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Jon Everist
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Cody Johnson
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Brian D'Oliveira
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See The Sound - Kurzfilmprogramm
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Speedmatching
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HOLY SPIDER with Martin Dirkov
10:30-11:30 · Robert-Ellscheid-SaalHoly Spider
Holy Spider, directed by Ali Abbasi, premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2022 and won Best Actress. Avoiding all possible cliche traps the score by Martin Dirkov plays an important role to let the historic events have meaning for today. It was nominated for the HARPA Award 2023.
The film tells the story of a journalist investigating a series of murders of sex workers in the holy Iranian city of Mashhad, has also been presented at major festivals like the Jerusalem Film Festival and was awarded and nominated, among others, at the Danish Film Awards and the German Film Awards. "The film is a critique of Iranian society, as the killer is an extremely religious man who is highly respected by the people," said Abbasi about his film, which is based on a real-life story.
Martin Dirkov
Martin Dirkov, the composer of the Holy Spider score, has collaborated on several projects with Ali Abbasi, among them the highly acclaimed Border. The Danish film composer, sound designer, and musician based in Copenhagen has composed music for several documentaries and feature films including Shorta by Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid, Holiday by Isabella Eklöf, and The Charmer by Milad Alami.
The artist is also known for his sound design for film, commercials, animation, and art films and quite often blends music and sound design on these if appropriate.
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Reality Check Case Studies
Wednesday 21 June 2023 · Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Robert Ellscheid Saal
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Holy Spider (Film)
Composer Martin Dirkov
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The Ordinaries (Film)
Composer Fabian Zeidler, Director Sophie Linnenbaum
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The Swarm (Der Schwarm) (Series)
Composer Dascha Dauenhauer
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) (Film)
Composer Volker Bertelmann
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THE ORDINARIES with Fabian Zeidler and Sophie Linnenbaum
12:00-13:00 · Robert-Ellscheid-SaalThe Ordinaries
“An ingenious idea” (SZ) - The critically acclaimed The Ordinaries, directed by Sophie Linnenbaum, is probably one of the most creative German films ever and an international festival success. The film about the film world shows a girl's ambitions to try to be a leading rather than a supporting character: Paula goes on a journey, revealing with satire how the world of cinema is full of hierarchies that force many to be just outcasts.
Fabian Zeidler’s (*1991) music plays an essential role in the film - his first feature film - and therefore Zeidler received the Rolf-Hans Müller Film Music Award 2022 for his score for The Ordinaries. The Jury particularly emphasized the combination of different styles and the changes in the music.
Fabian Zeidler
Coming from a drummer's background Zeidler has built a carrier as a composer, orchestrator and percussionist. In 2020 he won the WDR Filmscore Award at SoundTrack_Cologne. His work as an orchestrator in collaboration with Tilo Heinrich / HEIKOMUSIC includes films and TV series such as Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13 (2020), Die Wolf-Gäng (2020), Deutschstunde (2019), School of Magical Animals (2021) or Kreuzfahrt ins Gück.
In his concert pieces, Zeidler creates an ambivalent music sphere by implicating jazz-harmonic, -rhythm and -melody into his musical language. His music was played e.g. by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, WDR Funkhausorchester, Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, Ensemble JungeMusik, Landesjugendensemble Neue Musik Berlin, SonarQuartett and Ensemble Kuraia in Europe, USA and Japan.
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DER SCHWARM with Dascha Dauenhauer
14:30-15:30 · Robert-Ellscheid-SaalThe Swarm
With 18 million views in its first two weeks on ZDF-Mediathek The Swarm, the adaptation of Frank Schätzing's bestseller is positioned as the most expensive German TV series of all times. Rights to the 8-hour series, which cost 40 million Euros, have been acquired by broadcasters in several countries, including the UK and Spain.
The thriller, set in the depths of the sea where animals rise to ensure the survival of their environment amidst human threats, has been driven by showrunner Frank Doelger, producer of Game of Thrones, and six-time Emmy Award winner.
Dascha Dauenhauer's music makes a momentous contribution to the series suspense, accompanying the breathtaking action.
Dascha Dauenhauer
In 2020, before her work for Der Schwarm, Dascha Dauenhauer's (*1989) won the German Film Award and the European Film Award for Best Original Score in the film Berlin Alexanderplatz.
