Behind the scenes insight from soundtrack artist Stefan Fraunberger and how his music relates to the story of Woodwind’s composer Bonifaz.
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Stefan’s The Attic interview reflects Bonifaz’s journey
Woodwind film composer Stefan Fraunberger recently performed at Outernational Days in Romania, where he was interviewed by The Attic. We pick out a few extracts which relates to our movie and the lead character, Bonifaz. Fraunberger spoke about how he found deserted church organs in Romania, and a unique understanding on creating new music with…
Witness: New SA film explores the power of music
The Witness newspaper ran the following article on our film, Woodwind. They wrote about lead actor Leandro Taub, the music of soundtrack composer Stefan Fraunberger, cinematographer Nicolas Joray and included additional information about the movie. You can read it in full in the Press Reader here.
Watch Woodwind composer perform in virtual reality
The featured photograph showcases where composer Stefan Fraunberger spent his time for indoor inspiration in creating one of the key tracks for the film, Woodwind. Through the window, the Austrian musician had a beautiful view of the river Ganges in Varanasi as the sounds of the people on the ghats filtered into his two studio rooms….
Q & A with sound mixer Marcel Duvenage
We caught up with Woodwind’s sound mixer and recordist Marcel Duvenage, who shares his insight on the most important aspect on the fiction feature, the power of sound and music. Question: Do you relate to Bonifaz’s passion for recording the sounds of nature? Marcel Duvenage: I definitely relate to that part of Bonifaz’s character, in…
Woodwind: An experience in the art of music
There’s over a dozen music tracks in the feature film Woodwind, writes director Fin Manjoo. Looking through it now, I wanted the audience to feel as if they’ve experienced a unique, extraordinary journey in music. Of course we have the journey of the central character, Bonifaz in India. Now, I’m talking about what we hear,…
Manjoo wrote Woodwind listening to Arvo Part and Fraunberger
We already read how the story of Woodwind was initially researched while inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven in Vienna in 2006. I’d listen to all Beethoven’s Symphonies, as well as a few piano sonatas, but then Symphonies 3, 4 and 7 became the central focus due to their balletic themes. Instead of taking me closer to Beethoven, research…
Shape interviews soundtrack composer Stefan Fraunberger
The platform for innovative music, Shape, spoke to Woodwind’s soundtrack composer Stefan Fraunberger. Here follows extracts from the Q & A, just before he performs at the CTM Festival in Berlin: On his music in abandoned churches I used to live in one of these Saxon fortress churches built 600, 700 years ago as a protection…
The music editing of Woodwind is complete
The selection and placement of all the music of Woodwind (2017) is done. The music editing proved a mammoth task when you consider that Woodwind is a film essentially about sound and music. Then consider the soundtrack extends nearly all the way across about 160 minutes of running time. There’s a wide selection of musical approaches…
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