2WEI is a German composer group founded in 2016 by Christian Vorländer and Simon Heeger, known for their works on trailer music for films and games.
About[]
Music has always been important to both Simon and Christian, who met whilst studying in the municipality of Eschede. In 2016, they worked with hans Zimmer.[1]
They have created trailer music for major movies such as Wonder Woman, Tomb Raider,[2] Ghost in the Shell and others. they also composed and remixed music for trailers of League of Legends, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Valorant, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Apex Legends and many more.
In 2018, Simon and Christian were awarded with a Golden Lion in Cannes for best composition.[3]
In recent times, 2WEI's music tracks were used by Filipino animator SAD-ist in her animations covering the Dream SMP. The large popularity of these videos resulted with 2WEI providing SAD-ist with a music track specifically for use in her video Hog Hunt, with which 2WEI also provided the sound design.[4]
Trivia[]
- The group's name is pronounced "zwei",[5] which is German for the number 2.
References[]
- ↑ https://www.lbbonline.com/news/how-hamburgs-zwei-music-is-bringing-hollywood-scores-to-adland
- ↑ https://ew.com/movies/2018/01/27/movie-trailers-cover-songs-ranked/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/PositionMusic/status/1011764632996929541
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SAD_istfied/status/1378015940898656263
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxT1cIP4PJM&lc=Ugwhp2OSea6jN13vZWt4AaABAg.9Nlm_z1Noct9NlzY5LIUal
