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2WEI or 2WEI Music (from German "Zwei": "Two", the -ei being pronounced like the English letter i) 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.
2WEI | |
|---|---|
 Simon Heeger and Christian Vorländer | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Hamburg, Germany |
| Genres | Trailer music, production music, electronic, film scores |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Labels | Position Music |
| Members |
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| Website | 2wei |
Background
editChristian 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. Most recently their tracks have been used in a series of animations created by YouTube user SAD-ist, based on events in the Dream SMP, a Minecraft server dedicated to improvisational role-playing. The popularity of these animations resulted in the group providing SAD-ist with an unreleased track to use specifically for her animation, as well as providing the sound design.[6]
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.[7] Soon after, their music was chosen to be featured in various major Hollywood movie trailers.
Licensing credits
editMovie trailers
editMajor movie trailers include: Wonder Woman, Tomb Raider,[8][9] Ghost in the Shell, War for the Planet of the Apes, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Darkest Hour, Mortal Engines,Les trois mousquetaires - D'artagnan, Hellboy, and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
Game trailers
edit2WEI 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, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Onmyoji, Garena Free Fire, War Thunder and many more. On 9 January 2020, 2WEI presented, as an association with Edda Hayes and Blur Studio, a version of the song Warriors by Imagine Dragons, for it to be the soundtrack of the music video to promote the season of 2020 of the videogame League of Legends (Riot Games). On May 24, 2023, the track "Echoes" is used for the PlayStation Showcase final trailer (concluding the presentation).
Advertising
edit2WEI's music has been featured in ads for Lufthansa, Audi, Mercedes,[10] FILA, Samsung, Facebook, BMW, Calgary Flames, and more. In 2018 they were awarded with the Golden Lion in Cannes for the best composition.[11]
Television
Gangsta's Paradise from the 2017 album "Escape Velocity" was featured on the intro to Season 19: Episode 19: "The Finale Performances" of America's Got Talent.
Discography
edit- 2017: 2WEI — "Escape Velocity"[12]
- 2018: 2WEI — "Sequels"[13]
- 2019: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Bassjackers and 2WEI — "Mortal Kombat (Anthem)"[14]
- 2020: League of Legends, 2WEI and Edda Hayes — "Warriors"[15]
- 2020: 2WEI feat. Ali Christenhusz — "Emergence"[16]
- 2021: 2WEI, Edda Hayes — "Pandora"
- 2021: 2WEI, Edda Hayes — "Burn"
- 2021: 2WEI — "Kill The Crown"
- 2021: 2WEI, Schepetkov — "Shape of My Heart"
- 2021: 2WEI and Edda Hayes — "Blindside"
- 2021: 2WEI, Edda Hayes and Ali Christenhusz — "What a Wonderful World"
- 2021: VALORANT, 2WEI feat. Ali Christenhusz — "KAY/O"
- 2021: Onmyoji, 2WEI feat. Elena Westermann — "Broken Hero"
- 2022: Onmyoji, 2WEI feat. Elena Westermann — "Internal Burn"
- 2022: 2WEI, Tommee Profitt, Fleurie — "Mad World"
- 2022: League of Legends, 2WEI and Edda Hayes — "The Call"
- 2022: 2WEI, Schepetkov — "Taina"
- 2022: Tumult Kollektiv, 2WEI, Alan McDermott — Destruction AllStars (Original Video Game Soundtrack)[17]
- 2023: 2WEI, Riot Forge, League of Legends, and Ali Christenhusz — "Lightbringer"
- 2023: Onmyoji, 2WEI feat. Elena Westermann — "Cycle of Life"
- 2024: League of Legends, 2WEI, Forts, Tiffany Aris — "Still Here"
- 2024: 2WEI — "Wellerman Sea Shanty (Skull and Bones Version)"
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Tête-à-Tête with 2WEI". Akkurat. Vol. 2. p. 3.
- ^ "Tête-à-Tête with 2WEI". Akkurat. Vol. 2. p. 7.
- ^ "Tête-à-Tête with 2WEI". Akkurat. Vol. 2. pp. 7, 11.
- ^ "Tête-à-Tête with 2WEI". Akkurat. Vol. 2. p. 9.
- ^ "How Hamburg's 2WEI Music Is Bringing Hollywood Scores to Adland". Little Black Book.
- ^ @SAD_istfied (April 2, 2021). "HEY!! Deffo give @2WEIMUSIC and @marvinbrooksii some love" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Tête-à-Tête with 2WEI". Akkurat. Vol. 2. p. 19.
- ^ "Covered: 2WEI x DESTINY'S CHILD - "Survivor" from TOMB RAIDER (2018)". The Rock Father Magazine. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
- ^ "20 somber cover songs used in movie trailers, ranked". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ "Top Spot of the Week: Sehsucht Produces "First Of A New Kind" For Mercedes, Lukas Lindemann Rosinski". SHOOT. 19 July 2017.
- ^ @PositionMusic (June 27, 2018). "It was great to be with @2WEIMUSIC last week as they won a Cannes Golden Lion for Best Original Composition" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Escape Velocity - Album by 2WEI". Spotify. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Sequels - Album by 2WEI". Spotify. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Mortal Kombat Anthem - Single by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Warriors, retrieved 2020-07-24
- ^ "Emergence - Album by 2WEI feat. Ali Christenhusz". Spotify. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Destruction AllStars (Original Video Game Soundtrack) by Tumult Kollektiv on Apple Music". Apple Music. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2024.