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Case studies at SoundTrack_Zurich 03:

The third edition of STZ, which takes place in the context of the Industry Program of the 18th Zurich Film Festival (ZFF), presents award-winning film composers, sound designers, directors, producers and music consultants who will talk about their recent projects.

An infinite source of fresh creativity: Six panels at SoundTrack_Zurich 03 (September 27^th – 30^th) put the lens on creating soundtracks for recently released series and films that stand out for their extraordinary work. 

After spending more than 100 years in prison, Morpheus, the personification of dreams (one of the seven Endless of DC Comics), must rebuild his kingdom. This is the main line under which The Sandman is developed, the screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel and one of the most recent Netflix hits worldwide. The diverse way this story has been told implied an equally diverse musicalization. David Buckley, its composer, says that he was warned of making “like seven pilots in one season”. Buckley will talk about the challenges behind the music for the first season of The Sandman at the SoundTrack_Zurich panel on the 29th of September. 

The police parody shot in “the Swiss wild west” that Tschugger portrays shows a different face of the country of perfect landscapes. The secrets of this successful collaboration will be discussed in STZ by the director, co-creator and leading actor David Constantin; producer Sophie Toth; composer Rutger Reinders; sound editor, designer and mixer Gregor Rosenberger; and music producer and curator Phuong Boi Nguyen.

In addition to these panels, SoundTrack_Zurich will look behind the scenes of scoring the series Hors Saison with Michael Künstle and Matteo Pagamici (composers). Outstanding European science fiction: Daniel Helmer, Maximilian Leibich (composers) and Leni Lauritsch (director) of Rubikon explain the challenges of their contemporary science fiction score. Zeltia Montes, composer of The Good Boss, was the first female composer to win the prestigious Spanish Goya Award - with a really sophisticated score - a role model women composer who is not shy to share the secrets of her craft.  The Swiss Film Prize for Best Music 2022 went to... Fatima Dunn! The composer and the sound designer Oscar van Hoogevest will speak about their collaboration on Soul of a Beast.

Case studies program: 

• RUBIKON. With Daniel Helmer and Maximilian Liebich (composers) and Leni Lauritsch (director). Host: Vasco Hexel.
Wednesday 28th of September. 14:30-15:30 · NZZ-Festival Lounge 

• HORS SAISON. With Michael Künstle and Matteo Pagamici (composers). Host: Mirjam Skal.
Wednesday 28th of September 16:00-17:00 · ZFF Festival Centre

• THE GOOD BOSS. With Zeltia Montes (composer). Host: Hanna Sophie Lüke.
Thursday 29th of September 10:30 – 11:30 · NZZ-Festival Lounge

• SOUL OF A BEAST. With Fatima Dunn (composer) and Oscar van Hoogevest (sound designer). Host: Martin Skalsky.
Thursday 29th of September 12:00 – 13:00 · NZZ-Festival Lounge.

• THE SANDMAN (Netflix). With David Buckley (composer). Host: Vasco Hexel.
Thursday 29th of September 14:30-15:30 · NZZ-Festival Lounge.

• TSCHUGGER. With David Constantin (director, co-creator and leading actor), Sophie Toth (producer), Rutger Reinders (composer), Gregor Rosenberger (sound editor, designer, mixer), Phuong Boi Nguyen (music producer and curator). Host: Martin Skalsky.
Thursday 29th of September 16:00-17:00 · ZFF Festival Centre

Serving the Swiss Music Industry: The Sync Focus at SoundTrack_Zurich

Finding the right balance between score and source music for a film within a tight budget and timeframe – an art in itself that is always a challenge in an industry in constant transformation. That is why SoundTrack_Zurich has a special focus on SYNC and Music Supervision in its 2022 edition:

How much money can you expect from the streaming of your music? A SUISA workshop shines a light on the remuneration one can expect from the streaming of music in films, TV series and advertising.

The payments by the collecting societies for streaming are more and more a vital negotiating quantity between producer, composer and music rightsholder.

Beda Senn, music consultant at Swiss Television, will interview three European music supervisors: Marie-Hélène Froidevaux (Interstellar Music) from Switzerland, Emmanuel Deletang (22D Music) from France, and Chantelle Woodnut (AirEdel) from the UK, who will share the secrets of their trade.

Meet music consultants, film producers, directors, publishers, labels and composers at the Swiss Music Export Business, a networking lunch that is one of the major networking events of the STZ.

TrackCheck: Send your music to be checked by five music consultants. This year’s topic: TV-underscore – apply asap through trackcheck.st-z.ch

Case Study TSCHUGGER: An in-deep look into the soundtrack of Switzerland’s most surprising TV-series success of the last years – with co-creator, director and leading actor David Constantin (who co-wrote some of the music, too), producer Sophie Toth (Shining Film), music producer and curator Phuong Boi Nguyen (MassiveMusic Amsterdam), composer Rutger Reinders and sound editor, designer and mixer Gregor Rosenberger (JingleJungle).

SoundTrack_Zurich is organized by Forum Filmmusik in cooperation with Zurich Film Festival (ZFF), Tonhalle Zürich, ZHdK, and SoundTrack_Cologne.

 
Sync panels

Wednesday 28.09.2022, 12:00 – 13:00. Festival Centre
• SUISA Digital Challenge: Remuneration for the online use of music in movies, TV series and advertising (in German)

Thursday 29.09.2022, 12:00 – 13:00. Festival Centre 
• Conference of European Music Supervisors. Three European music supervisors share their knowledge
 
Thursday 09.29.2022, 13:00 – 14:30. Festival Centre
• Swiss Music Export Business Mixer · Networking Lunch · event presented by Swiss Music Export and Sonart
 
Thursday 09.29.2022, 14:30 - 15:30. Festival Centre
• TrackCheck: Send your songs to be checked · This year’s topic: TV-underscore

Thursday 29.09.2022, 16:00 – 17:00. Festival Centre
• Case study TSCHUGGER

SoundTrack_Zurich 03 Matchmaking

Meet the other participants of SoundTrack_Zurich and make new business contacts at the networking events of SoundTrack_Zurich (27^th - 30^th September, 2022)!

