SoundTrack Cologne
SoundTrack Cologne is a conference for music and sound in film, video games and media which has been held annually in Cologne, Germany, since 2004.
== Overview ==
SoundTrack Cologne is Europe's largest congress for music and sound in film, games and media. In some 50 round tables, panels, workshops and networking events, the focus is on current developments in the culture, law, marketing and technics of media music as well as business cases, professionalization and networking.
== SEE THE SOUND ==
SEE THE SOUND, the film programme of SoundTrack Cologne, shows the broad array of connecting image and sound and brings films about music to the big screen.
== European Education Alliance for Music and Sound in Media ==
EEAMS supports educators, students and industry professionals in the areas of filmmaking, sound design and media music composition and seeks to forge an inclusive framework to support collaborative links and to bridge interdisciplinary boundaries.
== Awards ==
SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Peer Raben Music Award
WDR Filmscore Award
European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
See The Sound Music Documentary Award
Award for the Best German Live Music TV-Show
=== Award Winners 2004 ===
Juhan Vihterpal (Estonia) - New Sound in European Film
Tom Werner, Michael Schlappa & Ralf Herrmann (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
=== Award Winners 2005 ===
Maria Ushenina (Russia) – New Sound in European Film
Christopher Wilson (Great Britain) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Dimitri Dodoras (Deutschland) - Skoda SoundTrack Award for students
=== Award Winners 2006 ===
Paul van Vulpen (The Netherlands) – New Sound in European Film
Matthias Heuser, Lief Thomas & Christiane Buchmann – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
=== Award Winners 2007 ===
Alexander Reumers (The Netherlands) – New Sound in European Film
Ravian de Vries & Susanne Grünewald (The Netherlands) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
=== Award Winners 2008 ===
Peter Thomas – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Joram Letwory (The Netherlands) – New Sound in European Film
Henning Knoepfel (Great Britain) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Antoni Łazarkiewicz Die zweite Frau – German TV Music Award
=== Award Winners 2009 ===
Irmin Schmidt – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Felix Rösch (Germany) – New Sound in European Film
Phillip Specht (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Titas Petrikis (Lithuania) – Peer Raben Music Award
Biber Gullatz & Andreas Schäfer (Komponist) The Lost Father – German TV Music Award
=== Award Winners 2010 ===
Bruhn Christian Bruhn – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Martin Batchelar (Great Britain) – WDR Filmscore Award
Jens Heuler & Dominik Campus (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best cooperation between composer and sound designer
Jewgeni Birkhoff (Germany) – Peer Raben Music Award
German TV Music Award
- Fabian Römer (Composer): Tatort: Weil sie böse sind - Best Music a TV Movie
- Sven Rossenbach & Florian van Volxem: Im Angesicht des Verbrechens Best Music for a TV Series
- Michael Kadelbach: Henners Traum – Das größte Tourismusprojekt Europas Best Music for a Documentary
=== Award Winners 2011 ===
Horst Peter Koll – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Olivier Militon (France) – WDR Filmscore Award
Nathan Blais (France) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Pablo Pico (France) – Peer Raben Music Award
=== Award Winners 2012 ===
Michael Nyman – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
John Chua (Singapore) – WDR Filmscore Award
Sebastian Kübler (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Enrica Sciandrone (Italy/Great Britain) – Peer Raben Music Award
=== Award Winners 2013 ===
Manfred Eicher – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Filip Šijanec (Slovenia) – WDR Filmscore Award
Artur Khayrullin (Russia) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Rosanna Zünd (Switzerland) – Peer Raben Music Award
Kidd Life (Denmark) – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
Laurence Owen (Great Britain) – Früh Kölsch Audience Award for the Best Music in a Short Film
=== Award Winners 2014 ===
Eberhard Schoener – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Marianna Liik (Estonia) – WDR Filmscore Award
Friso Hoekstra (The Netherlands) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Denise Barth (Germany) – Peer Raben Music Award
Europe in 8 Bits (Spain) – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
=== Award Winners 2015 ===
Enjott Schneider – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Damian Scholl (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
Armin Badde (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Stanislav Makovsky (Russia) – Peer Raben Music Award
The Case of the Three Sided Dream (USA) – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
=== Award Winners 2016 ===
Cliff Martinez – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Daniel Herget (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
Jérémy Bocquet (France) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Filip Sijanec (Slovenia) – Peer Raben Music Award
I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
