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Marcel Vaid (born 1967) is a Swiss-German musician and composer of music for film and theatre.
He has collaborated with artists such as Nils Petter Molvær, Toshinori Kondo, Kate Havnevik, Mauro Pawlowski, Rodrigo González (musician), Rodrigo González, Norbert Möslang, Marianne Schroeder, Lauren Newton and Jojo Mayer. In film Marcel Vaid has worked with director Léa Pool, Eliza Kubarska, Carmen Jaquier, , Fredi M. Murer, Fredi Murer, , Marcus Vetter, Milo Rau, , Oliver Paulus, Tommaso Landucci or oscar-nominated Timo von Gunten.
He has received the Swiss Film Prize Quartz four times (''Zara'' 2009, ''Goodnight Nobody'' 2011, ''When the sun fell'' 2016 and ''Chris the Swiss'' 2019), the Prix Fondation Suisa (''Tandoori Love'' 2009), the prize for Best Film Score at the Filmfstivals in Angers (''Joshua'' 2003) and Valencia (''Where is Max'' 2009). In 2012 he received the Zurich City Award (''Werkjahr der Stadt Zürich'').
In 2022, Marcel Vaid was honored as Composer in Focus of the Zurich Film Festival with a medley of selected works performed by the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra under the direction of Frank Strobel. According to his own statement, "the examination of acoustic instruments and their spatial processing on the computer is a particular sound-aesthetic concern for him."
Marcel Vaid is a guest lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts, and gives various master classes. He is a member of the Swiss and European Filmacademy and board member of the Swiss Composers Association SONART, the Swiss Musician's Association.
European First Film Festival
Angers in ''Joshua'' * 2009 Winne
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in
Zara
' * 2009 Winner Best Filmmusic, Filmfestival La Cabina, Valencia, in
Wo ist Max?
' * 2009 Winner Best Filmmusi
Prix Fondation Suisa
at the Internationalen Filmfestival Locarno in
Tandoori Love
' * 2011 Nomination Best Filmscore at th
12th International Filmfestival Aubagne
in ''Goodnight Nobody'' * 2011 Winne
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in ''Goodnight Nobody'' * 2012 Winne
Jazz/Rock/Pop, shared with Ravi Vaid * 2016 Nominatio
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in (Doublenomination with ''Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel'') * 2016 Winne
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in ''Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel'' * 2018 Nominatio
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in ''The Kongo Tribunal'' * 2018 Nominatio
Cristal Pine Award
Best Original Score in a Documentary in ''Chris the Swiss'' * 2018 Nomination European Animation Award Best Soundtrack in a Feature Film in ''Chris the Swiss'' * 2018 Nominatio
German Documentary Filmmusik Award
'Best original Score' in ''Chris the Swiss'' * 2019 Winne
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in ''Chris the Swiss'' * 2019 Nominatio
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in '
Cinebulletin
' 2021
Review
Neue Zürcher Zeitung new album ''Superterz'' Inland Empire, 3CD Box * Marcel Vaid a
Swissfilms
- Nationale Filmdatenbank * Marcel Vaid a
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaid, Marcel Swiss film score composers Swiss composers Swiss male composers Swiss guitarists German film score composers German composers German male composers German guitarists Male film score composers Living people 1967 births Swiss people of Indian descent German people of Indian descent Musicians from Zurich Musicians from Bavaria People from Erlangen
Life and career
Born in Erlangen, Germany, Marcel Vaid's father is of Punjabis, Punjabi origin from India. Besides his work as a composer and music producer, he composes music for fiction and documentary films. Marcel Vaid is together with his brother Ravi Vaid also the head of the electro-acoustic experimental collective Superterz.
He has collaborated with artists such as Nils Petter Molvær, Toshinori Kondo, Kate Havnevik, Mauro Pawlowski, Rodrigo González (musician), Rodrigo González, Norbert Möslang, Marianne Schroeder, Lauren Newton and Jojo Mayer. In film Marcel Vaid has worked with director Léa Pool, Eliza Kubarska, Carmen Jaquier, , Fredi M. Murer, Fredi Murer, , Marcus Vetter, Milo Rau, , Oliver Paulus, Tommaso Landucci or oscar-nominated Timo von Gunten.
He has received the Swiss Film Prize Quartz four times (''Zara'' 2009, ''Goodnight Nobody'' 2011, ''When the sun fell'' 2016 and ''Chris the Swiss'' 2019), the Prix Fondation Suisa (''Tandoori Love'' 2009), the prize for Best Film Score at the Filmfstivals in Angers (''Joshua'' 2003) and Valencia (''Where is Max'' 2009). In 2012 he received the Zurich City Award (''Werkjahr der Stadt Zürich'').
