17-10-2022
EP02: Simon Heeger (2WEI Music) - Composer, Company, & Brand.
Welcome to Episode two of the Europe In Synch podcast.I'm Paul Cheetham and today I'll be talking with Simon Heeger of Hamburg-based, 2WEI Music.2WEI is a composer team founded by two award-winning composers Christian Vorländer and Simon Heeger. Best known for their award-winning Epic Trailer Music, 2WEI has over 100 Million streams to their name, including cinematic cover songs of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” and Destiny Child’s “Survivor”. 2WEI’s music has been featured in big-budget trailers and cinematics for Wonder Woman, Tomb Raider, League of Legends, Assassin’s Creed, Mortal Engines, Mad Max, and more. In 2018, Simon and Christian were awarded with a Golden Lion in Cannes for best composition.Europe In Synch is created, managed, promoted, and driven by several European organizations and companies and is truly a cross-border collaboration.The goals are to bring together young professionals from the music sector with decision-makers from film and advertising to provide a real-life, hands-on, learning experience, as well as promoting European music in the complex field of synchronization. This is achieved through various forms of communication, knowledge-building and networking via focused mentoring and peer training sessions.We recorded this conversation at the Karostar Musikhaus during Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg on 22.09.2022.We hope you enjoy the episode and thank you for listening!If you have questions, ideas, requests, recommendations, or general feedback, feel free to contact us at feedback@europeinsynch.net.MORE INFO:Please note that there should be a full transcription of this podcast available for you to follow while listening to the audio.Find out more about our guest:2WEI Music website: https://2wei.audio2WEI on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2WEIMUSIC2WEI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/2WEIMUSIC2WEI on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/2WEI on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/2wei2WEI on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/Here are the relevant links to start following Europe In Synch on social media and through the newsletter.Europe In Synch website: https://europeinsynch.netEurope In Synch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EuropeinSynchEurope In Synch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/europeinsynchEurope In Synch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/europeinsynchEurope In Synch on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeinsynchThe Intro/Outro music is an edit of "Gimme" (instrumental) by Daffodils.They're here on Soundcloud.Europe In Synch is co-funded by the European Union.This is a SuperSwell production on behalf of Europe In Synch.