE SOUND (June 20 – 23, 2023), the film festival of SoundTrack_Cologne invites all film makers, producers and distributors to submit films with a focus on music.
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SEE THE SOUND (June 20 – 23, 2023), the film festival of SoundTrack_Cologne invites all film makers, producers and distributors to submit films with a focus on music.
SEE THE SOUND is dedicated to all forms of motion pictures, that visualise music and sound. Music documentaries and feature films with focus on music like biopics about musicians or bands, documentaries about concerts, portraits of composers, portraits of bands or music videos may be submitted.
Since its inception, SoundTrack_Cologne grew as a festival and conference program into Europes leading platform for music and sound in film, games, TV and multimedia in general. With SEE THE SOUND, SoundTrack_Cologne offers a platform to outstanding films about music to be presented on the big screen.
SEE THE SOUND honors the Best Music Documentary!
Furthermore, the prize for the Best Music Documentary will be awarded at SEE THE SOUND for the tenth time. The prize winner will receive 2,500 euros.
Submission criteria
Submission ends April 11, 2023, 12:00 CET.
All conditions and online submission
SoundTrack_Cologne 20 (June 20 – 23, 2023) invites budding composers and sound designers to compose music or create the sound design for a short film in the EUROPEAN TALENT COMPETITION.
SoundTrack_Cologne 20 (June 20 – 23, 2023) invites budding composers and sound designers to compose music or create the sound design for a short film in the EUROPEAN TALENT COMPETITION and to apply in the categories WDR FILMSCORE AWARD and SOUND DESIGN.
The aim is to musically interpret and connect the visuals and narration of the short film “Reunify” (D: Mette Tange & Peter Smith).
Contestants may either compose the score or create the sound design for the short film and may also work together in a team with another composer or sound designer. Sound designers in particular are encouraged to submit sound-only projects!
The twelve finalists will be presented with their work to the audience and jury at the SoundTrack_Cologne competition screening and the award gala on June 23, 2023.
The winner of the WDR FILMSCORE AWARD will have the opportunity to record an original composition of 7 – 9 minutes length with the WDR Funkhausorchester – for many young composers this could be their first opportunity to record with a large orchestra and begin filling out their film-scoring calling card.
The winner for the best SOUND DESIGN will receive a 5.1 cinematic mix down in the prestigious sound mixing studio TORUS GmbH.
Closing date for the competition is May 08, 2023, 09:00am CET!
The contest is open to all active students in the fields of sound, music, and/or composition at a European film or music school (without age limit); or any young European creatives up to and including 30 years of age.
After the online registration you may download the short film and start your project.
Short film “Reunify” (Denmark, 2020, 07:09 min)
Directed by: Mette Tange & Peter Smith
Reunion. The tree is still standing. Roots enclosing the past. Branches reaching out for the future. In the border region.
Two children lead us into a magical universe where friendships are broken by wars but rediscovered in peace. One tree carries the connection between the past and the present.
Inspired by Søren Ulrik Thomsen's poem "The trees do not grow into the sky", the film thematizes the belief in peaceful coexistence and reconciliation across borders, nationalities and history.
All conditions and online registration
Be an active part in SoundTrack_Cologne 20 and join us!
Be an active part in SoundTrack_Cologne 20 and join us!
We are looking for a project assistant, interns and volunteers. Read more and apply today!
See and apply!
SoundTrack_Cologne 20, which will take place from June 20 to 23, 2023, invites film composers and filmmakers to submit their short films with their original compositions in the call for the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD.
SoundTrack_Cologne 20 (June 20 – 23, 2023) starts submissions for the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD for the best music in a short film.
SoundTrack_Cologne 20, which will take place from June 20 to 23, 2023, invites film composers and filmmakers to submit their short films with their original compositions in the call for the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD.
The award, now in its fifteenth edition, will award a prize of 1,500 euros to the film scores that stand out for their innovation and for coherently reinforcing narration from music and sound.
The award, first presented in 2009, commemorates the great German film composer Peer Raben.
The closing date for the competition is April 11, 2023.
Submission criteria:
Terms, conditions and the application form for the competition can be found here:
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SoundTrack_Cologne is coordinating an Erasmus+ project with 6 partners across Europe. This educational project provides training on online marketing, visitor studies and non-visitor studies. Stay tuned to benefit from the free training possibilities.
