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.

Paul Gallister
Paul Gallister
Born (1984-09-05) 5 September 1984 (age 39)
NationalityAustrian
EducationUniversity of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

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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

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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

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

Awards

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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

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  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.
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