Academy Award® nominated sound artist Herwig Maurer, recognized for his work on the film “Apocalypto,” has signed with LA-based music house Visual Music. His unique sensibilities have attracted the film and TV worlds where he has created sound design and atmospheric soundscapes for major motion pictures such as “Zombieland,” “Passion of the Christ,” “Hostel,” “Easy A,” “Secretariat” and many others.
“Adding a world class sound painter like Herwig,” says Visual Music Creative Director Tom Seufert, “is a perfect sonic fit with our roster of star composers John Swihart, Bear McCreary and Transcenders.” Maurer’s signing comes on the heels of recent Visual Music signings including Taang! Records and KCRW Discovery Big Moves.
Austrian born Herwig Maurer is a classic renaissance man, whose eclectic career continues to morph and transform across a wide range of disciplines. After fronting a punk band in his hometown Salzburg and releasing a self-produced album at age 16, Maurer ventured further into the world of production and industrial sound. Upon his move to the US in the 90’s, he released numerous electronic and techno records on international as well as US labels while flunking his final piano exam at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Extensive studies in metaphysics and alternative philosophies found expression in Herwig’s soundscapes, music as well as his visual art. He’s an accomplished painter and photographer, exhibiting in the So Cal area and currently hosting underground art shows at his own Pacific N3xus Gallery in Venice Beach.
About VISUAL MUSIC
Visual Music is a boutique music house and record label encompassing an extraordinary group of talented artists including John Swihart (Napoleon Dynamite), Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica), Transcenders (Gossip Girl), Academy Award nominated sound designer Herwig Maurer and a select group of “emerging artists” and award winning staff composers.
Creative director/executive producer Tom Seufert‘s mission is to deliver inspired creative innovation to clients by exploring diverse musical possibilities within Visual Music‘s roster. Seufert has written for one of the Beatles (Ringo), co-written with Glen Frey (The Eagles) and Trevor Rabin (Yes) and written/produced songs and underscores for more than 1000 TV commercials, film trailers, interactive games and web sites as well as TV and film projects.
For more on Visual Music please visit: www.visualmusicartists.com.
