SoundTrack_Cologne 19 – Detailed program
The 19th edition of SoundTrack_Cologne will start tomorrow, Wednesday, June 8 in Cologne, Germany, and will be celebrated till Saturday, June 11.
SoundTrack_Cologne 2022 will have 93 international speakers and will present 41 panels and events, in a program that consists of four major thematic blocks ‘Composing for Games’ (Thu), ‘Composing for Film’ (Fri) ‘Composing for TV series’ (Sat) and ‘Reality Check’ (Thu – Sat).
Let’s have a look at the highlights of the congress (full program here):
COMPOSING FOR GAMES (THU), FILM (FRI), TV SERIES (SAT)
On Thursday, June 9, 2022, Brad Derrick (‘The Elder Scrolls Online’), Richard Jacques (‘Guardians of the Galaxy’) & Marie Havemann (‘Albion Online’), will talk about their work, their creative process, and the specificities of composing for video games.
On Friday, June 10, 2022, the following composers will talk about their careers, the musical upbringing and influences, and 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”.
On Saturday, June 11, 2022, the following composers will have an in-depth discussion of their careers, and the complexities and challenges of scoring for a tv series: “Moon Knight” composer Hesham Nazih, “Charité” composer Hannah von Hübbenet, “Sløborn” composers Max Filges & Christoph Schauer, and Award-winning composer Giorgio Giampá (“Christian”).
The 19th edition of SoundTrack_Cologne will present this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award to the editor, sound mixer, writer, and director Walter Murch.
EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD 2022
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).
Eleven 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 nominees (in alphabetical order) are:
- 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 information about the competition and the nominees:
https://www.soundtrackcologne.de/competitions/european-talent-competition
PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD 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:
https://soundtrackcologne.de/competitions/peer-raben-music-award/
More information about SoundTrack_Cologne:
http://soundtrackfest.com/en/tag/soundtrack_cologne_en/
Official website:
https://www.soundtrackcologne.de/
