Nicolas Rabaeus

Composer, Location Sound Mixer, Sound Designer

Website
www.nicolasrabaeus.com
Copyright: Rebecca Bowring

Born in 1984 in Geneva, Switzerland. He studied jazz music at IMEP in Paris and classical music at the HEM Haute École de musique in Geneva. He's been working as a composer for more than fifteen years, specializing in music for the moving image. He has collaborated with many European and Swiss filmmakers, for more than fifty projects, ranging from short movies to feature films, animation to documentaries, and three full series. He's recently been appointed to teach "Music in Cinema" at the HEM. His work has won awards at numerous festivals, including the Quartz for Best Music in 2023 for Carmen Jaquier's FOUDRE (Thunder).

Filmography
(a selection)

Composer

2026
Gabin by Maxence Voiseux
2025
À bras-le-corps by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
2024
Peau à peau by Chloé Cinq-Mars
2024
Bisons by Pierre Monnard
2024
Cosmos by Germinal Roaux
2023
Rivière by Hugues Hariche
2023
Les indociles by Delphine Lehericey
2023
Hawar, our Banished Children by Pascale Bourgaux
2023
Jeunesses! by Céline Pernet, Daniel Wyss
2022
Yaban by Tareq Daoud
2022
Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey
2022
Dragon Women by Frédérique de Montblanc
2022
Foudre by Carmen Jaquier
2022
The Land Within by Fisnik Maxville
2021
Nostromo by Fisnik Maxville
2021
Sacha by Léa Fazer
2021
La chance de ta vie by Chris Niemeyer
2020
Citoyen Nobel by Stéphane Goël
2020
Maisonneuve by Nicolas Wadimoff, Emmanuelle Walter
2020
The Set-Up by Malika Pellicioli
2020
Fin de partie by Fisnik Maxville
2019
Sing Me A Song by Thomas Balmès
2019
Le milieu de l'horizon by Delphine Lehericey
2019
Tambour battant by François-Christophe Marzal
2018
Vous ne connaîtrez ni le jour ni l'heure by Samuel Grandchamp
2018
L'île sans rivages by Caroline Cuénod
2018
Les dames by Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
2018
Le Monde d'Ailleurs by Gregory Casares
2018
Au large by Natalia Ducrey
2018
À l'école des philosophes by Fernand Melgar
2017
Mamie by Benoît Monney
2017
Un mois de grève au pays de la paix du travail by Véronique Rotelli
2017
Foulek by Patrick Muroni
2016
Opération commando by Jan Czarlewski
2016
Miséricorde by Fulvio Bernasconi
2016
Mon Ange by Gregory Casares
2015
Station Horizon by Romain Graf, Pierre-Adrian Irlé
2015
Retour sur une illusion by Elena Hazanov, Claudio Recupero
2015
Le syndrome de Petruchka by Elena Hazanov
2015
Belle comme un coeur by Gregory Casares
2015
Que la nuit soit douce by Frédéric Recrosio
2014
Volta à terra by João Pedro Plácido
2014
Sam by Elena Hazanov
2014
L'heure du secret – Saison 2 by Elena Hazanov
2013
The Bakery by Salar Shahna
2013
Le doigt d'honneur by Malika Pellicioli
2012
Laci bácsi by Elena Hazanov, Claudio Recupero
2012
Pixeliose by Romain Graf
2010
All That Remains by Valentin Rotelli, Pierre-Adrian Irlé

Location Sound Mixer

2018
Keep it Light by Malika Pellicioli

Sound Designer

2021
La chance de ta vie by Chris Niemeyer

Awards

(a selection)

2012
Annonay, Festival International du Premier Film Annonay, Prix de la meilleure musique du film (Winner) in All That Remains
2020
Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2020, Swiss Film Award, Best Film Score (Nomination) in Le milieu de l'horizon
2023
Genève, Swiss Film Award 2023, Best Film Score (Winner) in Foudre
2023
Montréal, Festival de films CINEMANIA , Meilleure musique (Winner) in Foudre
2024
Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2024, Best Film Score (Winner) in Bisons
2024
Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2024, Best Film Score (Nomination) in Rivière
2024
Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2024, Best Film Score (Winner) in The Land Within
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