Mark Tschanz
Biography
Los Angeles 2009
Mark Tschanz studied classical piano as a youth in his native Switzerland and France. Naturally rebelling as a teen, he took up guitar, joined a rock band and toured Europe. His quest for further academic musical knowledge brought him to Berklee College of Music in Boston. While studying music theory and composition, Mark began to develop his own sound and began performing as a solo artist on the music circuit in Los Angeles playing regularly at The Flaming Colossus and Club Lingerie.
FILMS:
(eight) segment : “Reduce Child Mortality” director: Gus van Sant
“FINAL SONG”
Feature Score Composer for Crystal Sky Productions.
Dir: Stuart Paul
“2:37”
(aka: “two-thirty-7”) Feature Score Composer.
Written & directed by Murali K. Thuralli.(Australia). Competing in the “un certain regard” category at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Feature score David Scheinmann’s first feature film.
Additional Music (Theme and Credits) for Lynne Hershman;s Feature
Starring Tilda Swinton in 4 roles.
Feature score Composer:
Feature written & directed by Terence Gross; Film Four/Canal+
Single “THIS IS THE LIFE”In Bemardo Bertolucci’s
‘STEALING BEAUTY’, starring Liv Tyler and Jeremy Irons.
directed by Raphael Zielinsky
Full score –Film was winner of two special Jury prizes at the
Sundance Film Festival, USA
Winner -Best American Feature at Berlin Film Festival
“PRESENT SPIRITS”
TV Chrismas Movie Score for Channel 4 (UK).
Song TANGO
featured in the film “IMPULSE” with Theresa Russell
Directed by Sondra Locke.
“SHOCKWAVE”
by Condon Bros. a full score for feature (Hawaii )
SHORTS:
"ON ROAD" Second Short for MTV/Diamond Bullet Prod -
Scott Rawsthorne Dir.
".357” Short for MTV/Diamond Bullet Prod -
Scott Rawsthorne Dir.
-Won Best short NY Film Festival 2005
“POINT OF DEPARTURE” Dir: Michelle Barber.
“MY GIRLFRIEND AND I” and “THE OVERCOAT”
2 short films by J.Riggall.
“NOTHING IS BLUE” Short Film Score. / Dir: Polly Steele.
“THE SIN-EATER” Score for BBC/ Ch4 co-production.
Short film directed by Terence Gross
TRAILERS: Various Trailers, such as: ROBOT WARS, TRANCERS, WARLOCK, THE PUNISHER…etc
ALBUMS
“BLUE DOG” on Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Records.
5 Tracks on Polish artist ANITA LIPNICKA's first and second solo album (1.4Million Sold in Poland)
“I’VE NEVER BEEN TO MEMPHIS” music for Billie Ray Martin.
Soundtrack album for some of the films scored as well as featured on some compilations etc
BALLET
Composed music for Trazom Hanz Beer ballet based on pieces for Danny Ezralow's troupe ISO for
MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL.
Performed in New York for Mozart’s bicentennial at the LincolnCentre.
Full music dance company The Movers
for their ‘Mountains In Your Face
The company toured Europe and Japan with this show.
COMMERCIALS
BUCHERER (CH)- RIMOWA (WW) – JNF (IS) - AQUAFRESHx2(PanEuro) - OLYMPUSx1(UK)
- INTERCONT’L HOTELS (CNN/World) - BLACK&DECKER (PAN EUROPE) - STREPS (World) - LYNX /Phoenix
(UK) - CAMEL (Europe) - McDONALDS (Germany) – McCAINS (UK) – WOOLWORTH (UK) – FREESERVE (UK)
- TIA MARIA (UK) – RADOX (UK) – MARTINI (UK) – BMW (UK) - RED MAGAZINE(UK) – RENAULT (Spain) –
CITROEN (France) – MILKA (Brazil/Germany) - SINGAPORE AIR (Various) – MARTINI (UK) – MOBIL (Asia/Europe)…
And more earlier, such as…Idents, TV Spots and themes for many others :…”Rock the Vote” (MTV) –
“Surfing Magazine”- Disney Channel – Playboy Channel
FASHION SHOWS
for Michele Lamy In LA & NY
lNCIDENTAL & TV MUSIC:
Score for “KINGS OF CONSTRUCTION” (UK Title) “EXTREME ENGINEERING”(US Title):
- 6 episodes in 2006 (“NY’s “South Ferry Station” and “Tunnel No3”,”The Hallandas Tunnel”, JFK’s
“Jet Blue Terminal”, “Hoover Dam Bridge” and
the “CAS in San Fracisco” )
- 6 episodes in 2005 ( “Snovit”/ “Mexico”/”Hong Kong”/”Dubai”/”Woodrow-Wilson” /”Gotthard”)
for the Discovery Channel.
Score “PEVSNER SERIES” Channel 5 (UK)
Architecture / History show.
Score “Dr TATIANA’s ADVICE TO ALL CREATION” 3x1hour Series UK/Canada (+2 Songs) Discovery Channel.
EWAN AND THE BEARS (and other titles) Ewan Mc Gregor documentary on Polar Bears for BBC
Choice/Tiger Aspect-(UK) and PBS –(US)
Six “Sponsored Films” for CNN – 3 Buenos Aires and 3 Paris.
BAYWATCH :
2 Songs “THIS IS THE LIFE’ & ‘HAPPY’ featured In episodes 136 and 140 of the series.
THEMES for UK TV shows BBC as well as Channel 4 shows…:
‘ONE LAST CHANCE”
(with Carol Vorderman)…
“THE RESTAURANT SHOW” (Ch4)…
“HIGHEST BIDDER”
(auctions show/ Don Boyd
director./BBC)…etc
RFM (National Radio France);
International/regional news & other features
Arriving in London he signed with manager John Wadlow (Seal, Peach..etc.) and secured recording and publishing deals with Warner Elektra Atlantic and EMI Publishing respectively. Mark was a prolific writer for EMI for several years thereafter. His songs written for Anita Lipnicka brought her album sales to very nearly 2 millions albums in Poland alone.
Bernardo Bertolucci discovered Mark during the making of Stealing Beauty and had him write a song (The Life) for the film. Many more tracks would find their way into numerous television shows in the U.S. as well as the UK dance charts as remixes.
However, it was the opportunity to write to film that sparked Mark's interest. During the time that followed in London,
Mark scored independent short films and documentaries for television, composing for the BBC, Channel 4 and The Discovery Channel.
Full feature film scores including Hotel Splendide (Toni Colette, Daniel Craig) for FilmFour/Canal+ and Teknolust (Tilda Swinton) as well as Independents West Wittering Affair and Fun, nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the dramatic competition and awarded 2 Jury prizes for technical acting at the1995 Sundance Film Festival.
2006 brought Mark back to Los Angeles to score the indie feature, Two thirty 7 (aka: 2:37), two documentaries for television and Gus Van Sant's segment for the multi-director production 8 (aka: eight).
In 2009 Mark started a new association with Halfpipe Entertainment, where he is represented by Lee Scheinbaum.
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