Diego Baldenweg
Diego Baldenweg (born December 12, 1979 ) is a Swiss-Australian film score - composer , record producer , songwriter , musician .
Life
Diego Baldenweg grew up in Australia and Switzerland. His mother is the painter Marie-Claire Baldenweg and his father is the musician Pfuri Baldenweg . In 2004 he founded the Great Garbo label together with his siblings Nora and Lionel Vincent . Together they have composed and produced music for more than 20 feature films and over 300 international advertising campaigns. In 2006 they received two awards for best music from the Federal Department of Home Affairs (EDI) and in 2010 the SUISA award for best film music (feature film: 180 ° - Amok) at the Locarno International Film Festival . In 2017 they were nominated for the Oscar- nominated short film La Femme et le TGV with the acting icon Jane Birkin for their film music, as one of 4 finalists, nominated for the "Music + Sound Award" (International). In 2018 they won the Swiss Film Prize (best film music) for Die kleine Hexe and were nominated for the “Music + Sound Award” (International) as one of 6 finalists for their film music (Die last punchline).
In 2019 they were nominated for their soundtrack for the feature film Zwingli at the World Soundtrack Awards (Public Choice) for “best score of the year”. In the same year they were nominated for an Australian Academy Award - AACTA for "best original music in TV" for their film music for The Unlisted .
Baldenweg is a member of the Art Directors Club Switzerland, the European Film Academy , the Swiss Film Academy and the Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts (AACTA) .
Baldenweg lives in Zurich .
Filmography
- 2004: Building the Gherkin (Direction: Mirjam von Arx )
- 2004: The Ring Thing (Director: Marc Schippert )
- 2005: My name is Eugen (Director: Michael Steiner )
- 2005: Undercover (Director: Sabine Boss )
- 2005: Roger Federer - Replay (Director: Christian Neu )
- 2006: Cannabis - trying is better than governing (Director: Niklaus Hilber )
- 2007: Liebe & Wahn (Director: Mike Huber )
- 2008: Marcello Marcello (Director: Denis Rabaglia )
- 2008: Gehrig is coming! (Director: Marc Schippert)
- 2010: The Last Weynfeldt (Director: Alain Gsponer )
- 2010: 180 ° - When your world suddenly turns upside down (Director: Cihan Inan )
- 2012: It's summer outside (Director: Friederike Jehn )
- 2013: Dinu (Director: Simon Aeby )
- 2013: Hylas and the Nymphs (Director: Lisa Brühlmann )
- 2014: aimless (director: Niklaus Hilber)
- 2015: Amateur Teens (Director: Niklaus Hilber)
- 2016: Lina (Director: Michael Schaerer )
- 2016: La Femme et le TGV - Director: Timo von Gunten
- 2017: The Last Pointe - Director: Rolf Lyssy
- 2018: The Little Witch - Director: Michael Schaerer
- 2018: Head Full of Honey - Director: Til Schweiger
- 2019: Zwingli - Director: Stefan Haupt
- 2019: The Unlisted - Directors: Justine Flynn, Rhys Graham, Neil Sharma, Nicholas Verso, Lucy Gaffy, Rebecca O'Brien
- 2020: ITCH - Directed by Renne Webster, Nicholas Verso
Awards
- 2019 - Australian Academy Award - AACTA - Nomination "best original music in TV" (The Unlisted)
- 2019 - World Soundtrack Awards - Nomination Public Choice "best score of the year" ( Zwingli )
- 2018 - Music + Sound Awards (International) - Finalist "best original composition - feature film score" (The last punch line)
- 2018 - Swiss Film Award - Winner "Best Film Music" (Feature Film: The Little Witch )
- 2017 - Music + Sound Awards (International) - Finalist "best original composition - live action shorts" ( La Femme et le TGV )
- 2015 - Art Directors Club - Shortlist "Best Music" (SWISS LIFE)
- 2014 - Art Directors Club - Shortlist "Best Music" (SONY - NEX-5R)
- 2011 - Swiss Film Award - nomination "best film music" (feature film: 180 ° - AMOK )
- 2010 - Internationales Filmfestival Locarno - SUISA Award for "best film music" (feature film: 180 ° - AMOK )
- 2006 - Federal Department of Home Affairs (EDI Awards) "Best Music" winner (Commercials: Love Life - Stop Aids)
- 2006 - Federal Department of Home Affairs (EDI Awards) "Best Music" winner (Corporate: Kuoni)
Discography
Singles
- DIEGO BALDENWEG with NORA BALDENWEG & LIONEL BALDENWEG: Another Brick in the Wall - 2019
- GREAT GARBO - 'O Sole Mio ( Migros Summer Song) - 2015
- GREAT GARBO - Cells - 2013
- GREAT GARBO - Color Symphony No. 2 - 2012
- SALTBAY - Boats - 2010
- KUTTI MC - Amok - 2010 (2 gentlemen)
- LOS BIMBOS feat. Don of the Green Babylon - Hey Mr. President - 2010
- SALTBAY - Undercover - 2010
- LOS BIMBOS - Lucky Girl - 2010
- LOS BIMBOS - Go Go Marcello - 2009
- THE ALFORNOS feat. Heidi P - Lueg mi Aa - 2005 (TBA 9461-2)
Albums (Artist - DIEGO BALDENWEG with NORA BALDENWEG & LIONEL BALDENWEG)
- THE UNLISTED - Original Music from the ABC / Netflix Series (Great Garbo)
- ZWINGLI - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Great Garbo)
- ZONE ROUGE - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Great Garbo)
- DIE KLEINE HEXE / THE LITTLE WITCH - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Kobrow / Great Garbo)
- DIE LETZTE POINTE - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Swiss Treasure Records)
- LA FEMME ET LE TGV - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Great Garbo)
- LINA - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Great Garbo)
- SUMMER OUTSIDE - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Great Garbo)
- 180 ° - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Great Garbo / Praesens - 642738912271/91227)
- THE LAST WEYNFELDT - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Great Garbo / Praesens - 642738912264/91226)
- MY NAME IS EUGEN - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (SonyBMG 82876732352)
Album (Artist - TRASH BAG)
- FEED THE BAG (GreatGarbo 77751)
Web links
- Diego Baldenweg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Great Garbo label website
- These siblings bring pictures to life - and now they compete with Hollywood greats ( Neue Zürcher Zeitung )
- Swiss composer trio nominated for World Soundtrack Awards ( Swiss Films )
- New Netflix series runs with Swiss music ( 20 minutes )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Baldenweg, Diego |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-Australian film music composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1979 |