A selection of photographs from our productions, past and present, recording sessions and creative work. Depending on the scope and requirements of a project, we also work on location and at specialised studios worldwide, from orchestral arranging and recording sessions to large-scale film mixing and other professional production environments.
Cinematic Fairytale is equipped to work wherever a project requires us, combining the flexibility of our own studios with the expertise, facilities and production environments of established studios and international partners.
For Evelin Illenseer, a former contestant on Germany’s popular national television singing competition DSDS - Deutschland sucht den Superstar, Sylvio Pretsch composed Kriegerin, a powerful and evocative soundtrack that went on to become the signature soundtrack of the Women’s Business Iftar 2026 charity event. The track was unveiled to guests at the event in February 2026 at Manufaktur Mannheim. (Photos: Julian Ebinal, Women's Business Iftar, QueenScaling GmbH)
Joanna Bates and Sylvio Pretsch composed Perpetual Flame, a soundtrack created for Lithuanian soprano Vilme Remezaite. The piece premiered on 6 October 2025 as part of Berlin Meets Itself! 2025 at Kesselhaus Berlin. (Photo: Kauffmann Berlin)
Studio recordings with soprano Vilma Remezaite, cellist Isabella Olivia Branco and pianist Eleonora Kotlibulatova.
Photo: Sylvio Pretsch (Cinematic Fairytale), Vilma Remezaite (soprano), Eleonora Kotlibulatova (pianist), Isabella Olivia Branco (cellist), Simon Dupp (recordist, Trixx Tonstudios)
Raise the Glass is a song that blends dream pop and soul, written and composed by Kate Maison. Arranged and produced by Sylvio Pretsch. (Photo: Kauffmann Berlin)
Audio post-production in 2020 for the feature documentary “Anton Bruckner: A Giant in the Making”: sound editing, sound design, original audio clean-up and restoration, final mix for television, pre-mix for theatrical mixing, and final theatrical mix at the Dolby Atmos Studios, MMZ Halle (Saale).
The majority of the audio post-production, including the final broadcast mix, took place at digim GmbH in one of its magnificent historic studios – the former Studio Halle of Fernsehen der DDR (East German Television).