Vincent Gillioz

Vincent Gillioz was born in the French speaking city of Geneva, Switzerland. With music always present in his life, he grew up playing guitar in heavy metal bands. Refining his musical education, he moved on to Jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston, earning a dual bachelor's degree - Summa Cum Laude - in Film Scoring & Performance (Guitar). Upon graduation from Berklee, Vincent returned to Switzerland to study composition and orchestration at the Geneva Conservatory of Music, Here he was awarded Highest Distinctions; the first in his curriculum to receive such an honor in 15 years.

Gillioz moved to Los Angeles in the summer of 2001. Shortly thereafter, he scored his first feature film and assisted renowned film composer William Goldstein. He also met one of his favorite composers, Golden Globe-nominee, Christopher Young, who, impressed by his music, became Vincent's mentor.

A recipient of many scholarships, Vincent was the only composer recommended by Young for the 2002 Sundance Institute, where he had the opportunity to work under the supervision of noted film composers Edward Shearmur, Rolfe Kent, George S. Clinton, Mark Isham, and Thomas Newman, among others. Since then Vincent has been working without pause, scoring no less than 32 features in the last 6 years, winning two Gold Medals (2005 and 2006) and one Silver Medal (2008) for his scores at The Park City Film Music Festival, being awarded the SUISA Prize for Best Score (God's Waiting List) in 2005 at the 58th Locarno International Film Festival, and the Moondance Columbine award for his score to Pray For Morning at the 2007 Moondance International Film Festival, while two of his other scores made it to the semi-final of the competition. His rapid success has been the subject of two documentaries.