Walter Werzowa

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Walter Werzowa (born December 15, 1960) is an Austrian composer, producer and owner of Musikvergnuegen most noted for composing the "Intel bong" jingle and his 80s hit "Bring Me Edelweiss" by Edelweiss.

[edit] Biography

Walter Werzowa was born in Vienna, Austria, where he studied classical guitar and electronic music at Vienna Musik Hochshule[1]. His collaboration with Otto M. Zykan opened doors to contemporary classical music. Walter moved to the USA after Edelweiss where he studied film music at the University of Southern California. He has three children.

[edit] Career

Walter composed and produced the "Intel bong" which is broadcast somewhere in the world every five minutes[2]. Since its conception in 1994, he has re-arranged it to keep it current.

Walter has composed music for many films including most recently "8: Person to Person" Directed by Wim Wenders.

Werzowa scored movie maintitles to "Eraser" (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger), "Taking Lives" (starring Angelina Jolie), "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" (which received a Sundance Film Festival award).