Walter Werzowa

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Walter Werzowa (born December 15, 1960 in Vienna as Walter Thomas Werzowa ) is an Austrian music producer .

Life

Werzowa, who first received classical guitar lessons in his youth, was one of the two producers behind the Austrian project Edelweiss , which was number 1 in the charts in several countries in 1988 with the title Bring Me Edelweiss . The title was based on a sample of the title SOS by Abba and was based on the book The Manual (How to have a number one - the easy way) by The KLF . While his partner Martin Gletschermeyer initially successfully continued the project with Klaus Biedermann, Werzowa moved to Los Angeles and founded his own production company there.

In 1994 he composed the now world-famous four-second jingle for the chip manufacturer Intel . Werzowa stated that up to this point he had never heard of an Intel company. He produced other advertising jingles for Ikea , Microsoft and Expedia, among others . He has also written film music for feature films such as Hellraiser: Inferno , Mimic 2 and Taking Lives .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Werzowa on austrianconsulate-la.com ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / austrianconsulate-la.com
  2. ↑ Tiny Music Makers (English)
  3. ↑ Report on Werzowa in the LA Times (English)
  4. ↑ Tiny Music Makers (English)
personal data
SURNAME Werzowa, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werzowa, Walter Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian music producer
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna