Raphael Summer
Raphael Sommer (born March 8, 1989 in Basel ) is a Swiss composer and musician from the canton of Basel . His debut as a feature film composer was Music for Swiss Spirit (2013) .
Life
Sommer, son of Susanne Sommer, grew up in Basel and from the age of 13 attended the creative school branch and produced films. At the age of 15 he did an internship as a film editor. A year later he began studying theater acting. During his studies he got to know how to play the piano and its synaesthesia , which enabled him to get a feel for classical and film music compositions through the taste of the music, and learned to play the piano and to write notes during his studies. After graduating at the age of 19, Sommer founded his own company, Sommer Filmmusik . In parallel to film music, he gained experience in the Swiss film industry, including the Swiss cinema films Dällebach Kari and Das Missen Massaker.
At the age of 23, Sommer published his first feature film soundtrack for the Swiss documentary film Schweizer Geist by director Severin Frei . With this, Sommer became known in Switzerland as the youngest Swiss composer for cinema films.
Appearances followed on television, for example in the SRF broadcast by Kurt Aeschbacher , TeleBasel and JOIZ .
In 2015, Sommer composed the soundtrack for Camino de Santiago , which was shown in Swiss, German and Austrian cinemas. Camino de Santiago was one of the five most successful Swiss films in 2015. He has also composed various pieces of music for advertising films.
Since 2015, Raphael Sommer has been working as a film producer alongside his work as a composer, for example for dialect rock singer Natacha . In 2015 he realized the Natacha video clip zeme Ha and a documentary about the shooting with makeup artist and producer Orlando Bassi in Bali .
In 2017, Sommer composed the score for the film noir Scotchend by director Marc Teide. In addition to the film music, Raphael Sommer composed under the musical direction and baton of Florian Kirchhofer as an addition to Karl Jenkins Requiem, a requiem that premiered in November 2017 with great success in Murten, Basel and Solothurn. Sommer's Requiem differs from other Requiems in that it deals with the question of what comes before and after the Requiem. Raphael Sommer describes a journey made by a Bedouin family who is looking for a new home. A long journey through deserts and cities in Israel, accompanied by hope, fear, despair,
Feelings of home and the way to yourself. The journey ends musically in the Elysium , the island of the souls.
The majority of the public and the press received Raphael Sommer's work positively. The Solothurner Zeitung and Murtenbieter Zeitung titled the Requiem as a "door opener for sacred music" and a "musical epic".
In 2018, Sommer composed the score for The Wigmaker by Orlando Bassi, the film noir soundtrack for the film Scotchend by Marc Teide and for the short film Fighters by Julian Quentin, which received second place at the Youth Film Festival (Category C). Raphael Sommer published Elysium for Ballet, a recomposition from Raphael Sommer's Requiem.
In autumn 2019, two films were released in the cinema with Sommer's film music. The white stag from Gantrisch was produced by Espace Vivant and Filmaare in summer 2018 and was released in cinemas in the Bern region at the end of summer 2019. Directed by Robin Bezençon. Raphael Sommer wrote the fantasy soundtrack peppered with fine piano and harp melodies. There are also epic tracks like "Brume Flottante" or "Une Puissance Supérieure".
In the same month the feature documentary Hanging by a Thread by director Caroline Vloka was released. Raphael Sommer composed the film music with composer Sean AS Mengis. Sommer took on the leading role and most of the album. The film was successfully funded mainly through crowdfunding.
Discography
- 2012: Swiss Spirit (album)
- 2014–2016: Book music "Die Chronik von Opalindon" (Consisting of the following tracks: Opalindon, Symphony of Mark - Origins, Rage of the Forest, Jasumera - City on the Edge)
- 2015: The world of Arven (radio play)
- 2015: Camino de Santiago (album)
- 2015: BeauMonde - The Fantastic Comic Spectacle (Single)
- 2016: A Kingdom Goes To School - Tribute to Cameroon (Album)
- 2016: Reborn (album)
- 2017: Sons Of Paddé (Single)
- 2017: Scotchend (album)
- 2017: REQUIEM (Live)
- 2018: Unexpected (Album)
- 2018: Ayscha (single)
- 2018: REQUIEM (album)
- 2018: The Wigmaker (Single)
- 2018: Elysium for Ballet (Single)
- 2018: Fighters (Album)
- 2019: Der weisse Hirsch vom Gantrisch (Album)
- 2019: Hanging by a Thread (Album)
Filmography
cinemamovies
- 2011: Dällebach Kari (making-of)
- 2012: The Missen massacre (making-of)
- 2013: Swiss spirit (film music)
- 2015: Camino de Santiago (film music)
- 2019: The white stag by Gantrisch (soundtrack)
- 2019: Hanging by a Thread (film music)
film producer
- 2016: Natacha Schwäfuhölzli
- 2017: Natacha Neuland
- 2017: Natacha zäme Ha
Web links
- Personal website
- Raphael summer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The autodidactic sound artist. In: www.migrosmagazin.ch. Retrieved July 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Rübis & Stübis. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, accessed on July 5, 2016 (Swiss Standard German).
- ↑ Summer film music | Film music Switzerland: Raphael Sommer at TELEBAR | 2013. October 29, 2013, accessed July 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Zäme Ha (2017). Retrieved August 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Blick: Exclusive video premiere of "zäma Ha" by Natacha: comeback of the first Swiss dialect lady . ( blick.ch [accessed on August 5, 2017]).
- ↑ Baliwood TV
- ↑ Teide Marc: Scotchend. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ regiotvplus: Jenkins Requiem - summer premiere. November 6, 2017, accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Fascinating lament for the dead inspires almost all senses. Murtenbieter, November 14, 2017, accessed on November 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Three choirs delighted the audience in the Jesuit church, which had long been sold out . In: az Solothurn newspaper . November 13, 2017 ( solothurnerzeitung.ch [accessed February 27, 2018]).
- ↑ Salome Guida: Gantrywood. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Johannes Reichen: Vom Seeli and Sagen. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
- ↑ A white stag as a helper in need. Freiburger Nachrichten, accessed on September 21, 2019 .
- ↑ The white stag from Gantrisch. KÖNIZER ZEITUNG DER SENSETALER, accessed on September 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Simon von Niederhäusern - professional filmmaker in Wichtrach. Dragon Mail, accessed on September 21, 2019 .
- ↑ A deer goes to the cinema. Gantrisch Zeitung, accessed on September 21, 2019 .
- ↑ «I hit a rock at 60 km / h». 20 minutes, accessed September 21, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Summer, Raphael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss composer and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |