In 2024, Marcel Barsotti made his debut as a film director with the highly acclaimed short film ‘Transformation’, an elaborate science fiction production made with artificial intelligence that deals with the question of the extent to which life can find peace in this universe or whether living beings are fundamentally capable of doing so permanently. The film received the ‘Best Short International’ award at the Rome Independent Film Festival, the ‘Best AI Film’ award at the Austrian Independent Film Festival, the ‘Best Trendsetter Award’ at the Lift-Off Film Festival in London and the ‘Best Director’ award at the Science Fiction & Screenplay Film Festival in Los Angeles. The film is also currently in competition at 18 international film festivals.

TRANSFORMATION | The Movie

Multi-award winning composer Marcel Barsotti is an impressive and extraordinary talent who creates powerful individual film scores and electronic music that expand the possibilities of storytelling. The composer is known for a wide range of international projects, from the impressive highly awarded international drama La Línea Imaginaria (2023), to the acclaimed Constantin Production Pope Joan (2009) and The Miracle of Bern (2003), the dystopian thriller Forgiveness (2022), to the Warner family entertainment comedy Jesus Loves Me (2012) and to the german documentary Germany. A Summer`s fairytale (2006).

Barsotti‘s numerous more than 80 wins & nominations include the German Record Critics Award, Rome & Madrid International Movie Award, New York Cinematography Award, Goldspire International Film Award, Atlantis Moondance Award, nominations at the Cannes World Film Festival, International Sound & Film Music Festival, Next Generation Indie Film Awards, Global Film Festival Los Angeles, German Television Award, German Film Academy Award, German Film Critics Award and the German Music Authors Award.

Since 1995 Barsotti has composed the scores for more than 100 national and international movies & commercials. During these years he worked with famous directors and producers like Sönke Wortmann, Günter Rohrbach, Caroline Link, Luc Besson-Production, Carl Schenkel, Josée Dayan, Eberhard Junkersdorf and Hark Bohm.

From 1982 – 1988 he studied composition, piano, conducting and clarinet at the Conservatory of Munich in Germany. He is also contributing to the worldwide ethnic Sample Library Ethno World. In 2017 he founded the production music company Tunesformovies.

From 2019 – 2022 Barsotti released his first electronic solo albums Transpicuous, Earth & YOX, as well as the orchestral cycle Americana. In 2023 Barsotti started with his first orchestral concert tour.

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