AWARDS
German Record Critics Award FOR "THE OUTRUN"
“John Gürtler and Jan Miserre show again and again how innovative and versatile film music can be. With the music for “The Outrun” they expanded the boundaries of sound design by merging electronic club tracks with orchestral music and using rare instruments such as the Ondes Martenot and the Cristal Baschet. The mixture of club tracks and orchestral elements runs through the entire soundtrack and is reminiscent of legendary scores from the 60s and 70s, where everything – from ethnic instruments to crazy effects – was combined. This is exactly what makes the sound of Gürtler and Miserre so special.”
GERMAN FILM AWARDS 2022 - LOLA IN GOLD FOR BEST SOUND FOR "NO ONE’S WITH THE CALVES"
(with Dominik Leube, Jonathan Schorr, Gregor Bonse)
CAMILLE AWARDS 2021 - BEST ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC SCORE/ JOHN GÜRTLER FOR "SYSTEM CRASHER"
GERMAN FILM CRITICS’ AWARDS - BEST MUSIC: JOHN GÜRTLER & JAN MISERRE - "A PURE PLACE“
“Without music there would hardly be an atmospheric space: it intensifies or softens the moods shown in the pictures by dominantly overlaying them or subtly undermining them. The musical color space of emotion is set in motion here and constantly newly accentuated: from gentle bells in painful suppression, which yearn for freedom, to fine experimental disharmony, which – not only, but also – underline pathological desires, to hard bass of a reality that still exists. The sounds themselves are sometimes ludicrously caught between dark and pure. In mysteriously floating intertwinings, which together with “Hansel and Gretel” make the fairytale atmospheric landscapes experienceable in a variety of ways.” Laudation: Tina Waldeck (Frankfurter Rundschau)”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 2019 FOR "SYSTEM CRASHER" AT THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
The jury states: “The music in SYSTEM CRASHER is modern, virtuosic, impulsive and surprising. John Gürtler has transformed the unspeakable into music. Where words are no longer possible, his film music manages to function as a non-verbal language, reflecting the inside of the protagonist and carrying the viewer along with it”.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE AND SOUND DESIGN FOR "SYSTEM CRASHER" - FILMKUNST MV 2019
1ST TALENT AWARD AT DOK.FEST MUNICH 2016 FOR THE PROJECT "STRAY DOGS"
GERMAN FILM MUSIC AWARD 2014
BEST SONG IN A FILM FÜR "WHAT LOVE IS" (PARTY OF EIGHT)
The jury states: “The nominated song appears at the end of the film, as an epilogue of sorts. It has everything you might look for in this category, “Best song in a film soundtrack”: Its tone, its vibe hits us right where the film left us off; it sounds wonderful and it’s very well produced, without ever losing its edginess. It has all the qualities of a catchy tune, enrichening the film and blowing a breath of fresh air into it.”
"GERMAN DOCUMENTARY MUSIC AWARD" 2015 FOR "ABOVE AND BELOW"
The jury states: “The film music by John Gürtler, Jan Miserre and Lars Voges is striking in its complexity and dramatic potency. The musical element develops the emotional strength that arises from the narrative and creates discrete dramatic structures that don’t just support the narrative but produce their own narration. In its own way, the work plays on American musical traditions and breathes new life into them. It is versatile, innovative and modern and impressively produced without being ostentatious.”