Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg

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Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg
Genres Film score, music in advertising
Occupation(s) Composers, music producers, musicians
Years active2004 (2004)—present
LabelsGreat Garbo Music
Members
Website http://www.baldenwegmusic.com

Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg is the Swiss/Australian composer trio sometimes referred to as the Baldenweg siblings. In the field of advertising they are also firming as Great Garbo, stylised GREAT GARBO.

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Career

The three siblings Diego Baldenweg, Lionel Baldenweg, and Nora Baldenweg work together as a team: [1] [2] Diego Baldenweg (composer); Nora Baldenweg (co-composer); and Lionel Baldenweg (co-composer). [3] Together they founded the music production company GREAT GARBO in 2004. [4] [5] Since then the siblings have composed and produced the music to over 300 [5] international advertising campaigns for brands such as Carlsberg, Mastercard, Nivea, Sony [6] and Dove. [7]

They have composed music for many films such as Otfried Preußler's bestselling children's book adaptation The Little Witch [8] starring Karoline Herfurth; the film La femme et le TGV starring Jane Birkin, Til Schweiger's US remake of his German film Head Full of Honey , starring Nick Nolte, Matt Dillon and Emily Mortimer [9] and for Robert Lorenz's In the Land of Saints and Sinners starring Liam Neeson, Kerry Condon, Ciarán Hinds, Colm Meaney and Jack Gleeson. [10]

In 2019 they composed the entire original score to the Australian teenage sci-fi series The Unlisted [11] (ABC/Netflix), created by Justine Flynn and produced by Polly Staniford and Angie Fielder. They also produced, arranged and performed a remake of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" for the opening theme. [12]

The Baldenweg siblings have worked with orchestras like the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, [13] Macedonian Radio Symphony Orchestra [14] and The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. [8] Other notable collaborations include their work with American conductor David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra for their score to "180°" [15] and with British-Irish violinist Daniel Hope and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra for their score to "The Reformer Zwingli". [16] In 2021 they composed 'Eye to the World - Zurich Film Festival Suite' which was recorded with conductor Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and since serves as the official music for the Zurich Film Festival. [17]

The Baldenwegs are voting members of the Art Directors Club, [18] Swiss Film Academy, European Film Academy, [19] [20] [21] Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, [22] Swiss Media Composers Association, [23] Australian Guild of Screen Composers. [24] and the World Soundtrack Academy. [25]

Style

Diego Baldenweg, Lionel Baldenweg, and Nora Baldenweg's musical range moves within classic orchestral, subtle electronics and lyrical/non-lyrical vocals. [26] Their production company logo depicts a "wheelie" garbage bin, and their name puns on Greta Garbo.

Recognition

They were the first [27] Swiss composers to be nominated for the World Soundtrack Awards (Public Choice) [28] in 2019 and to be nominated twice for "Score of the Year" at the Movie Music UK Awards in 2019 [29] and 2024. [30]

Members

Besides her career in music, Nora Baldenweg simultaneously held positions in fashion publishing as editor-at-large/Paris director ( Russh ), editor-at-large/Paris director/senior editor (Indie), editor-at-large/fashion features director (Material Girl) and was a contributing writer for Vogue Taiwan, Nylon, Dazed Digital and Wallpaper. [31] [32]

In May 2014 she relaunched the Paris-based magazine Modzik as editor-in-chief. [33] In May 2017 she became editor-in-chief of UK-based magazine Lula. [34] Since 2017 she works as a creative director (fashion) for various brands.[ citation needed ]

Films (selection)

YearTitleDirectorStudio(s)Notes
2005 The Ring Thing Marc SchippertElevator Group, Condor Films theme music and ~1/5 of the score [35]
2005 Rascals on the Road Michael SteinerKontra
C-Films		Collaboration with composer Adrian Frutiger
Soundtrack released by Sony BMG
2006CannabisNiklaus HilberVega Film
2010180°Cihan InanC-FilmsCollaboration with conductor David Zinman and Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
Soundtrack released by GREAT GARBO music / Praesens
Winner Suisa Prize “Best Original Music” Locarno International Film Festival
2012Summer OutsideFriederike JehnGoldenes Lamm
C-Films		Soundtrack released by GREAT GARBO music
2013Hylas and the Nymphs (Short)Lisa BrühlmannZHDK
2014AimlessNiklaus HilberHesse Greutert Film
2016LinaMichael SchaererC-FilmsSoundtrack released by GREAT GARBO music
La femme et le TGV (Short) Timo von Gunten BMC FilmsSoundtrack released by GREAT GARBO music
Finalist “Best Short Film Score” Music+ Sound Awards (International)
2017The Final TouchRolf LyssyLang FilmSoundtrack released by Swiss Treasure Recordings / GREAT GARBO music
Finalist “Best Feature Film Score” Music+Sound Awards (International)
2018The Little Witch
by Otfried Preußler 		Michael SchaererClaussen+Putz
Studiocanal
Disney 		Soundtrack released by Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion GmbH / Rambling Records Japan
Winner “Best Original Score” Swiss Film Prize
Zone RougeCihan InanAbrakadabra FilmsSoundtrack released by GREAT GARBO music
Head Full of Honey Til Schweiger Barefoot Films
Warner Bros. 		Co-composer Martin Todsharow
2019The Reformer ZwingliStefan HauptC-Films
Ascote Elite		Collaboration with violinist Daniel Hope and Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Soundtrack released by C-Films / GREAT GARBO music [36]
Nominated “Best Score of the Year” World Soundtrack Awards (Public Choice)
Nominated "Score of the Year" Movie Music UK Awards [37]
Nominated "Best Original Score for a Drama Film" Movie Music UK Awards
2023 [38] In the Land of Saints and Sinners [39] Robert Lorenz Facing East
RagBag Pictures
Prodigal Films Limited		Conducted by Dirk Brossé and performed by Galaxy Symphonic Orchestra
Soundtrack released by Sony Music Masterworks [40]
Nominated "Score of the Year" Movie Music UK Awards [41]
Nominated "Best Original Score for a Thriller/Horror Film" Movie Music UK Awards

Television (selection)

YearTitleDirectorStudio(s)Notes
2019 The Unlisted Justine Flynn
Rhys Graham
Neil Sharma
Nicholas Verso
Lucy Gaffy
Rebecca O'Brien		Aquarius Films
ABC Me / Netflix 		Soundtrack released by GREAT GARBO music

Nominated for “Best Original Music in TV” [42] AACTA Awards
Itch
by Simon Mayo 		Renée Webster
Nicholas Verso
Komixx Entertainment
ABC Me / CBBC (TV channel) 		Nominated for “Best Original Music in TV” [43] AACTA Awards
2021 Born to Spy [44] Nicholas Verso
Chase Lee
Hyun Lee
Darlene Johnson
Neil Sharm
Justine Flynn		Aquarius Films
ABC Me 		Soundtrack released by GREAT GARBO music

Nominated for “Best Original Music in TV” [45] AACTA Awards
Itch Season 2
by Simon Mayo 		Nicholas Verso
Tenika Smith		Komixx Entertainment
ABC Me / CBBC (TV channel)

Awards and nominations

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