Paul Gallister

Paul Gallister
Paul Gallister
Born	(1984-09-05) 5 September 1984 (age 40)
Nationality	Austrian
Education	University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Paul Gallister (born September 5, 1984 in Vienna) is an Austrian composer and music producer. He attended the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he received a Master of Arts in Media Composition.

Projects

Gallister is a producer and composer for the Viennese band Wanda, ^[1] as well as for Nino aus Wien, Playing Savage, Ansa Sauermann and PauT. He co-orchestrated and programmed the winning song of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, Rise Like a Phoenix ^{[2] [3]} sung by Conchita Wurst and arranged multiple episodes of the TV series Dancing Stars and Die große Chance.

He also orchestrated several songs for the Swiss band Eluveitie’s album Helvetios. ^[4]

Gallister wrote the title song for the TV series de:/Das Glück dieser Erde, ^[5] a show seen throughout Europe. He has written music for films and documentaries, including Putin's Games by Israeli director Alexander Gentelev, which received the German Television Award 2014 for Best Documentary, ^[6] Dominik Hartl’s short film Spitzendeckchen, and for Hartl’s film Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies. With Matthias Weber, he won the award for Best Film Music at the 2015 Biarritz Film Festival for Weber's film "Beautiful Girl." In 2017, he won the Austrian Film Award for Best Film Music for the film Die Mitte der Welt ^[7]

Paul Gallister receiving the award for "Best Film Music" at the Austrian Film Awards 2017

Gallister co-wrote, with his Kollektiv Sound42 partner Lukas Hasitschka, the music for Tight Lines Fishing, which won the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis in 2011 for Best Social Game. ^[8]

Gallister is a member of the Austrian Composer's Association and the International Society for Contemporary Music.

Filmography

Year	Film
2012	Spitzendeckchen
2013	Putin's Games
2015	Beautiful Girl
	Turning Cold
	Life:Patented
2016	Karussell
	Final Analysis
	Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies
	Die Mitte der Welt

Music Productions/Compositions

Year	Work
2012	Eluveitie - Helvetios
2014	Wanda - Amore
2015	Wanda - Bussi
2016	Nino aus Wien - Adria
	Playing Savage - Bigger
	Nino aus Wien - Wach

Awards

Paul Gallister's work has received a range of awards, including the Austrian Film Award for Best Film Music and multiple Amadeus Austrian Music Awards for Wanda ^[9] and Nino aus Wien.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2011	Tight Lines Fishing	Deutscher Entwicklerpreis	Won
2012	Per Se	Joseph Haydn European Chamber Music Award	Won
2015	Beautiful Girl	Biarritz Film Festival – Best Film Music	Won
2015	Wanda	Amadeus Austrian Music Award – Best Alternative Pop/Rock and FM4 Radio People’s Choice Award	Won
2016	Nino aus Wien	Amadeus Austrian Music Award – Best Pop/Rock, Best Live Act, Best Band (Wanda) and Best Alternative Pop/Rock	Won
2017	Die Mitte der Welt	Austrian Film Award – Best Film Music	Won

References

1. "How Austria is carving out its own musical niche". dw.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
2. "Conchita Wurst - Rise like a Phoenix". discogs.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
3. Benji, Agostini. "Die Leute hinter dem Erfolg österreichischer Musiker: Paul Gallister, Wanda". noisey.vice.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
4. "Eluveitie on ALLMUSIC" . Retrieved 13 June 2017.
5. "Das Glück dieser Erde: Cast&Crew" . Retrieved 13 June 2017.
6. "Deutscher Fernsehpreis: 2014 Beste Dokumentation" . Retrieved 13 June 2017.
7. "Österreichischer Filmpreis 2017: 13 Auszeichnungen für sieben vom ORF kofinanzierte Kinofilme". orf.at. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
8. "Sound42: "Game-Musik wird unterschätzt"". futurezone.at. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
9. "Wanda heimsen drei Amadeus-Awards ein". derStandard. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Paul Gallister at IMDb