This project aims to provide the cultural sector with the necessary tools to bring its marketing to the next level. We will be publishing a guide to set up reporting tools that facilitate data analysis of social media channels, ticketing data, website tracks and newsletter clicks, which can be set up without any IT support. This will provide valuable insights to one's online marketing. In order to retain the visitors that cultural organizers already have, it is important to evaluate the program. Research has shown that both formulating questionnaires correctly and analyzing them is not yet a strength of the cultural sector. Likewise, non-visitor research is hardly possible without professional (but expensive) help. We want to change this with 2 online courses.
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How do I get work? What can I charge for my work? And what about all those contracts? SoundTrack_Cologne's module "Reality Check" has got you covered on those questions.
How do I get work? What can I charge for my work? And what about all those contracts? SoundTrack_Cologne's module "Reality Check" has got you covered on those questions.
"Reality Check" is focused on practical knowledge, including commercial and legal aspects. The panels and talks convey new and innovative strategies for one's positioning in the media music market and provide you with the opportunity to attend networking events where you might run into potential clients.
"Reality Check" addresses not only young artists but also established composers and career changers (e.g. from pop music or classical university education), musicians, and administrative partners in the service sector such as agencies, music publishers, labels, etc.
We also provide you with six “Reality Check Case Studies” reaching from Family Entertainment, Music and VR to in-depth-discussions of film scores.
Find some highlights of this year’s program below:
Thursday 9.6.22
10.00-11.30
Telematic Music
Remote online live playing and recording - with free tools
Workshop
Bernd Keul
@ Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Helmut-Coing-Saal
12.00-13.30
NFTs for Filmmusic
Larry Dvoskin, entrepreneur, Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter Workshop Discussion
Mod.: Alina Gordienco, director
@ Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Helmut-Coing-Saal
14:30 – 16:00
Licensing and Distribution - Present and Future
Alex Black, CEO Sonoton, Einar Helde (TBC)
Mod.: Anselm Kreuzer
@ inSideCafé
14.30-16.00
Spotting, The Temp and Rewrites
Lecture
Richard Bellis, composer
@ Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Robert-Ellscheid-Saal
16.30-18.00
How do I get work?
Networking, Human Skills, Who is who, Psychology of dealing with the crew
Workshop
Flemming Nordkrog, composer
@ Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Helmut-Coing-Saal
Friday 10.6.22
10.00-11.30
Publishing 2022: What is it good for? New Chances: Music publishing in times of transformation
With Dr. Ralf Schulze, amboss Film + Music
@ inSide Café
10.00-13.30
Publicity for Film Composers
Hands-On Workshop
Thomas Mikusz, White Bear PR
@ Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Helmut-Coing-Saal
12.00-13.30
Wieviel soll ich da nehmen?
Impuls: Gemeinsame Vergütungsregeln - Stand + Zukunft
Micki Meuser, Vorstand mediamusic + DEFKOM
Honorare für Medienkomposition
Maxi Menot, Komponistin; Stefan Döring, Komponist; Imogen Kimmel, Regisseurin
Mod.: RA Stephan Benn
Coop. mit mediamusic
@inSide Café
14.30-16.00
Legal Basics und Filmmusikverträge
Lecture
Klaus Weber, Rechtsanwalt / Partner SWS
Scheuermann Westerhoff Strittmatter Rechtsanwälte
@ inSide Café
14.30-16.00
Track Check Music
Martin Häne (Nuvotone), Gaby Steiner, Editor, Sarah
Mibus, music consultant, Neeltje Mooring, music consultant
Mod.: Dr. Anselm Kreuzer
@ Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Robert-Ellscheid-Saal
16.30 – 18.00
AI based Music Consulting
Justin Michael La Vallee, CEO Freque
Jay Ahern, Director Of Music Industry Relations Cyanite
@ Fritz Thyssen Siftung, Robert-Ellscheid-Saal
16.30-18.00
Matchmaking
Get to know composers, music consultants, producers
Mod.: Dagmar Blume-Niehage
@ inSide Café
Saturday 11.06.
