Marcel Vaid

Marcel Vaid (born 1967) is a Swiss-German musician and composer of music for film and theatre.

Life and career

Born in Erlangen, Germany, Marcel Vaid's father is of 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.

The Band Superterz, 2019 at the Club Pit Inn, Tokyo with (FLR) Ravi Vaid, Marcel Vaid, Simon Berz, Nils Petter Molvaer

He has collaborated with artists such as Nils Petter Molvær, Toshinori Kondo, Kate Havnevik, Mauro Pawlowski, 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, Anja Kofmel [de], Fredi Murer, Esen Işık [de], Marcus Vetter, Milo Rau, Grzegorz Zgliński [pl], 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).^[1]

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,^[2] and gives various master classes. He is a member of the Swiss and European Filmacademy^[3]^[4] 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 by David Pinillos
2010 Sommervögel by Paul Riniker
2012 Poupée by Timo Von Gunten
2012 Dreamgirl by Oliver Schwarz
2013 Cherry Pie by Lorenz Merz
2013 Sitting Next To Zoe by Ivana Lalovic
2013 Keep Rollin' [de], 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 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 Zünd

Documentary 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' by Dominique Margot
2024 Der Eismann by Corina Gamma
2024 The Last Expedition by Eliza Kubarska
2024 DOM (Home) by Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop

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. Leins

Awards

2003 Winner Prix de la Création musicale, European First Film Festival, Angers in Joshua
2009 Winner Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore in Zara
2009 Winner Best Filmmusic, Filmfestival La Cabina, Valencia, in Wo ist Max?
2009 Winner Best Filmmusic Prix Fondation Suisa at the Internationalen Filmfestival Locarno in Tandoori Love
2011 Nomination Best Filmscore at the 12th International Filmfestival Aubagne, in Goodnight Nobody
2011 Winner Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore in Goodnight Nobody
2012 Winner Werkjahr der Stadt Zürich Jazz/Rock/Pop, shared with Ravi Vaid
2016 Nomination Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore in Köpek [de] (Doublenomination with Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel)
2016 Winner Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore in Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel
2018 Nomination Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore in The Kongo Tribunal
2018 Nomination 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 Nomination German Documentary Filmmusik Award 'Best original Score' in Chris the Swiss
2019 Winner Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore in Chris the Swiss
2019 Nomination Swiss Filmprize Quartz Best Filmscore in Not Me – A Journey with Not Vital [de]

References

External links

Official website
Marcel Vaid at IMDb
Interview with Marcel Vaid in Cinebulletin 2021
Review Neue Zürcher Zeitung new album Superterz Inland Empire, 3CD Box
Marcel Vaid at Swissfilms - Nationale Filmdatenbank
Marcel Vaid at Crew United

[1] "Auszeichnungen - Stadt Zürich".

[2] "Dozierende | ZHDK.ch".

[3] "Die Mitglieder der Schweizer Filmakademie | filmakademie.ch".

[4] "Marcel Vaid, member of the European Film Academy: Presentation".

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