zdf@bauhaus - Award for the Best German Live Music TV-Show
=== Award Winners 2017 ===
Bruce Broughton – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Thomas Chabalier (France) – WDR Filmscore Award
Martin B. Janssen (France) – Peer Raben Music Award
Liberation Day – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
Berlin live - Award for the Best German Live Music TV-Show
=== Award Winners 2018 ===
Craig Armstrong – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Ben Winkler (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
Celia Ruiz Artacho (Spain) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Mateja Starič (Slovenia) – Peer Raben Music Award
Silvana – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
=== Award Winners 2019 ===
Klaus Doldinger – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Leon Maximilian Brückner (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
Paul Clímaco Müller Reyes (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Mateo Ojeda (Colombia) – Peer Raben Music Award
BNK48: Girls Don’t Cry – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
=== Award Winners 2020 ===
Don Davis – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Fabian Zeidler (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
Sinan Varis (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Alex Symcox (USA) – Peer Raben Music Award
Everybody's Everything – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
=== Award Winners 2021 ===
Rachel Portman – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Ludwig Peter Müller (Germany) – WDR Filmscore Award
Maximilian Sattler (Germany) – European Talent Award: Best Sound Design
Paulo Gallo – Peer Raben Music Award
Shut up Sona – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
=== Award Winners 2022 ===
Walter Murch – SoundTrack Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award
Lorenzo Gioelli (Italy) – WDR Filmscore Award
David Kamp (Germany) – Peer Raben Music Award
Anonymous Club – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
=== Award Winners 2023 ===
Mychael Danna – Lifetime Achievement Award
Johann Grillenbeck (Deutschland) – WDR Filmscore Award
Pavel Sitnikov (Russland) – European Talent Award: Best Sounddesign
Jan Willem de With (Deutschland/Niederlande) – Peer Raben Music Award
And Still I Sing – See The Sound Music Documentary Award
== Speakers at SoundTrack Cologne (selection) ==
Petri Alanko (games composer Quantum Break, Alan Wake)
Ali N. Askin (Lola-Award Winner; composer Leroy, Lost Children)
Lesley Barber (composer Manchester by the Sea (film))
Marcel Barsotti (composer)
Gerd Baumann (Lola-Award winner; composer)
Marco Beltrami (Oscar-nominated; composer I, Robot, Hellboy, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Scream)
Jean-Michel Bernard (composer The Science of Sleep)
Volker Bertelmann (Oscar-nominated Lion (2016 film))
Steve Blame (Screenwriter)
Bruce Broughton (composer Dallas (1978 TV series), Silverado (film), Tombstone (film))
Christian Bruhn (composer Captain Future)
Björn Dixgård (singer and composer of Mando Diao)
Klaus Doldinger (composer Das Boot, The NeverEnding Story (film), Tatort)
Patrick Doyle (composer Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film), Thor)
Greg Edmonson (composer for film and TV King of the Hill (1997–2009), and the video game series Uncharted 1–3)
John Frizzell (composer Alien Resurrection, Ghost Ship, The Reaping)
Yoav Goren (Emmy Award Winner, music producer, film composer (i. a. Cloud Atlas (film), Spider-Man 2, The Da Vinci Code (film), Iron Man 3, The Lord of the Rings (film series)))
Jason Graves (BAFTA-Award Winner and composer, i. a. for the video game series Dead Space (2008 video game), Heroes of Might and Magic, Silent Hunter or Tomb Raider)
Chris Hülsbeck (games composer, Turrican, The Great Giana Sisters)
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (Oscar-Winner & composer, Finding Neverland (film), Hachi: A Dog's Tale)
Johnny Klimek (composer Run Lola Run, Cloud Atlas (film), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film))
Harald Kloser (composer The Day After Tomorrow)
Antoni Łazarkiewicz (composer Winter Journey (2006 film))
Nils Petter Molvær (trumpet player & composer Stratosphere Girl)
John Ottman (composer & editor The Usual Suspects, X-Men (film series))
Owen Pallett (Oscar-nominated, violinist, singer Her (film))
Rachel Portman (composer, Oscar-Winner Emma (1996 theatrical film))
Niki Reiser (Lola-Winner and composer Nowhere in Africa)
Michael Riessler (composer Home from Home (2013 film))
Jeff Rona (composer Traffic (2000 film), God of War (franchise))
Marius Ruhland (composer Heaven)
Stefan Ruzowitzky (Oscar-Winner; director The Counterfeiters)
Dieter Schleip (composer)
Volker Schlöndorff (director The Tin Drum)
Irmin Schmidt (composer Can, Palermo Shooting)
Garry Schyman (games composer BioShock)
Peter Thomas (composer Raumpatrouille)
Annette Focks (composer Krabat)
Andreas Weidinger (composer)
Matthias Weber (Lola-Winner, composer, Baywatch)
Ralf Wengenmayr (composer Lissi und der wilde Kaiser, Der Schuh des Manitu)
Bernd Wefelmeyer (conductor (1993 to 1995 Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg) and composer)
Bert Wrede (composer)
Gabriel Yared (Oscar-Winner; composer The Lives of Others)
Helmut Zerlett (composer, Lessons of a Dream)
Inon Zur (games composer, Crysis, Fallout: New Vegas)

== External links ==
Official website