In addition to Berlin Alexanderplatz, other of her films are shown internationally at film festivals, among them Jibril which had its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2018. Love Me, Fear Me was nominated for the Student Academy Awards, and one of Dauenhauer's most recent projects - Evolution by Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó - was selected for Cannes International Film Festival 2021.
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IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES with Volker Bertelman
16:00-17:30 · Robert-Ellscheid-SaalAll Quiet on the Western Front
Director Edward Berger's All Quiet on the Western Front, a new adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's classic World War I novel, tells the story of a young soldier struggling to survive amidst the brutality of war. Berger: "I wanted to make a film that doesn't glorify war, but shows it for what it is. This is a story about the loss of innocence and the struggle for survival".
The prestigious Netflix production was under close watch from the moment the project was announced - and it delivered: It has received 37 festival and international awards so far, including four Academy Awards (out of nine nominations) and seven BAFTA Awards.
The film's score by acclaimed pianist, composer, and experimental musician Volker Bertelmann received both the Oscar and the BAFTA Award for best composition in 2023. "Finally, it became a motif of just three notes. It sounds irregular, then it is gone again. The music doesn't hide anything, but rather emphasizes the breaks, which was important to me", Bertelmann told the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Volker Bertelmann
Bertelmann, who in his solo work goes by the name Hauschka, is a uniquely innovative pianist; he is renowned both for his trademark sound, which he achieves by preparing the piano with various small objects, and his ability to improvise entire performances. His output is prodigious: he tours extensively, and has produced over twenty albums and EPs, both solo and in collaboration with others. He has worked, among many others, with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he was the artist in residence, with Múm, the Icelandic experimental musical group, and with the Grammy-winning violinist Hilary Hahn.
Bertelmann (*1966) is an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
His score for Lion, which he composed in collaboration with Dustin O’Halloran, was nominated for multiple awards, including Oscar for Best Original Score, Golden Globe for Best Original Score, and Best Film Music at the BAFTAs. He has provided music for several leading films and television series, including the score for Patrick Melrose, Showtime’s Emmy-and BAFTA nominated mini-series, and for Gunpowder, the HBO mini-series starring Kit Harington, and the 2020 film Ammonite, co-composed with O’Halloran, which received a spot on the Academy Awards shortlist for Best Original Score.
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Musikvielfalt für Online-TV - das neue Senderprivileg
10:30-11:30 · Helmut-Coing-SaalNach intensiven Gesprächen zwischen Urheber:innen, Labels/Verlagen, Verwertungsgesellschaften und Sendern bahnt sich ein neuer Modus der Musikrechteeinräumung an TV-Sender ab: Zukünftig kann nicht nur für lineare Sendung, sondern auch für Online-Only-Produktionen ein breites Musikrepertoire ohne separate Einzellizenzierung eingesetzt und durch GEMA/GVL an die Rechteinhaber abgerechnet werden. Das bewährte Prinzip des „Senderprivilegs“ wird ausgeweitet. Doch was genau bedeutet dieses Privileg? Für welche Produktionen und Sender gilt es, für welche nicht? Wie profitieren Medienschaffende davon? Was ändert sich für Komponistinnen und Komponisten? Wie werden Nutzungen von Musik erfasst und abgerechnet? Welches Repertoire ist inbegriffen?
Diese und weitere Fragen zu den brandaktuellen Entwicklungen werden im Panel diskutiert von:
Thomas Theune (GEMA)
Dr. Tilo Gerlach (GVL)
Doreen Damm (ZDF)
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A.I. and Authors Rights - what awaits us
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Track Check: Trailer Music
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Track Check: TV Underscore
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Sound Medicine
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Call my Agent
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How do I get work?
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Wieviel soll ich nehmen? In cooperation with mediamusic & DEFKOM
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Jørund Samuelsen, HARPA Award Winner 2023
10:30-11:30 · Amelie-Thyssen-AuditoriumJørund Fluge Samuelsen has the last 15 years scored for a wide variety of television series, radio drama and short films.
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Jean-Benoît Dunckel (Air)
12:00-13:00 · Amelie-Thyssen-AuditoriumLauded, César-nominated composer for films such as François Ozon’s film Summer of 85. He wants to make listeners feel “ready to travel in space”, he says. “Music brings energy and I want them to feel this energy.”
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Isobel Waller-Bridge
14:30-15:30 · Amelie-Thyssen-AuditoriumIsobel Waller-Bridge is an award-winning composer known for her scores for film, television and theatre, alongside her work in electronic and contemporary classical music.