10.00-13.30
Dolby Atmos for Streaming
David Ziegler, Dolby Senior Content Engineer
Stephan Colli, Managing Director Torus Filmtonpostproduktion
Ralf Kemper, Riverside Tonstudios/Torus
Thomas Rückert, Piano
Coop. with Dolby, Riverside Studios, Torus Filmtonpostproduktion
@ Riverside Tonstudio
12.00-13.30
Music as Medicine
Lecture
John Groves
@ Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Robert-Ellscheid-Saal
Walter Murch · Lifetime Achievement Award Lorenzo Gioelli · WDR Filmscore Award David Kamp · Peer Raben Music Award Anonymous Club · See The Sound Music Documentary Award
Walter Murch · Lifetime Achievement Award
Lorenzo Gioelli · WDR Filmscore Award
David Kamp · Peer Raben Music Award
Anonymous Club · See The Sound Music Documentary Award
Three-time Academy Award winner Walter Murch received the Lifetime Achievement Award of SoundTrack_Cologne 19 on Saturday evening, 11. June. The laudation was held by Academy Award winner John Ottman.
In the EUROPEAN TALENT COMPETITION, Lorenzo Gioelli won the WDR Filmscore Award, whereas the contribution of Martina Cirillo received an honourable mention from the jury.
The Peer Raben Music Award 2022 went to David Kamp for the music to the shortfilm "Zoon".
The See The Sound Music Documentary Award went to "Anonymous Club" directed by Danny Cohen and produced by Philippa Campey.
The 20th edition of SoundTrack_Cologne will take place from 14. to 17.06.2023.
Walter Murch · Lifetime Achievement Award
"Just like a good score is often the soul of a film, Walter himself was the soul of so many of the films he worked on - for instance 'Apocalypse Now' with his elegant, almost painter-like picture editing, with profound collages of both imagery and sound. And it's of wide opinion that no film since then has had a deeper and more emotional soundscape. Walter opened our eyes with sound to help us see and feel. It was also the first film to use the term 'sound designer', adding more respect to the craft'', said John Ottman about fellow Oscar winner Walter Murch during his laudation on Saturday.
Murch, who received this year's SoundTrack_Cologne 19 Lifetime Achievement Award, had some inspiring words for the audience: "It's the job of filmmakers to push wherever they can, to push all the aspects of film, because it has the ability to speak to different parts of the human brain directly. We can influence the audience instinctually, we can influence them emotionally, and we can influence them intellectually with the direct appeal through all the technologies that we have developed in the last 120 years. It's our job not only to do this but to do it with a conscience for the good in us and the good in the audience, to push the art further and to then integrate these things so that, hopefully, we can improve the human condition by what we do."
By creating new standards for editing and sound design, Walter Murch revolutionized Hollywood and significantly shaped the word "Sound Designer". He was dubbed the "Godfather of Modern Sound" in a nod to his work on "The Godfather" film series. He began his career in 1969 with Francis Ford Coppola’s "The Rain People." Since then, his body of work includes cinematic milestones, including "The English Patient", "The Talented Mr Ripley", and "Cold Mountain."
The laudation was held by Academy Award winner John Ottman.
Lorenzo Gioelli · WDR Filmscore Award
The winner of the WDR Filmscore Award is Lorenzo Gioelli. An honourable mention from the jury went to Martina Cirillo.
The winner of the WDR FILMSCORE AWARD has the opportunity to record his composition with the WDR Rundfunkorchester.
The jury’s statement for Lorenzo Gioelli:
"Lorenzo Gioellis music took a different approach to scoring the film which shows many good contrasts in its use of rhythm, presentation of interesting harmonies and an impressive commitment to periods of silence. This creates a mutual cinematic experience that holds the music in dialogue with the narrative of the film, capturing an interesting overall atmosphere. The story is transported to the audience with music that finds the right mood."
11 composers and sound designers were nominated for the EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD and presented their compositions to the public and the jury on the morning of SoundTrack_Cologne 19’s final day. For the competition, which was created to offer a platform to highlight young talent, all entrants had to create a new musical interpretation for the short film "UnVernunft" ("UnReason") by director Hanna Viktoria Heimann (HFF Munich) and WennDann Film.
The jury consisted of composers Marcel Barsotti and Sanna Salmenkallio, WDR Funkhaus Orchestra conductor Gordon Hamilton, director Hanna Heimann and sound supervisor & designer Josef Steinbüchel, Torus Filmtonpostproduktion.
