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Marcel Vaid

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Nationality
  
Swiss and German

Genre
  
Pop

Website
  
Official website


Occupation
  
Film composer and musician

Known for
  
The Day the Sun Fell (2015), Usfahrt Oerlike (2015)

Similar
  
Paul Riniker, Sophie Hunger, Jörg Schneider, Ralph Metzner, Jimi Hendrix

Marcel Vaid (born 1967 in Erlangen) is a Swiss-German composer of music for television and film.

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Life and career

Marcel Vaid Party Nacht der Nominationen 2010 Schweizer Illustrierte

Born in Erlangen, Germany, Marcel Vaid's father originates from India. He studied guitar at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Zürich. Besides his work as a composer and music producer for theatre, he composes and produces film music for fiction and documentary films. Vaid is also the head of the electro-acoustic experimental collective Superterz. Among others, he collaborated with Sophie Hunger, Nils Petter Molvær, Fredi Murer, Lauren Newton, Marianne Schroeder and Damo Suzuki.

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Vaid produces music mainly for German-language films, but also for international productions, among them Wake Up Running: A Story of Losers. Feature-length films he served as a composer for include the 2015 documentary Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel (The Day the Sun Fel) by the Swiss-Japanese filmmaker Aya Domenig, the 2015 Swiss comedy Usfahrt Oerlike starring Jörg Schneider and Mathias Gnädinger, the 2008 Swiss-Austrian-German comedy Tandoori Love, and the 2004 Swiss television film Das Paar im Kahn.

Awards

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  • 2003: Angers European First Film Festival, Best Soundtrack, for Joshua.
  • 2009: Festival del film Locarno, Swiss Film Score Award for Tandoori Love.
  • 2009: Swiss Film Prize, Best Music for Zara.
  • 2011: Swiss Film Prize, Best Music (Beste Filmmusik) for Goodnight Nobody.
  • 2016: Swiss Film Award, nomination Best Film Score (Beste Filmmusik) for Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel.
  • 2016: Swiss Film Award, Best Film Score (Beste Musik) for Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel.
  • Songs

    Letters
    Emil Behind the Courtain
    Die Standesbeamtin: Es tut ihr leidSchonholzer - M: Die Standesbeamtin · 2009

    References

    Marcel Vaid Wikipedia