Walter Werzowa (born December 15, 1960) is an Austrian composer, producer and owner of LA-based music production studio
MusikvergnuegenMusikvergnuegen is a music and sound design production company located in Los Angeles, California and founded by Austrian-born composer, Walter Werzowa.
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. He is most famous for composing the "
IntelIntel is the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. The company is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Intel was founded on July 18, 1968, as Integrated Electronics Corporation and based in Santa Clara,...
bong"
jingleA jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly broadcast on radio and sometimes on television commercials.- History :The jingle had no definitive debut: its infiltration of the radio was more of an evolutionary process than a sudden innovation...
and the '80s hit "Bring Me Edelweiss" as part of the band
EdelweissEdelweiss was an Austrian Electronica/Dance band. The act consisted of remixers Martin Gletschermayer, Walter Werzowa and Matthias Schweger.-Background:The group had two hit singles:* Bring me Edelweiss in 1988/1989 ;...
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Walter Werzowa was born in
ViennaVienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th largest city by...
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AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
, where he studied
classical guitarThe classical guitar is a plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones. It traditionally has 3 plain gut bass strings and 3 gut wound silk core treble strings and the modern adaption typically has 6 nylon strings .The basic characteristics of the shape of the...
and
electronic musicElectronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
at Vienna Musik Hochschule
http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_la_grapevine_66/.
Walter Werzowa (born December 15, 1960) is an Austrian composer, producer and owner of LA-based music production studio
MusikvergnuegenMusikvergnuegen is a music and sound design production company located in Los Angeles, California and founded by Austrian-born composer, Walter Werzowa.
...
. He is most famous for composing the "
IntelIntel is the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. The company is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Intel was founded on July 18, 1968, as Integrated Electronics Corporation and based in Santa Clara,...
bong"
jingleA jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly broadcast on radio and sometimes on television commercials.- History :The jingle had no definitive debut: its infiltration of the radio was more of an evolutionary process than a sudden innovation...
and the '80s hit "Bring Me Edelweiss" as part of the band
EdelweissEdelweiss was an Austrian Electronica/Dance band. The act consisted of remixers Martin Gletschermayer, Walter Werzowa and Matthias Schweger.-Background:The group had two hit singles:* Bring me Edelweiss in 1988/1989 ;...
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Biography
Walter Werzowa was born in
ViennaVienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th largest city by...
,
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
, where he studied
classical guitarThe classical guitar is a plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones. It traditionally has 3 plain gut bass strings and 3 gut wound silk core treble strings and the modern adaption typically has 6 nylon strings .The basic characteristics of the shape of the...
and
electronic musicElectronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
at Vienna Musik Hochschule
http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_la_grapevine_66/. His collaboration with Otto M. Zykan opened doors for contemporary classical music. Walter moved to the United States of America after Edelweiss disbanded, at which point, he studied film music at the
University of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California is a private, nonsectarian, research university located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA...
. Werzowa has been featured in various literature and referred to as "the guru of audio branding." He and his wife Evelyne currently reside in
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with their three children Camille, Julien, and Lucca.
Career
Werzowa is most famous for having composed and produced the Intel "Bong," which is allegedly broadcast somewhere in the world once every five minutes. Since its conception in 1994, he has re-arranged it to keep it current.
Besides audio branding, Werzowa also composes music for feature films. Most recently, he worked on "8: Person to Person," which was directed by
Wim WendersErnst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf...
. Previously, Werzowa has scored the main themes to "
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" (starring
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), "
Taking LivesTaking Lives is a 2004 psychological thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke. The film was marketed with the tagline "He would kill to be you."...
" (starring
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), "
The Devil and Daniel JohnstonThe Devil and Daniel Johnston is a 2006 documentary directed by Jeff Feuerzeig. Its focus is the life and music of singer, songwriter and Austin personality Daniel Johnston. The film won the Documentary Directing Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival...
," which received a
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award.