Free Solo
Alexander Huber, most famous for his bold free ascents of big walls, tells his own tale about free soloing, fear, risk, death and motivation.
Timeline Productions asked me to create a score, which fits the dangerous nature of this sport. I chose the unique sound of the Hang Drum to be the main instruments – accompanied by various types of Rock and Beat–Driven music.
Sonnenflug Trailer
Christian Schall is currently engaged in a film project called Sonnenflug (The Flight of the sun). In it, he is exploring the boundaries between documentary and feature film. Working with Christian is an adventurous ride and always a pleasure as he constantly looks to interweave unusual musical approaches into his work.
The trailer for this project, which is more of a short movie, includes large portions of black screen, typically a faux pas, but through his creative approach he has successfully brought the whole concept to reality. Admittedly, I had a difficult time coming up with an adequate musical score, but now finished: I am extremely pleased with the result.
Ueli Gegenschatz
In this project I worked with one of the most outstanding athletes in extreme sports: Ueli Gegenschatz – base jumper, skydiver, paraglider, mountaineer and lecturer.
Red Bull decided to do a documentary about this guy who sells insurances when he’s not jumping from a skyscraper! The film will be also screened onboard on Swiss Air. I did some additional scoring for this project.
Der Sammler
Der Sammler (The Collector) is a full length documentary about a collector who owns a lot of stuff, which most of us would consider as trash. But this kind, old-fashioned man lives in another world with a different opinion about the high-tech and high-speed capitalistic world in which we live. He’s currently building now a museum to convince the youth about the value of old things.
To support this unique character musically, I used a bassson as the main instrument, which I would describe as simply wacky – but in a positive way :)