The jury’s statement for Martina Cirillo:
"Her imaginative approach creates a mysterious atmosphere, especially at the beginning and at the end of the film with its delicate and subtle approach between sound worlds. The score utilises dynamic contrasts effectively while also remaining sensitive at other times. It’s trust in silence allows the audience to keep their imagination open."
David Kamp · PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD
The Peer Raben Music Award 2022 went to David Kamp for the music to "Zoon" (directed by Jonatan Schwenk). The jury consisted of Richard Bellis, composer, Hannah von Hübbenet, composer and Carina Mergens, editor.
The statement of the jury:
The winning score of this year’s competition represents a combination of craft and contemporary concepts of film scoring. The Peer Raben Music Award 2022 goes to David Kamp for his score to "Zoon".
The amount of diversity in this year’s competition led to the recognition of two additional works, those being "Slipping Away" and "RIM", with the score of "Slipping Away" representing skill in story-based composing and the music for "RIM" standing for concept originality. This is why the honourable mentions of the Peer Raben Music Award 2022 go to Olivier Militon for "Slipping Away" and to Marcus Sander for "RIM".
The Peer Raben Music Award honours the best music in a short film and is endowed with 1.500 Euros. It commemorates the composer Peer Raben (1949-2007), who is known for his work for Rainer Werner Fassbinder, among others.
Anonymous Club · SEE THE SOUND MUSIC DOCUMENTARY AWARD
The SEE THE SOUND Jury awarded the prize for the Best Music Documentary 2022 to "Anonymous Club", directed by Danny Cohen and produced by Philippa Campey.
The jury consisted of director and producer Frank Scheffer, Sasha Prokopenko, programmer at Kyev International Short Film Festival, and director and producer Tim Spreng.
To quote the jury:
"Anonymous Club" shows in a sensitive way the creative vulnerability of the enigmatic and introverted singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett. This antithesis of a rock biography captures the intimacy of the process strikingly and transforms it beautifully into the organic 16mm film form.
The jury also awarded a Special Mention to both "Oh, It Hertz" and "Charli XCX: Alone Together".
For "Oh, It Hertz", directed by Gunnar Hall Jensen, the jury highlighted the way "…the music documentary successfully explores the world of sounds around us, connecting to a lead character who presents this in a unique way."
For “Charli XCX: Alone Together”, directed by Bradley Bell & Pablo Jones-Soler, the jury was captivated by the artistic delicacy with which “…the film portrays a beautiful connection between an artist and their fandom stuck in months-long lockdown. Digging into their anxieties and insecurities, heated up by the isolation, they help each other soothe loneliness and feel a sense of belonging.”
The Award is endowed with 2.500 Euros and goes to director and producer.
How good is my track, for real? On Friday, June 10, 14:30h, the music consultants Sarah Mibus, Neeltje Mooring (SOLID as a rock), editor Gaby Steiner, and Martin Häne (Nuvotone) will evaluate and give their feedback on submitted songs.
How good is my track, for real? On Friday, June 10, 14:30h, the music consultants Sarah Mibus, Neeltje Mooring (SOLID as a rock), editor Gaby Steiner, and Martin Häne (Nuvotone) will evaluate and give their feedback on submitted songs.
Those who want to participate have to send their HI-Res.mp3 file (named "TrackCheck_yourlastname_yourfirstname") until June 9 at noon to presse@soundtrackcologne.de. Please send only one track!
Track Check is for accredited guests only.
Get your accreditation >here<!
Looking forward to hearing your tracks,
Your SoundTrack_Cologne Team
Eight film composers enter the race for the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD. The winners will be announced at the grand award ceremony on June 11th, 2022.
Eight film composers enter the race for the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD. The winners will be announced at the grand award ceremony on June 11th, 2022.
The PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD will be awarded for the fourteenth time. Film scores with innovative and dramatically coherent use of music and sound in relation to the narrative will be honored.
The award commemorates the great German film composer Peer Raben, and comprises a prize money of 1,500 euros.
