Mark Baechle
Mark Baechle (alternately spelled Mark Bächle, born June 25, 1977) is a Swiss composer based in New York City.
Mark Baechle | |
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| Born | June 25, 1977 Basel, Switzerland |
| Other names | Mark Bächle |
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Baechle was born in Basel, Switzerland. He studied film scoring at Berklee College of Music in Boston.[1][2]
Career
[edit | edit source]After college, Baechle moved to New York. At the outset of his career, he assisted Academy Award-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal in New York and started to work as an orchestrator for a number of well-known score composers.[3][4][5][6] He subsequently established his own career as a composer for film and television, writing scores for documentaries, short films, and series.[1]
In 2024, Baechle composed the score for the short film Edge of Space,[7][8] which was shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards in the Live Action Short Film category.[9][10]
Also in 2024, Baechle co-composed (with Marcus Bagalà) the score for the feature-length documentary Clemente, which premiered at SXSW.[11]
Baechle's score for the Swiss period drama Frieda's Case (Friedas Fall), directed by Maria Brendle, was also released in 2024. The film centers on a historical court case from 1904 and premiered at the 20th Zurich Film Festival to critical acclaim.[12][13]
Awards
[edit | edit source]Baechle received the 2021 Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for his work on the KCET documentary series Tending Nature: Preserving the Desert with the Native American Land Conservancy.[14]
Select credits
[edit | edit source]- Edge of Space (short film, 2024) – composer[7][8]
- Clemente (feature documentary, 2024) – co-composer (with Marcus Bagalà)
- Frieda's Case (*Friedas Fall*) (feature film, 2024) – composer[15][16]
- Max Dagan (feature film, 2024) - composer
- Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae (series, 2024) - co-composer (with Robert Mirabal)
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