In 2022, Marcel Vaid was honored as Composer in Focus of the Zurich Film Festival with a medley of selected works performed by the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra under the direction of Frank Strobel. According to his own statement, "the examination of acoustic instruments and their spatial processing on the computer is a particular sound-aesthetic concern for him."
Marcel Vaid is a guest lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts, and gives various master classes. He is a member of the Swiss and European Filmacademy and board member of the Swiss Composers Association SONART, the Swiss Musician's Association.
Filmography (selected work)
Feature films
* 2002 ''Joshua'' by Andreas Müller * 2003 ''At'' ''Parish'' by Yaël Parish * 2006 ''First Love, Last Rites'' by Susanne Kaelin * 2007 ''The Illettrist'' by Oliver Paulus, Stefan Hillebrand * 2008 ''Zara'' by Ayten Mutlu Saray * 2008 ''Der Freund'', in collaboration with Sophie Hunger, by Micha Lewinsky * 2008 ''Tandoori Love'' by Oliver Paulus * 2008 ''Un día y nada'' by Lorenz Merz * 2008 ''Wo ist Max?'' by Juri Steinhart * 2009 ''Die Standesbeamtin'', in collaboration with Markus Schönholzer, by Micha Lewinsky * 2010 Bon Appétit (film), ''Bon Appétit'' by David Pinillos * 2010 ''Sommervögel'' by Paul Riniker * 2012 ''Poupée'' by Timo von Gunten, Timo Von Gunten * 2012 ''Dreamgirl'' by Oliver Schwarz * 2013 ''Cherry Pie'' by Lorenz Merz * 2013 ''Sitting Next To Zoe'' by Ivana Lalovic * 2013 ', in collaboration with Rodrigo González, by Oliver Paulus, Stefan Hillebrand * 2014 ''Controlling And Punishment'' by Ayten Mutlu Saray, Ridha Tlili * 2014 ''Now or Never'' by Fredi M. Murer, Fredi Murer * 2015 ''Köpek'' by Esen Isik * 2015 ''Usfahrt Oerlike'' by Paul Riniker * 2017 ''La Fuga'' by Sandra Vannucchi (replaced Theo Teardo) * 2017 ''Lasst die Alten sterben'' by Juri Steinhart (new composer) * 2018 ''Level Up Your Life'', in collaboration with Jochen Doc Wenz, by Oliver Paulus, Stefan Hillebrand * 2019 ''Al-Shafaq – When Heaven Divides'' by Esen Isik * 2020 ''Eating the Silence'' by Joël Louis Jent, Ali Al-Fatlawi * 2020 ''Of Fish and Men'' by Stefanie Klemm * 2021 ''The Sphere'' by Manuel Šumberac * 2022 ''Semret'' by Caterina Mona * 2022 ''Euridice'' von Lora Mure-Ravaud * 2023 ''Unter Wasser kann man nicht schreien'' by Georg Isenmann * 2023 ''7 Fois'' by Christine Wiederkehr * 2024 ''Les paradis de Diane'' by Carmen Jaquier, Jan Gassmann * 2024 ''South of Hope Street'' by Jane Spencer * 2024 ''Bernadette will töten'' by Oliver Paulus, Robert Herzl * 2024 ''Al Baseer – Der blinde Fährmann'' by Ali Al-Fatlawi * 2024 ''Don’t Let The Sun (Catch You Crying)'' by Jacqueline ZündDocumentary films
* 2009 ''Dachkantine'' by Nicole Biermaier, Ravi Vaid * 2010 ''Guru – Bhagwan, His Secretary & His Bodyguard'' by Sabine Gisiger, Beat Häner * 2010 ''Goodnight Nobody'' by Jacqueline Zünd * 2010 ''Hüllen'' by Maria Müller * 2011 ''Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes'' by Heikko Böhm * 2011 ''Marc Ristori d'une seconde à l'autre'' by Benjamin Tobler * 2011 ''The Substance – Albert Hoffmans LSD'' by Martin Witz * 2012 ''Bernard Bovet, le vieil homme à la caméra'' by Nasser Bakhti * 2012 ''Forbidden Voices'' by Barbara Miller * 2013 ''My Name Is Salt'' by Farida Pacha * 2013 ''The Green Serpent'' by Benny Jaberg * 2014 ''El tiempo nublado'' by Arami Ullón * 2014 ''ThuleTuvalu'' by Matthias von Gunten * 2015 ''Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel'' by Aya Domenig * 2016 ''Staatenlos'', in collaboration with André Bellmont, by Erich Schmid * 2017 ''The Kongo Tribunal'' by Milo Rau * 2017 ''Double Sentence'' by Léa Pool * 2018 ''Chris the Swiss'' by Anja Kofmel * 2019 ''The Forum'' by Marcus Vetter * 2019 ''Golden Age'' by Beat Oswald, Samuel Weniger * 2019 ''Gateways to New York – Othmar H. Ammann and His Bridges'' by Martin Witz * 2020 ''The Wall of Shadows'' by Eliza Kubarska * 2020 ''Not Me – A Journey with Not Vital'' by Pascal Hofmann * 2020 ''Unter einem Dach'' by Maria Müller * 2021 ''Ostrov – Lost Island'' by Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop * 2021 ''Caveman – The Hidden Giant'' by Tommaso Landucci * 2022 ''Dear Memories'' by Nahuel Lopez * 2022 ''Do you remember me'' by Desirée Pomper, Helena Müller * 2024 ''Bergfahrt''Television
