Nora Baldenweg

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Nora Baldenweg
Born (1981-07-22) 22 July 1981 (age 43)
Switzerland
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Occupation(s)Musician, vocalist, composer, producer, fashion editor and creative director
LabelsGREAT GARBO music
Website greatgarbo.com , norabaldenweg.com

Nora Baldenweg (born 22 July 1981) is a Swiss Australian musician, vocalist, composer, producer and creative director in fashion. [1] She was the first Swiss female composer to be nominated for the World Soundtrack Awards (Public Choice). [2]

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She is a member of the World Soundtrack Academy [3] and the European Film Academy. [4]

Career

Baldenweg has been working as a composer, producer and co-founded the music production company GREAT GARBO in 2004. She has composed music for over 300 advertising commercials for brands like Sony, Mastercard, Dove (one of the most viewed online ads of all time) [5] [6] and 20 fictional films and TV series.

Many of her most famous works were produced in the context of the trio Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg, comprising herself and her two brothers Diego Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg. [7] [8]

Besides her career in music, Baldenweg simultaneously held positions in fashion publishing as editor-at-large/Paris director (Russh), [9] editor-at-large/Paris director/senior editor (Indie), [1] editor-at-large/fashion features director (Material Girl [1] ) and was a contributing writer for Vogue Taiwan, Nylon, Dazed Digital and Wallpaper [10] [11] In May 2014 she relaunched the Paris-based magazine Modzik [12] as editor-in-chief. In May 2017 she became editor-in-chief of UK-based magazine Lula. [13] Since 2017 she works as a creative director (fashion) for various brands.

Film scores

Baldenweg's career in film music has spanned 17 years and her film scores include:

Her TV music includes:

Awards

In addition to Baldenweg's Swiss Film Academy Award for The Little Witch, she has received a number of awards and nominations.

Discography

See also

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  28. ↑ Mansell, John (24 November 2019). "Review: The Unlisted". Movie Music International. The composers utilise Pink Floyds ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL to great effect, when I say they utilise the song, its not in its original form as performed by Floyd. No they have arranged it into a highly compelling listening experience, which although familiar becomes kind of alien as in a song I have never heard before, simply because of the way in which it has been orchestrated and arranged, plus the performance to is stunning, with the vocalist Nora Baldenweg creating an otherworldly performance that is both alluring but sinister.
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