The nominees (in alphabetical order):
Roy Bemelmans (WALL #4, Director: Lucas Camps, Netherlands), Tom Bromley (Sleep Singing, Director: Bradley Porter, United Kingdom), Lennert Busch (A Short Film, Director: David Dearlove, Netherlands), Gary Hirche (None of Us, Director: Deniz Zagli, Germany), David Kamp (Zoon, Director: Jonatan Schwenk, Germany), Emer Kinsella (Unborn, Director: Sasha Marie Speer, USA), Olivier Militon (Slipping Away, Director: Gabriel Henot-Lefevre, France), Marcus Sander (RIM, Director: Hagar Faibish, Germany)
The competition screening takes place in the Turistarama on Saturday, June 11th. The nominees and their films will be presented to audience and jury moderated by André Feldhaus.
Further information about the competition and the nominees: soundtrackcologne.de/competitions/peer-raben-music-award/
Meet the other participants of SoundTrack_Cologne and make new business contacts at our International Matchmaking!
After the launch of the International Matchmaking a couple of years ago the project proved itself as a great success. Therefore, we will once again offer this unique networking platform!
SoundTrack_Cologne has selected experienced professionals from the music, media and film business, who are interested in meeting you to exchange knowledge or to give advice or just to expand your network!
You are given the opportunity to meet many new potential business partners in short one-on-one meetings within just 90 minutes!
Meet international music supervisors, agents, labels, directors, composers and all other protagonists from the music, film and creative industries.
We would like to invite you to attend our Matchmaking Session on Friday,
June 10th, 2022, from 16:30-18:00 (04:30pm - 06:00pm) at the > Café Inside, Am Rinkenpfuhl 46.
You can request meetings with our delegates by filling in the ONLINE FORM until 7th June 10:00am CEST: http://st-c.eu/matchmaking
Please note, that we might not fulfil your meeting request, if there are more requests than available meeting slots. Therefore we recommend to send back the form as soon as possible and to introduce yourself with a short biography and goal for each requested meeting by filling in the Meeting Form.
Based on your meeting requests and the delegates’ priorities, we will schedule the individual meetings in order to provide you with a personal meeting schedule, which you will receive shortly before the event by email.
It takes only a few minutes to request your meetings! Don’t lose time and start right away!
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These delegates are looking forward to meeting you:
Larry Dvoskin (NFT-pundit, Grammy-nominated producer, Songwriter, tech advisor, #1 Amazon author, NYU professor), Martin Häne (Music Publisher of several music library labels including Nuvotone distributed globally by Universal /UPPM), Mounir Hathout (music supervisor from Belgium), Imogen Kimmel (film director), Barbara Krämer (Bavaria Sonor music publisher), Jan-Paul Laarmann (economic development agency of Cologne, helping starting your business), Thomas Mikusz (Co-Founder and President of White Bear PR Los Angeles, a Public Relations firm specializing in publicity for composers, music supervisors), Neeltje Mooring (SOLID as a rock music consultant from The Netherlands), Corinna Poeszus (Freque music review & licensing tool; Mediaconsulting4u), Franziska Pohlmann (film director), Ralf Schulze (amboss film - music publisher; festival director Unerhört! Hamburg), Klaus Weber (media attorney)
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Please be aware: Access to the matchmaking requires a valid accreditation for SoundTrack_Cologne 19 for June 10th 2022! Get your accreditation >here!
Looking forward to seeing you soon at SoundTrack_Cologne!
Best regards,
Your SoundTrack_Cologne Team
11 composers and sound designers are nominated for the EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD. The winners will be announced at the Grand Award Ceremony in the IHK on June 11th, 2022, moderated by composer Hanna Sophie Lüke.
11 composers and sound designers are nominated for the EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD. The winners will be announced at the Grand Award Ceremony in the IHK on June 11th, 2022, moderated by composer Hanna Sophie Lüke.
The EUROPEAN TALENT COMPETITION offers a platform especially for young talents. The participants‘ tasks was to compose a new musical interpretation (score and/or sound design) to the short film “UnVernunft" ("UnReason") by director Hanna Viktoria Heimann (HFF Munich).
The nominees (in alphabetical order):
Rossano Cariello (Score), Martina Cirillo (Score), Lorenzo Gioelli (Score), Johann Grillenbeck (Score), Victor Habes (Score), Michael Kaspar (Score), Thomas Peyrounette (Score), Manuel Seum (Score), David Videli (Score), Jenny Winter (Sound Design), Niels N. Winter (Score).
The competition screening takes place at Turistarama on Saturday, June 11th.
The nominees and their new scores for "UnReason" will be presented on the big screen to the audience and jury, moderated by Yati Durant.
