Marcel Vaid
- Composer
- Music Department
MARCEL VAID born 1967 in Erlangen, Germany, Nationalities Swiss and German. Works as a composer, musician (guitar) and music producer for film and theatre. Composition and production of filmmusic for over 70 fiction and documentary films. Owns the recording studio LIFT. Marcel Vaid is the head of the electro-acoustic experimental collective Superterz. Marcel Vaid lives with his family in Zurich, Switzerland.
Collaborations a.o. with Nils Petter Molvaer, Toshinori Kondo, Mauro Pawlowski (dEUS), Rodrigo Gonzales (Die Ärzte), Norbert Möslang (Voice Crack), Marianne Schroeder (John Cage), Lauren Newton (Vienna Art Orchestra), Al Comet (The Young Gods), Burnt Friedman, Jojo Mayer (Nerve), Carlos Zingaro, Damo Suzuki (Can) and Koichi Makigami (Hikashu).
Marcel Vaid's most important goal is to develop an individual language, an individual and discreet soundscape for every film. In the foreground is the motto LESS IS MORE. An outstanding sound-aesthetical concern is the examination of acoustical instruments and their stereoscopic processing in the computer. Marcel Vaid gives diverse Masterclasses and Workshops.
Marcel Vaid has been honoured a number of times for his work: 5th nomination for the Swiss Film Prize Quartz 2018 for his filmscore in 'The Congo Tribunal'. In 2016 he received a double nomination for the Swiss Film Prize Quartz for his filmscore in 'The Day the Sun fell' and 'Köpek'. Finally he won his third 'Quartz' for 'The Day the Sun fell'.
In 2003 Marcel Vaid got for his music in 'Joshua' the 'Prix de la meilleure création musicale' at the filmfestival 'Premiers Plans' (Angers/F). In 2011 he was awarded for the second time under the Swiss Film Prize 'Quartz' for the 'Best Film Music' in 'Goodnight Nobody'. In 2009, he was awarded the same 'Quartz' for his music in "Zara". At the 62nd. International Film Festival in Locarno in 2009, he was decorated with the 'Prize of SUISA-Foundation for Music' for his music in 'Tandoori Love'.
PRESS SHORTS
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER / LESLIE FELPERIN / 'MY NAME IS SALT' "With fine-tuned assistance from composer Marcel Vaid (whose light, tinkling score is a delight), the filmmakers evoke the insistent rhythms of the family's labor. "
THE GUARDIAN/ MARK KERMODE / 'MY NAME IS SALT' "Here are moonscapes of mud, made all the more eerie by Marcel Vaid's alien score, accompanied by the strange chugging of oil-driven engines,
FESTIVAL DE CANNES / GOODNIGHT NOBODY "Everything from the production to the music goes towards making us let go and immerse into the film at least as vigorously as others fight against sleep. The soundtrack of Marcel Vaid, ephemeral as a cloud of ether, makes us gradually descend into a hypnotic state and offers us a possible sleep on top of that."
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG / 'GOODNIGHT NOBODY' "The physical state of sleeplessness - this agonizing and yet sensual rush, the feeling as if the nerve fibres were located outside the skin - are being perceived through the images as well as the buzzing, throbbing sounds of Marcel Vaid's film music." NZZ / UELI BERNAYS / 'DIE DACHKANTINE' "Remarkable is how the filmmusic by Marcel Vaid incorporates the patterns of club music and merges them into warmer hues and a sound panorama that carries the techno sounds out of the spatial and temporal positioning of the club."
KULTURPLATZ SWISS RADIO DRS2 / ERIC FACON / 'TANDOORI LOVE' "Marcel Vaid has written a musical score that conveys in its complete wistfulness the magic and wanderlust which cinema entails."
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG / BETTINA SPOERRI / ON 'BON APPETIT' "The film by Spanish director David Pinillos comes out with witty dialogues and twists in the plot. 'Bon Appétit' pays homage to kitchen-alchemy with relish, atmospherically spiced with music by award winning composer Marcel Vaid. " SWISS RADIO DRS 2 /
MICHAEL SENNHAUSER / ON 'ZARA' "This is rather heavy fare: The soundtrack by Marcel Vaid complements images of forlornness, pain and longing: a fierce unconventional piece of artwork."
