2WEI

2WEI or 2WEI Music is a composer team founded by Christian Vorländer and Simon Heeger in early 2016. The group is based in Hamburg, Germany.[1] Their music has been featured in numerous movie trailers including Wonder Woman and Darkest Hour. Their music has also been featured on numerous animations including those of the popular "Dream SMP" animator, "SAD-IST".

2WEI
Simon Heeger and Christian Vorländer
Background information
OriginHamburg, Germany
GenresTrailer music, production music, electronic, film scores
Years active2016–present
LabelsPosition Music
Website2wei.audio
Members
  • Christian Vorländer
  • Simon Heeger

Background

Christian Vorländer and Simon Heeger have known each other since college, after which they pursued different career paths. Vorländer began working for Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL in Los Angeles,[2] while Heeger worked at advertising music houses like Mophonics and Yessian.[3]

Vorländer returned to Germany in 2015, and in 2016 they joined forces and formed 2WEI, combining their skills from the advertising and film score music world.[4][5]

Since then, the group has had a continuous success, licensing their tracks for various promotional campaigns.

The composer duo has had their tracks promoted to various trailer houses and music editors by Position Music, the label which they are currently working with.[6] Soon after, their music was chosen to be featured in various major Hollywood movie trailers.

Licensing credits

Movie trailers

Major movie trailers include: Wonder Woman, Tomb Raider,[7][8] Ghost in the Shell, War for the Planet of the Apes, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Darkest Hour, Mortal Engines and Hellboy.

Game trailers

2WEI has 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.

Advertising

2WEI's music has been featured in ads for Lufthansa, Audi, Mercedes,[9] FILA, Samsung,Facebook,BMW and more. In 2018 they were awarded with the Golden Lion in Cannes for the best composition.

Discography

See also

References
  1. "Tête-à-Tête with 2WEI". Akkurat. Vol. 2. p. 3.
  2. "Tête-à-Tête with 2WEI". Akkurat. Vol. 2. p. 7.
  3. "Tête-à-Tête with 2WEI". Akkurat. Vol. 2. pp. 7, 11.
  4. "Tête-à-Tête with 2WEI". Akkurat. Vol. 2. p. 9.
  5. "How Hamburg's 2WEI Music Is Bringing Hollywood Scores to Adland". Little Black Book.
  6. "Tête-à-Tête with 2WEI". Akkurat. Vol. 2. p. 19.
  7. "Covered: 2WEI x DESTINY'S CHILD - "Survivor" from TOMB RAIDER (2018)". The Rock Father Magazine.
  8. "20 somber cover songs used in movie trailers, ranked". Entertainment Weekly.
  9. "Top Spot of the Week: Sehsucht Produces "First Of A New Kind" For Mercedes, Lukas Lindemann Rosinski". SHOOT.
  10. "Escape Velocity - Album by 2WEI". Spotify. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  11. "Sequels - Album by 2WEI". Spotify. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  12. "Mortal Kombat Anthem - Single by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  13. Warriors, retrieved 2020-07-24
  14. "Emergence - Album by 2WEI feat. Ali Christenhusz". Spotify. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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