The winner of the WDR FILMSCORE AWARD has the opportunity to record his composition with the WDR Rundfunkorchester. The WDR FILMSCORE AWARD will be presented in cooperation with WDR and WDR Funkhausorchester. The awarded prize of the EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD SOUND DESIGN is a 5.1. Surround Short Film Mix in the prestigious sound mixing studio Torus in Cologne, which has donated this award.
Further informations about the competition and the nominees: https://www.soundtrackcologne.de/competitions/european-talent-competition
SEE THE SOUND nimmt vom 8. bis 12. Juni 2022 in Köln den Sound im aktuellen Kino in den Fokus. Auch in der 19. Ausgabe zeigt das Filmprogramm von SoundTrack_Cologne in 27 Dokumentarfilmen, 9 Spielfilmen plus einem Kurzfilmprogramm - VVK läuft!
SEE THE SOUND nimmt vom 8. bis 12. Juni 2022 in Köln den Sound im aktuellen Kino in den Fokus. Auch in der 19. Ausgabe zeigt das Filmprogramm von SoundTrack_Cologne in 27 Dokumentarfilmen, 9 Spielfilmen plus einem Kurzfilmprogramm zeitgenössische Filme um und mit Musik.
Um den mit 2.500 Euro dotierten Preis für den Besten Musikdokumentarfilm konkurrieren acht Filme im Wettbewerb. Unter anderem mit : „Charlie XCX: Alone Together“ & „Getting it Back: The Story of Cymande“.
Die sieben Spielfilme der Sektion CinePop sind junges, explosives Kino, das vor allem visuell beeindruckt. Darunter etwa die smarte, feministische Hexenfilm-Persiflage „The Love Witch“, oder „Neptune Frost“, ein afrofuturistisches, queeres Sci-Fi-Musical.
Hybrid Realities feiert mit vier Filmen Dokumentarfilmformate, die zwischen Inszenierung und dokumentarischen Bildern oszillieren, so etwa in „Shabu“: Der Teen-Rapper fährt Omas Auto kaputt, sind nun die Sommerferien futsch?
Mit postkolonialer Stoßrichtung überwinden die vier Filme der Transgressive Sounds geografische sowie diskursive Grenzen, etwa wenn „The Rumba Kings“ darstellt, wie ein Musikgenre Unabhängigkeitsbewegungen in ganz Afrika inspirierte.
Das Leben und Wirken außergewöhnlicher Künstler*innen beleuchten die vier Filme der Sektion A Life in Music, etwa das turbulente Country Abenteuer „I’m Wanita“.
Auch jenseits der Reihen gibt es einige Highlights zu entdecken. Etwa „The Beatles and India“, „Licht“ über Stockhausens dramatische Familenkonstellation oder der ukrainische „Moustache Funk“.
Schon drei Mal wurde der begnadete Sounddesigner und Filmphilosoph Walter Murch, zu erleben in „Sight & Sound: The Cinema of Walter Murch“ mit einem Oscar ausgezeichnet, nun erhält er den SoundTrack_Cologne Ehrenpreis. Für einen Talk am Freitag, 10.6.2022, um 19.00 Uhr, reist er persönlich nach Köln.
Kuratiert von Michael P. Aust, Sebastian Lessel und Johannes Klein.
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Tickets
Kartenverkauf unter www.seethesound.de und 30 Min. vor Beginn in den jeweiligen Kinos.
Einzeltickets: 7,50 €
Kongressakkreditierung:
alle Veranstaltungen inkl. Eröffnung, Preisverleihung und Filmprogramm
Vollakkreditierung: 110 € | Student: 45 € Tageskarte: 60 € | Student: 35 €
Locations
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung - Auditorium Apostelnkloster 13-15, U-Bahn: Neumarkt oder Rudolfplatz
Filmclub 813 Hahnenstr. 6, U-Bahn: Neumarkt oder Rudolfplatz
Turistarama Mauritiussteinweg 102, U-Bahn: Mauritiuskirche oder Neumarkt
ODEON Lichtspieltheater, Severinstraße 81, U-Bahn: Kartäuserhof
Filmhaus Maybachstraße 111, U-Bahn: Hansaring
Es gelten die in den Kinos üblichen Corona-Regeln!
