Balz Bachmann

Composer

Since 1995, Balz Bachmann has mainly composed music for films, stage, television or art projects. He has worked with directors such as Jasmilla Zbanic, Xavier Koller, Dani Levy, Sabine Gisiger, Christoph Schaub and Thomas Imbach, as well as with artists such as Andro Wekua, Patrick Hari and Dimitri De Perrot. He has received numerous awards, including the Swiss Film Award, the Film Music Prize of the Locarno Film Festival, and a nomination for the German Documentary Film Music Prize. In addition to his work as a composer, he is a guest lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and works as a music producer. Among others, he accompanied the singer Sophie Hunger as a musician on her tours. He is a member of the European as well as the Swiss Film Academy. In 2024, he was selected along with 12 composers for the Cannes Film Festival's ‘Spot the Composer’ programme and was invited as a composer at the festival. He lives and works in Zurich.

Filmography
(a selection)

Composer

2026
Rebelión de la Memoria by Joël Louis Jent
2025
Solidarity by David Bernet
2024
Jakobs Ross by Katalin Gödrös
2024
Operation Silence – die Affäre Flükiger by Werner Swiss Schweizer
2024
When We Were Sisters by Lisa Brühlmann
2024
Der Spatz im Kamin by Ramon Zürcher
2024
Jelmoli – Biografie eines Warenhauses by Sabine Gisiger
2023
Les histoires d'amour de Liv S. by Anna Luif
2023
The Mies van der Rohes by Sabine Gisiger
2023
8 Tage im August by Samuel Perriard
2023
In the Mood for Art by Michael Schindhelm
2023
Las Toreras by Jackie Brutsche
2022
Lucky Man by Claude Luyet
2022
Think Something Nice by Claudius Gentinetta
2022
Becoming Giulia by Laura Kaehr
2021
Mitholz by Theo Stich
2020
Der Konzern-Report by Sven Rufer
2020
The Saint of the Impossible by Marc Wilkins
2020
Miraggio by Nina Stefanka
2019
Shalom Allah by David Vogel
2019
Starshot by Samuel Perriard
2018
Amur senza fin by Christoph Schaub
2018
Bis ans Ende der Träume by Wilfried Meichtry
2017
Willkommen in der Schweiz by Sabine Gisiger
2016
Stille Reserven by Valentin Hitz
2016
Im Nirgendwo by Katalin Gödrös
2016
Bon voyage by Marc Wilkins
2015
Yes No Maybe by Kaspar Kasics
2014
Yalom's Cure by Sabine Gisiger
2014
Love Island by Jasmila Žbanic
2013
Die Schwarzen Brüder by Xavier Koller
2012
Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari by Xavier Koller
2012
Nebelgrind by Barbara Kulcsar
2011
Tatort – Wunschdenken by Markus Imboden
2011
Day Is Done by Thomas Imbach
2010
Madly In Love by Anna Luif
2010
Satte Farben vor Schwarz by Sophie Heldman
2010
Hugo Koblet – Pédaleur de charme by Daniel von Aarburg
2009
Giulias Verschwinden by Christoph Schaub
2008
Die Seilbahn by Claudius Gentinetta, Frank Braun
2008
Happy New Year by Christoph Schaub
2008
Canzun Alpina by Sören Senn
2007
Kein Zurück – Studers neuster Fall by Sabine Boss
2007
I Was A Swiss Banker by Thomas Imbach
2006
Lenz by Thomas Imbach
2006
Jeune Homme by Christoph Schaub
2006
Havarie by Xavier Koller
2006
Alles bleibt anders by Güzin Kar
2006
The Magic Cut by Jackie Brutsche
2005
Floh! by Christine Wiederkehr
2005
Gambit by Sabine Gisiger
2004
Villa Henriette by Peter Payer
2004
Sternenberg by Christoph Schaub
2004
Lago mio by Jann Preuss
2004
Chyenne by Alexander Meier
2003
Homeland by Sabine Gisiger
2003
Little Girl Blue by Anna Luif
2002
Ernstfall in Havanna by Sabine Boss
2001
Studers erster Fall by Sabine Boss
2000
Summertime by Anna Luif
2000
Do It by Sabine Gisiger, Marcel Zwingli
1999
ID Swiss by Fulvio Bernasconi, Christian Davi, Nadia Fares, Wageh George, Kamal Musale, Thomas Thümena, Stina Werenfels

Awards

(a selection)

2003
Locarno, Locarno Festival, Schweizer Film-Musikpreis der Suisa-Stiftung für Musik (Winner) in Little Girl Blue
2012
Luzern, Swiss Film Award Quartz 2012, Swiss Film Award «Quartz», Best Film Score (Winner) in Day Is Done
2015
Genève, Swiss Film Award 2015, Swiss Film Award, Best Film Score (Nomination) in Yalom's Cure
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