Collaborations a.o. with Nils Petter Molvaer, Toshinori Kondo, Mauro Pawlowski (dEUS), Rodrigo Gonzales (Die Ärzte), Norbert Möslang (Voice Crack), Marianne Schroeder (John Cage), Lauren Newton (Vienna Art Orchestra), Al Comet (The Young Gods), Burnt Friedman, Jojo Mayer (Nerve), Carlos Zingaro, Damo Suzuki (Can) and Koichi Makigami (Hikashu).
Marcel Vaid's most important goal is to develop an individual language, an individual and discreet soundscape for every film. In the foreground is the motto LESS IS MORE. An outstanding sound-aesthetical concern is the examination of acoustical instruments and their stereoscopic processing in the computer. Marcel Vaid gives diverse Masterclasses and Workshops.
Marcel Vaid has been honoured a number of times for his work: 5th nomination for the Swiss Film Prize Quartz 2018 for his filmscore in 'The Congo Tribunal'. In 2016 he received a double nomination for the Swiss Film Prize Quartz for his filmscore in 'The Day the Sun fell' and 'Köpek'. Finally he won his third 'Quartz' for 'The Day the Sun fell'.
In 2003 Marcel Vaid got for his music in 'Joshua' the 'Prix de la meilleure création musicale' at the filmfestival 'Premiers Plans' (Angers/F). In 2011 he was awarded for the second time under the Swiss Film Prize 'Quartz' for the 'Best Film Music' in 'Goodnight Nobody'. In 2009, he was awarded the same 'Quartz' for his music in "Zara". At the 62nd. International Film Festival in Locarno in 2009, he was decorated with the 'Prize of SUISA-Foundation for Music' for his music in 'Tandoori Love'.
PRESS SHORTS
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER / LESLIE FELPERIN / 'MY NAME IS SALT' "With fine-tuned assistance from composer Marcel Vaid (whose light, tinkling score is a delight), the filmmakers evoke the insistent rhythms of the family's labor. "
THE GUARDIAN/ MARK KERMODE / 'MY NAME IS SALT' "Here are moonscapes of mud, made all the more eerie by Marcel Vaid's alien score, accompanied by the strange chugging of oil-driven engines,
FESTIVAL DE CANNES / GOODNIGHT NOBODY "Everything from the production to the music goes towards making us let go and immerse into the film at least as vigorously as others fight against sleep. The soundtrack of Marcel Vaid, ephemeral as a cloud of ether, makes us gradually descend into a hypnotic state and offers us a possible sleep on top of that."
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG / 'GOODNIGHT NOBODY' "The physical state of sleeplessness - this agonizing and yet sensual rush, the feeling as if the nerve fibres were located outside the skin - are being perceived through the images as well as the buzzing, throbbing sounds of Marcel Vaid's film music." NZZ / UELI BERNAYS / 'DIE DACHKANTINE' "Remarkable is how the filmmusic by Marcel Vaid incorporates the patterns of club music and merges them into warmer hues and a sound panorama that carries the techno sounds out of the spatial and temporal positioning of the club."
KULTURPLATZ SWISS RADIO DRS2 / ERIC FACON / 'TANDOORI LOVE' "Marcel Vaid has written a musical score that conveys in its complete wistfulness the magic and wanderlust which cinema entails."
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG / BETTINA SPOERRI / ON 'BON APPETIT' "The film by Spanish director David Pinillos comes out with witty dialogues and twists in the plot. 'Bon Appétit' pays homage to kitchen-alchemy with relish, atmospherically spiced with music by award winning composer Marcel Vaid. " SWISS RADIO DRS 2 /
MICHAEL SENNHAUSER / ON 'ZARA' "This is rather heavy fare: The soundtrack by Marcel Vaid complements images of forlornness, pain and longing: a fierce unconventional piece of artwork."