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Valentin Hadjadj
16:00-17:30 · Amelie-Thyssen-AuditoriumValentin Hadjadj is a French film composer. He signed the music of a dozen feature films including those of Lukas Dhont, "Girl" (Camera d'or Cannes 2018) and "Close" (Grand Prix Cannes 2022, nominated for an Oscar).
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Mychael Danna, Lifetime Award Winner 2023
19:00-20:30 · Amelie-Thyssen-AuditoriumMychael Danna is an Academy Award-winning film composer recognized for his evocative blending of non-western traditions with orchestral and electronic music.
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Music Supervisors 1
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A.I. in Music Consulting
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Self-Presentation and Acceptance Speech
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How to handle the beast: Working successfully with Orchestra
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Orchesterscore Recording and Production
12:00-13:00 · Helmut-Coing-SaalIn cooperation with WDR Funkhausorchester
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AcadeMeet: Professional Film Composers as Educators
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Hybrid Production Music + AI = The New Business Modell
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Matchmaking for Women in Media & Music
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International Matchmaking
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Networking Lounge
21:00-00:00 · Riphahn RestaurantNetworking Lounge kindly supported by Orchestral Tools.
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THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT AND GODLESS with Carlos Rafael Rivera
10:30-11:30 · Amelie-Thyssen-AuditoriumCarlos Rafael Rivera’s career has spanned several genres of the music industry. Having scored one of the most viewed Netflix series of all time, The Queen’s Gambit, Rivera received his second Primetime Emmy Award and first Grammy Award while having received the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), as well as the Hollywood Music in Media (HMMA), and two International Film Critics Association (IFMCA) Awards.
His work for film and TV also includes scores for Netflix’s Godless, for which he received a Primetime Emmy, Universal Pictures’ A Walk Among the Tombstones, as well as Just Beyond for Disney +, and the upcoming La Reina del Sur 3, for Telemundo.
As a guitarist, he has performed onstage as the opening act for The Who at the Hollywood Bowl; recorded studio sessions for Island/Def Jam, and Universal Records; and had songs on feature soundtracks (Crash, Dragonfly), as well as Netflix’s Firefly Lane. His work for Visual Media and the Performing Arts can be heard in concert halls and at festivals around the world, being featured by Arturo Sandoval, the Cincinnati Pops, Colin Currie, Chanticleer, Cavatina Duo, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the American Composers Orchestra, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, the Pro Musica Mundi Choir, and the Beethoven Academy Orchestra.
He is a voting member of the Television Academy (Emmy) and the Recording Academy (Grammy) and a board member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL).
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Composing for TV Series
Friday 21 June 2023 · Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Auditorium
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Carlos Rafael Rivera
Queen’s Gambit · Godless
Workshop - Discussion
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Nami Melumad
Star Trek: Strange New World · Star Trek: Prodigy
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Florian Tessloff
Bonn: Old Friends, New Enemies (Bonn: Alte Freunde, neue Feinde) · The Baader Meinhof Complex
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Natalie Holt
Loki · Obi-Wan Kenobi
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STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLD AND STAR TREK: PRODIGY with Nami Melumad
12:00-13:00 · Amelie-Thyssen-AuditoriumNami Melumad’s scoring credits exceed 140 projects in a wide variety of genres. The Israeli-Dutch composer, based in Los Angeles, California, has scored, among others, Marvel’s Thor: Love & Thunder (which she co-scored with Michael Giacchino), Netflix’s The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, and the Paramount+ Series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as well as Star Trek: Prodigy, making her the first female composer for the Star Trek franchise. She also scored EA's VR video game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, Disney's Far from the Tree, and the HBO Max comedy An American Pickle.
Nominated for Breakthrough Composer of the Year (2020) by the International Film Music Critics Association, Melumad won the BMI award for the Oscar-winning documentary short, Colette. She has been honored with the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for her score for Passage (2018), and with the Best Score for a Short at Fimucite for Luminarias in 2017 (out of 908 score entries).
Malumad had recorded music at the Fox Newman Scoring Stage, Warner Brothers Eastwood Scoring Stage, Abbey Road Studios, East-West Studios and Capitol Records. Her work has been performed by the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, The Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva and Helix Collective Ensemble.
The composer, who also plays piano, flute, guitars, uke, and some clarinet, serves as a board member of the Alliance for Women Film Composers.