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Pressekontakt:
Antje Krumm | interface film pr | 0170-536 1776 | info@antjekrumm.de
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SoundTrack_Cologne announces their TV Composer line-up with a mix of critically acclaimed, Award-winning and popular TV series. Meet Hesham Nazih, Hannah von Hübbenet, Max Filges & Christoph Schauer and Giorgio Giampà.
Cologne, May 23, 2022 –
SoundTrack_Cologne is honored to announce the featured panelists of this year’s Composing for TV Series Day, taking place on Saturday, June 11th, 2022 in Cologne.
TV series seem to be the new gold standard for film composers – but scoring for series adds a lot of complexities and challenges to the job description of a composer. Four panels at SoundTrack_Cologne’s TV Series Day look behind the scenes of scoring for series: Hesham Nazih (Marvels’s “Moon Knight”), Hannah von Hübbenet (“Charité 2”), Christoph Schauer und Max Filges ("Sløborn") and Giorgio Giampà (Best Music at Canneseries for “Christian”) are the panelists and will give audiences insights and background stories on their careers and their scoring work for Television.
Accreditation: https://soundtrackcologne.de/accreditations/
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SoundTrack_Cologne lädt zum dritten Mal zur Female Film Composer Class ein. Es ist das einzige derartige Veranstaltungsformat in der deutschen Medienmusikbranche, das sich auf die Bedürfnisse von komponierenden Frauen in Film und TV richtet.
Source: European Audiovisual Observatory
Four renowned composers will join at SoundTrack_Cologne for an in-depth discussion of their careers, musical upbringing and influencesand their perspectives on creativity: Sanna Salmenkallio, John Ottman, Jon Ekstrand and Ádám Balázs.
“For me music is a way to explore the world. I compose with curiosity.” – Sanna Salmenkallio
SoundTrack_Cologne is honored to announce the featured panelists of this year’s Composing for Film day on Friday, June 10, 2022.
These four renowned composers will join at SoundTrack_Cologne for an in-depth discussion of their careers, musical upbringing and influencesand their perspectives on creativity: HARPA Award Winner Sanna Salmenkallio, BAFTA and Oscar winner John Ottman (“Bohemian Rhapsody”), The Danish Robert Award laureate Jon Ekstrand (“Morbius”) and Ádám Balázs, composer of "Story of my Wife" and "On Body and Soul".
SoundTrack_Cologne (June 8 – 11, 2022) is Europe's leading congress for music and sound in film, games and media,
Accreditation: https://soundtrackcologne.de/accreditations/
For six decades he has revolutionized Hollywood in editing and sound design – now the three-time Academy Award winner will be coming to Cologne to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award at SoundTrack_Cologne 19!
For six decades he has revolutionized Hollywood in editing and sound design – now the three-time Academy Award winner will be coming to Cologne to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award at SoundTrack_Cologne 19. The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at the IHK Köln.
Accreditations: soundtrackcologne.de/accreditations/
Since the 1960s, Murch has been working in film as editor, sound mixer, writer and director– a genius ‘who has created new standards in editing and sound design’ (SRF). His career began in 1969 as a sound editor and mixer on Francis Ford Coppola's ‘The Rain People.’ Subsequently, he and George Lucas co-wrote the screenplay for Lucas's his first feature-length film, "THX 1138,” and Murch was the sound designer of Lucas’s next film, "American Graffiti."
Altogether he has worked on over 30 titles including cinematic milestones such as ‘The Godfather (I – III)’, ‘The Conversation’, ‘Apocalypse Now’, ‘The English Patient, ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’, ‘Cold Mountain, and many other films, both as film editor and sound designer/mixer. He collaborated with directors such as Fred Zinnemann, Philip Kaufman, Anthony Minghella, Kathryn Bigelow, Sam Mendes and Brad Bird. Murch is also the director and co-writer of ‘Return to Oz’ produced entirely in the UK, and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
Altogether he has worked on over 30 titles including cinematic milestones such as ‘The Godfather (I – III)’, ‘The Conversation’, ‘Apocalypse Now’, ‘The English Patient, ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’, ‘Cold Mountain, and many other films, both as film editor and sound designer/mixer. He collaborated with directors such as Fred Zinnemann, Philip Kaufman, Anthony Minghella, Kathryn Bigelow, Sam Mendes and Brad Bird. Murch is also the director and co-writer of ‘Return to Oz’ produced entirely in the UK, and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
Murch has been nominated for nine Academy Awards (six for film editing and three for sound) and has won three Oscars: for best sound on ‘Apocalypse Now’ and for Best Film Editing and Best Sound for his work on ‘The English Patient’. His double win in these categories in 1997 was unprecedented in the history of the Oscars. In 1974 Murch received two BAFTA’s for Best Sound and Best Picture Editing for ‘The Conversation.’
