Deutscher Filmpreis
(German Film Awards)

Info

The German Film Awards, founded in 1951, are the most famous and most generously endowed awards for German films. Until 1998, the prize was awarded by the German Minister of the Interior, since 1999 by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media. The trophy awarded since 1999 is the “Lola”, a statuette with a female form. The official awards show, modeled on the Oscar night, is held in the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden.

Starting situation

In June of 1999, the German Film Awards were to be held for the first time as part of a glamorous TV gala to rival Oscar night in Hollywood. For the nearly four-hour mega-event, which brought together the crème de la crème of German culture, the German Federal Film Board commissioned production company Schwanstein AG which wanted a Hollywood-grade soundtrack that would encompass the whole evening, from the arrival of the guests to the winner’s anthem up to the grand finale with all the prize-winners.

Implementation

After being briefed by the production company, amp composed the theme song, presenting it for three areas of application – the grand opening, the winner jingle, and the closer – and recommending a large symphony orchestra to play it, unostentatiously enhanced with synthetic drum loops.

Result

With the cooperation of 72 members of the Bavarian State Orchestra, and after completing the extensive arranging and orchestrating work, as well as mixing the sound in the company’s own studio, the power and grandeur of the music embedded this award ceremony in a superb context.