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

personal data
SURNAME	Baldenweg, Diego
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss-Australian film music composer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1979