Murch is a true pioneer in his field - he significantly shaped the term ‘sound designer’: Together with some of his fellow colleagues he devised the now-standard 5.1 sound format. And that’s not all, for the premiere of "Apocalypse Now" in Cannes, he even installed his own sound system there overnight, because there were no movie theaters with 5.1 surround sound until then.
As the winner of the SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award, Walter Murch joins the ranks of many renowned prize winners such as Craig Armstrong, Bruce Broughton, Cliff Martinez, Michael Nyman, Irmin Schmidt, Peter Thomas, Klaus Doldinger, Don Davis and Rachel Portman.
Brad Derrick (‘The Elder Scrolls Online’), Richard Jacques (‘Guardians of the Galaxy’) and Marie Havemann (‘Albion Online’) will talk about their work on games during the panel ‘Composing for Games’ (Thu, June 9, 2022) at SoundTrack_Cologne 19.
Nothing helps more to immerse yourself into the world of a video game than a great soundtrack. You heard right. Sound beats graphics! Therefore, Brad Derrick (‘The Elder Scrolls Online’), Richard Jacques (‘Guardians of the Galaxy’) and Marie Havemann (‘Albion Online’) will talk about their work on games during the panel ‘Composing for Games’ (Thu, June 9, 2022) at SoundTrack_Cologne 19 (June, 8. – 11, 2022). The program consists of the four major thematic blocks ‘Composing for Games’ (Thu), ‘Composing for Film’ (Fri) ‘Composing for TV series’ (Sat) and ‘Reality Check’ (Thu – Sat), among others.
Accreditations: soundtrackcologne.de/accreditations/
Brad Derrick - The Elder Scrolls Online
Brad Derrick always wanted to be a rockstar, but accidentally ended up with an even better gig: Video Game Composer. During his years as a performing & touring musician, he picked up a couple music degrees on the side including a Masters in Electronic Composition, synthesizing his passions for music and technology. After his graduation, he was offered a job at Kesmai Studios, a tiny, powerful game studio that was at the forefront of online gaming in the early 1990s. In the 30 years since, Brad has worked on countless titles, large and small, famous and not-so-famous, producing everything from cute little chip tunes to monstrous orchestral works. Since 2009 he has worked for Zenimax Online Studios, producing music for the enormously popular ‘Elder Scrolls Online’, published by Bethesda Softworks.
Richard Jacques - Guardians of the Galaxy
Classically trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Richard Jacques is a multi-award-winning, BAFTA and IVOR NOVELLO nominated composer of film, television and video games. He is known for his critically acclaimed orchestral scores for blockbuster franchises such as ‘James Bond 007: Blood Stone’, ‘Mass Effect’, ‘Starship Troopers’ and ‘Headhunter’. Jacques’ breakout orchestral score for ‘Headhunter’ was the first video game soundtrack to record with A-list musicians at the world famous Abbey Road Studios. Most recently, Jacques returned to Abbey Road to record his latest opus – a heroic, original thematic score and epic intergalactic symphony for Marvel's ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’.
Jacques is a Fellow of Wells Cathedral School and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Essex in 2013 for services to Music and Media. He is also the 2017 recipient of the Game Audio Network Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Marie Havemann - Albion Online
Marie Havemann is the Senior Audio Designer and additional composer of ‘Albion Online’ and also a Freelance Composer and Sound Designer working closely with several Indie Companies. In her 9 years in the games industry, she has collaborated with several small to medium sized studios and publishers like Deep Silver, Stainless Games and various indie studios. In many of those projects she was responsible for the whole audio experience and defining the requirements of the musical experience - requiring a broad knowledge of music and sound as well as the technology behind games. One of these challenges was the recent redesign/extension of the soundtrack of the MMO ‘Albion Online’ by Sandbox Interactive.