SoundTrack_Zurich presents nine B2B-matchmaking events to network creators from the film music industry:

· Opening Reception
Tuesday, 27.09.2022 | 21.00 – 24.00 | ZFF Festival Ship
Accreditation for STZ or by invitation!

· Speedmatching
Wednesday, 28.09.2022 | 10.00 – 10:30 | Festival Centre
Accreditation for STZ needed!

· The Audio Network Lunch Break
Wednesday, 28.09.2022 | 13.00 – 14:30 | Festival Centre
Accreditation for STZ or by invitation!

· Matchmaking for Women in media & music
Wednesday, 28.09.2022 | 14.30 – 15.30 | Festival Centre

This Matchmaking is aimed at women and has the intention to connect female composers and sound designers with female directors, music supervisors, publishers and producers. Each match gets a slot of 8 minutes. This year’s participants can meet film directors: Julia Furer, Camille Budin, Laura Kaehr, Susanne Regina Meures, Anna Kazejak, Cosima Frei, Viola von Scarpatetti and Stefanie Klemm. And the film producers and music supervisors Jessica Hefti, Liliane Ott,  Flora Grolitsch, Simone Häberling, Claudia Wick, Sabine Gruber, Eva Vitija, Stella Händler, Caroline Braun and Marie-Hélène Froidevaux.

A prior registration is needed at: www.soundtrackzurich.com/matchmaking/


· International Film Music Competition Apéro
Wednesday, 28.09.2022 | 17.30 – 19.30 | Festival Centre
By invitation only!

· Speedmatching
Thursday, 29.09.2022 | 10.00 – 10:30 | NZZ Lounge
Accreditation for STZ needed!

· Swiss Music Export Business Mixer
Thursday, 29.09.2022 | 13.00 – 14.30 | Festival Centre
By invitation only! STZ participants will receive a separate invitation shortly.

· International Film Music Competition Apéro
Thursday, 29.09.2022 | 18.00 – 19.00 | Tonhalle Zürich
By invitation only!

· International Film Music Competition Flying Dinner
Thursday, 29.09.2022 | 22.00 | Tonhalle Zürich
By invitation only!

SoundTrack_Zurich 03: The full program is now online

Oscar-winning film composer Rachel Portman (Chocolat, The Cider House Rules), trumpet player Nils Petter Molvær (European Film Award 2021 Best Score), Fatima Dunn (Swiss Film Award 2022 Best Score), and Zeltia Montes (Spanish Goya Award for Best Score 2022) are only a few of the 60 Speakers at the 3rd edition of SoundTrack_Zurich (STZ).

As a vital part of the Zurich Film Festival‘s Industry Program, STZ is the central business hub for Switzerland's film and media music scene. The conference is a close cooperation between Zurich Film Festival (ZFF), Tonhalle Zürich, ZHdK, and SoundTrack_Cologne, the leading European event on music in film and media. It is organized by Forum Filmmusik.

Focus: Networking and new commissions

“Our main focus is the effective crosslinking of the Swiss and European composers with the ZFF film guests and the international film industry to initiate future jobs and licensing deals”, says Michael P. Aust, head of SoundTrack_Zurich.

Each day starts with 30mins of speed matching. One of the central networking events at STZ is the Swiss Music Export Business Mixer on Thursday. A matchmaking event for women in media music only is organized in cooperation with SWAN, WIFT, and the American AWFC.

The successful colleagues: Best practice

An industry undergoing a process of radical change: On two days in two parallel strands STZ presents important composers and case studies from Switzerland and Europe. Additionally, current issues, like eg. online remuneration, or the score of the new Netflix hit series THE SANDMAN, are covered in workshops, case studies, and discussions. A Dolby Atmos workshop and the IMMSANE meeting of the university scene take place at ZHdK on Friday. The Swiss composers are always right at the forefront with four events covering Swiss projects like HORS SAISON and TSCHUGGER.

www.soundtrackzurich.com

RED: Re-Educating Digitisation

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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The springboard for talented film music composers from around the globe:

The 10th International Film Music Competition will take place during the 18th Zurich Film Festival (22 September – 2 October 2022) and is organised by Zurich Film Festival, Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG, and Forum Filmmusik. Participants are invited to score the 6‑minute short film THE FOUNDLING by Barney Cokeliss for symphony orchestra.

A jury of internationally renowned music professionals and filmmakers will nominate three works from the competition entries. These three winning compositions will be premiered at the Tonhalle Zürich during the Zurich Film Festival on September 29, 2022 by the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich under the musical direction of Frank Strobel and in the presence of the nominees. A jury of experts will select a winner, who will receive the Golden Eye for “Best International Film Music 2022”, an award endowed with a 10’000 Swiss franc cash prize.

Registration will be possible starting 11 April 2022. The registration fee is CHF 85. Decide quickly and pay only CHF 55 by taking advantage of our early-bird discount offer until 2 May 2022.

> Submission deadline: 6 June 2022

> A download link for the film to be scored can be requested here (free of charge).

> The terms and conditions of the competition are available here.

Composers of any age, nationality and place of residence who have scored or orchestrated no more than three films longer than 60 minutes (according to IMDb) are eligible to enter.


> www.filmmusikwettbewerb.ch