* 2004 ''Das Paar im Kahn'' by Marie-Louise Bless * 2004 ''Voyage contre la faim'' by Matthias von Gunten * 2006 ''Flanke ins All'' by Marie-Louise Bless * 2011 ''Vater, unser Wille geschehe'' by Robert Ralston Jr. * 2015 ''Undine Gruenter - Le projet d'aimer'' by Anita Hugi * ''2015 Au coeur des Robots'' by Bruno Victor-Pujubet * 2015 ''Auf den Spuren des Odysseus'' von Roger Brunner, Lisa Röösli, Dave Leins * 2017 ''Entlang der Gewürzroute'' von Roger Brunner, Lisa Röösli, Dave D. Leins, Beat Häner * 2017 ''My unknown Russia'' (4 episodes) by Roger Brunner, Lisa Röösli, Dave D. Leins * 2018 ''My unknown America'' (4 episodes) by Roger Brunner, Lisa Röösli, Dave D. Leins, Beat Häner * 2019 ''Dynastie Knie – 100 Years Nationalcircus'' by Greg Zglinski * 2020 ''Ursus & Nadeschkin – Aufhören wäre einfach'' by Stefan Jäger * 2020 ''My other China'' (4 episodes) by Roger Brunner, Lisa Röösli, Dave D. Leins, Beat Häner * 2021 ''Stille über Fukushima'' by Aya Domenig * 2021 ''Il demolitore di camper'' by Robert Ralston Jr. * 2021 ''The Pianist who came in from the cold – Sergey Tanin'' by Helen Stehli Pfister * 2022 ''Tatort – Schattenkinder'' by Christine Repond * 2022 ''Tatort – Risiken mit Nebenwirkungen'' by Christine Repond * 2022 ''Heidi's Nightmare'' by Anita Hugi * 2023 ''Alter Ego'' (6 episodes) by Erik Bernasconi, Robert Ralston Jr., in collaboration with Zeno Gabaglio * 2023 ''Davos 1917'' (6 episodes) by Jan-Eric Mack, Anca Miruna Lazarescu, Christian Theede, in collaboration with Adrian Frutiger * 2023 ''Taiwan – Chinas Drohung an die Welt'' von Dave D. LeinsAwards
* 2003 Winner Prix de la Création musicaleEuropean First Film Festival
Angers in ''Joshua'' * 2009 Winne
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in
Zara
' * 2009 Winner Best Filmmusic, Filmfestival La Cabina, Valencia, in
Wo ist Max?
' * 2009 Winner Best Filmmusi
Prix Fondation Suisa
at the Internationalen Filmfestival Locarno in
Tandoori Love
' * 2011 Nomination Best Filmscore at th
12th International Filmfestival Aubagne
in ''Goodnight Nobody'' * 2011 Winne
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in ''Goodnight Nobody'' * 2012 Winne
Jazz/Rock/Pop, shared with Ravi Vaid * 2016 Nominatio
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in (Doublenomination with ''Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel'') * 2016 Winne
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in ''Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel'' * 2018 Nominatio
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in ''The Kongo Tribunal'' * 2018 Nominatio
Cristal Pine Award
Best Original Score in a Documentary in ''Chris the Swiss'' * 2018 Nomination European Animation Award Best Soundtrack in a Feature Film in ''Chris the Swiss'' * 2018 Nominatio
German Documentary Filmmusik Award
'Best original Score' in ''Chris the Swiss'' * 2019 Winne
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in ''Chris the Swiss'' * 2019 Nominatio
Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore
in '
References
External links
* * * Interview with Marcel Vaid inCinebulletin
' 2021
Review
Neue Zürcher Zeitung new album ''Superterz'' Inland Empire, 3CD Box * Marcel Vaid a
Swissfilms
- Nationale Filmdatenbank * Marcel Vaid a
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaid, Marcel Swiss film score composers Swiss composers Swiss male composers Swiss guitarists German film score composers German composers German male composers German guitarists Male film score composers Living people 1967 births Swiss people of Indian descent German people of Indian descent Musicians from Zurich Musicians from Bavaria People from Erlangen