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Friday 21 June 2023 · Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Auditorium
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Carlos Rafael Rivera
Queen’s Gambit · Godless
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Nami Melumad
Star Trek: Strange New World · Star Trek: Prodigy
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Florian Tessloff
Bonn: Old Friends, New Enemies (Bonn: Alte Freunde, neue Feinde) · The Baader Meinhof Complex
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Natalie Holt
Loki · Obi-Wan Kenobi
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BONN AND THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX with Florian Tessloff
14:30-15:30 · Amelie-Thyssen-AuditoriumFlorian Tessloff is a German composer and producer based in Hamburg. His multi-genre compositions include soundtracks for renowned films such as Uli Edel’s terrorist drama The Baader Meinhof Complex, Max Zähle’s debut drama Raju, Kerstin Ahlrich’s ‘80s black comedy Night Ride and Daphne Charizani’s war drama Sisters Apart.
Tessloff also compose extensively for TV. Currently, he es working on the 1950’s post WWII spy thriller Bonn: Old Friends, New Enemies, for German broadcaster WDR/ARD, directed by Claudia Garde.
Other TV work includes, Matti Geschonneck’s German Television Award-winning drama The End of a Night, period drama Ottilie von Faber-Castell by Claudia Garde (ZDF) as well as Züli Aladag’s acclaimed two-part terror drama Brüder (ARD). Most recently, he composed the scores for the miniseries Unbroken (ZDFneo), and co-scored Oliver Rihs’s high end drama series Blackout.
Regularly working out of Los Angeles, Tessloff has been collaborating with Oscar-nominated film composers Mark Isham and David Newman on award-winning productions.
Tessloff’s compositional voice has been shaped by his education in jazz, classical and electronic music at the Hamburg Conservatory and Berklee College of Music, Boston. He was awarded the German Music Authors’ Prize in the category “Composition Audiovisual Media” in 2016.
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Friday 21 June 2023 · Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Auditorium
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Carlos Rafael Rivera
Queen’s Gambit · Godless
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Nami Melumad
Star Trek: Strange New World · Star Trek: Prodigy
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Florian Tessloff
Bonn: Old Friends, New Enemies (Bonn: Alte Freunde, neue Feinde) · The Baader Meinhof Complex
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Loki · Obi-Wan Kenobi
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LOKI AND OBI-WAN KENOBI with Natalie Holt
16:00-17:00 · Amelie-Thyssen-Auditorium
Natalie Holt is a multi-award-winning British composer, known equally for large orchestral arrangements and intimate, textural and at times experimental electro-acoustic compositions. Enriched by her experience as a classically trained violinist, Holt’s work exists in the liminal space between orchestral, electronic and contemporary. Holt scored Marvel Studios’ acclaimed series Loki, earning her nominations for two Emmy Awards, as well as a BAFTA, SCL Award, and the World Soundtrack Awards for “Television Composer of the Year”.
In 2022, she continued her scoring streak with the Series Obi-Wan Kenobi. Holt’s other significant work includes Saul Dibb’s World War I feature Journey's End, co-composed with Academy Award-winner Hildur Guðnadóttir, with whom she received the Best International Score Award at the Beijing International Film Festival in 2018. Her work with Martin Phipps on the HBO Max Emmy Award-nominated series The Honourable Woman won the 2015 Ivor Novello award and garnered a BAFTA nomination for Best Original Music.
Holt trained in composition at the National Film and Television School in London and studied violin at the Royal Academy of Music. Holt’s distinction in her field was recognized by being made an Associate of the Royal Academy in 2017. As a professional musician she has perform at the London Olympics, record with artists like George Michael and Ellie Goulding and with the London Metropolitan Orchestra on countless films, as well as play with performers like Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran and Andrea Boccelli.
Holt alternates between London and Los Angeles.
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Friday 21 June 2023 · Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Auditorium
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Carlos Rafael Rivera
Queen’s Gambit · Godless
Workshop - Discussion
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Nami Melumad
Star Trek: Strange New World · Star Trek: Prodigy
Workshop - Discussion
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Florian Tessloff
Bonn: Old Friends, New Enemies (Bonn: Alte Freunde, neue Feinde) · The Baader Meinhof Complex
Workshop - Discussion
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Natalie Holt
Loki · Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Visualizing New Music
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Film braucht Ton - Geräusche Teil 1: Die Arbeitsweise des Geräuschteams
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Peer Raben Music Award competition screening
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