{"id":9483,"date":"2025-02-26T08:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spotfilmmusic.com\/?page_id=9483"},"modified":"2025-02-26T08:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:33:30","slug":"bio-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spotfilmmusic.com\/?page_id=9483","title":{"rendered":"Bio – English"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ascenseur pour l\u2019\u00e9chafaud <\/strong> – by the great french director Louis Malle. Paris. Jeanne Moreau stumbling through the night … Rain … Grainy black and white … then … THE MUSIC …\u00a0Miles Davis<\/b>.<\/p>

I was 16 and living in the middle of Germany. Thought about studying physics … or something with … After watching this I wanted to write filmmusic. And play jazz.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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And that’s what I did, studying the double bass at the best music university of the country. Immediatly I was busy: Big Band,\u00a0Junge Deutsche Philharmonie<\/b>, … Suddenly Kurt Edelhagen<\/strong>\u00a0(German equivalent of Quincy Jones) wanted me for his Big Band.\u00a0And\u00a0Friedrich Gulda<\/b>. With Don Cherry<\/strong>. I played with\u00a0Sagmeister<\/b>\u00a0and K\u00fcttner<\/b> – two crazies of my own age – and the\u00a0Goethe Institut<\/b> sent us around the whole world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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But, … I still wanted to write my own music….<\/p>

An incredible coincidence, … I shared an Appartement with a graphic designer for germany’s biggest tv station: WDR<\/b>. Not next floor, but next room! And one day she asked me if I’d like to write a bit of music for \u00a0them. And that I did. Hundreds of jingles, beds, documentaries, ….<\/p>

But, … I still wanted to play jazz ….<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Manfred Schoof<\/strong> – my Professor – wanted me for his band. And told\u00a0Klaus Doldinger<\/strong> about me. Suddenly I was in Munich all the time. And played with \u00a0PASSPORT<\/strong>. And Brian Auger. And Art Farmer, Billy Cobham, Alphonse Mouzon…. With Alex Schlippenbach I played Carnegie Hall.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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But, … Ascenseur pour l\u2019\u00e9chafaud<\/strong> … I still wanted to write film scores. Not just playing Doldinger’s und Schoof“s soundtracks in the studios. As much fun as that was….<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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But that was difficult in Cologne. So I moved to Munich full time, …. and was immediatly booked for three movies by germany’s top director Jo Baier<\/strong>. And Konrad Sabrautzky<\/strong>. And Xaver Schwarzenberger, Olaf Kreinsen, Caroline Link,<\/strong> \u2026. who I travvelled to the Oscars with in 1996. Our movie Beyond Silence<\/strong> was nominated! But the Oscar we were to get just a few years later for\u00a0Nowhere in Africa<\/b>. When we didn’t fly to Hollywood….<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Writing the score for more than 200 feature films is impossible while working as a touring musician.<\/p>

The old guys have a (german) saying: „You write, you stay!“<\/p>

So I focused on composing. I also wanted to have a family. Very difficult for touring musicians, not so much for a stay at home composer.<\/p>

Since then I live in Schlehdorf, right next (20 meters) to the alpine mountains. And to balance the brain-centric composing I am an active member in the Bavarian Mountain Rescue.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Writing music is not so different to writing scripts. Conducting has similarities to directing. 2010 I won two US film awards\u00a0as a director<\/b> – but 2014 an executive of ZDF<\/strong>, told me I am too old for directing\u2026..<\/p>

Strange, … at 59 I thought \u00a0I was slowly joining this broadcasters audience age group\u2026.<\/p>

So I am back playing concerts. With my own film scores. And writing new scores. And got elected onto the board<\/strong> of GEMA <\/strong>2015 to 2024.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Because \u2026. Ascenseur pour l\u2019\u00e9chafaud<\/strong> … I still want to play\u00a0Jazz. And write film music.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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