Film Music

This nature documentary shows the wonderful world of insects in impressive images.  The number of Insects is dwindling dramatically worldwide, even though those little miracles are essential for our survival. The film accompanies Maria Furtwängler on her search for the reasons for the global extinction of insects.

The soundtracks contains several sounds of insects, such as buzzing mosquitos, bugs and crickets, that fit in the rhythm and harmonies of the music.

This nature documentary by Klaus Weißmann and Wilma Kock takes us to the German Wendland: a region where rural idylls still exist. It shows an old cultivated land in which wild animals, nature conservation and traditional country life still play an important role today.

The film's title song is in "polabisch", a very early and centuries-extinct form of the German language, once spoken by the Wends, after whom the Wendland is named.

German crime series with exciting new cases and a modern, electronic soundtrack.

Joint production with my wonderful colleagues Anna-Marlene Bicking, Christian Biegai and Kerim König.

Transylvania, Romania: There are more bears here than anywhere else in Europe. Over time, the animals have learned to adapt to their human environment. Every year the number of incidents increases and coexistence becomes increasingly dangerous, both for humans and bears.

This documentary follows a mother bear and her three cubs.

Once, there were Rhinos living on almost every continent. Today, the prehistoric giants are on the edge of extinction.

The filmmakers Rosie Koch & Roland Gockel show touching footage of a small Ugandan white rhino family – consisting of the pregnant rhino mother Malaika and her two-year-old son Elias. The film accompanies the endangered animals and shows the birth of a rhino calf in the wild for the first time ever. An event that will change a lot in the life of little Elias.

Award Winner: German Wildlife Film Award 2023

Award Winner: Deutscher Naturfilmpreis 2023

Award Winner: Mangrove Leave Award 2023

Nominee: Greenscreen Int. Wildlife Film Festival 2023

Nominee: Lonely Wolf Int. Film Festival 2023

Nominee: S.O.F.A. Film Festival 2023

Nominee: Festival International du Film Ornithologique 2023

Nominee: Festival International Nature Namur 2023

Horst Krause picks up a little child on the wintry road in Brandenburg and brings her back to the children's home in the neighbouring town. This sets off a series of events that bring quite a lot of new guests to Schönhorst during Advent season.

A special part of the soundtrack is the song "Make This House a Home" that I wrote for the film, beautifully performed by our main child actress Luca Marie Lenkewitz.

Hamburg 1923. While a storm is bringing the city to it's knees, a man roams the streets, driven by his greatest longing - love. He finds it in a hospital, injured and paralyzed. But his longing remains unfulfilled. The pain is followed by deeds, the deeds are followed by wounds that never will heal.

The soundtrack combines modern, sinister electronic soundscapes with old school film scoring elements, providing a disturbing atmosphere for this intense thriller.

Best Short Film (Paris Film Awards)
Best Short Film (Florence Film Awards)
Best Thriller (New York Movie Awards)
Finalist (City Film Festival Stockholm)

Lynxes, European minks, gophers and terrapins are among the rarest animals in the world. Thanks to several resettlement projects, these species are now about to make their comeback in German nature. The film accompanies individuals of these species on their way back to their original habitats.

Each of the animal protagonists has their own leitmotif in the soundtrack. The music itself is a colorful mix of orchestra, choir, synthesizers, and rather unusual "instruments" such as typewriter, computer mouse and biro.

Best Newcomer (Green Screen Festival)

Great Bustards (Großtrappen) are among the heaviest flying birds on our planet. 30 years ago, those outstandingly impressive animals were on the very edge of extinction: in Brandenburg (Germany), only 50 individuals were left in the early 90s, when a group of scientists and conservationists joined their forces in a common rescue project. Their tireless commitment is proving: extinction can be stopped.

The score consists of numerous layered guitar recordings in many different styles (picking, strumming, bowed, bottle-neck), combined with rather unusual instruments such as throat singers and celesta. This special combination of musical colours creates a mystical wild-west-feel, staging those amazing animals in the vast landscape of Brandenburg.

Deutscher Naturfilmpreis 2021 (Darßer Naturfilmfestival)

The only reliable constant is change. An inconvenient truth, which also Horst Krause has to face in the 8th episode of the well-known and popular German movie series.

The music (score and songs) is handmade in large part and was great fun to produce. Catchy melodies and modern scoring elements coalesce into special themes for special characters.
(Fun fact: I have a short guest appearance in the movie)

43 min. documentary about nature in and around the Königsee (Berchtesgadener Alpen, Bavaria, Germany). Also referred to as the "Bavarian Fjord", the 190m deep Königssee is one of the cleanest lakes in Germany.

The electronic soundtrack (a collaboration with Dominik Eulberg) is vivid, versatile and utterly pure, just as the lake itself.

95 min. documentary (cinema) about the different natural habitats in Germany, from the alps in the south to the seas in the north. This journey through nature is built around breathtaking shots and stunning time-lapse sequences, revealing the beautiful secrets of our flora and fauna.

The soundtrack (a collaboration with Dominik Eulberg) has a clear emphasis on electronic elements and may well be my most electronic score so far. Even though nature and electronic music may seem contradictory, the pulse of both worlds allows music and picture to merge with one another most beautifully.

104 min. drama (cinema) by Bernd Böhlich.
DDR 1952 - After years of political imprisonment in Workuta, Soviet Union, being wrongfully accused by her own political comrades, communist Antonia Berger is finally allowed to come back home. However, the price she has to pay for her freedom is not to tell anyone about the awful experiences of her recent past…
The piano-based soundtrack is inspired by highly romantic piano compositions and tied closely to the protagonist. It captures the tensions evolving from the huge relief of being released from prison on the one hand, and the new political enforcements awaiting Antonia back in the DDR on the other.

93 min. documentary (cinema) by Jan Haft about the impressive diversity of life in our meadows, exploring countless seriuously endangered animals, plants and other barely visible miracles.

The soundtrack is an atmospheric composition of orchestra and choir (composed and produced in close collaboration with Dominik Eulberg), thoroughly mixed with electronical textures and driving synthesizers that emerge more and more throughout the movie.

The vocal solo part in "Quo abiit" has been sung by myself and Lili Haft. The meaning of the Latin lyrics:

"Where has the beauty of meadows dissapeared to?
The meadows I so much loved to play in.

Full of rich diversity,

Full of flowers and animals.

Where has the beauty of meadows dissapeared to?"

45 min. documentary by Jan Haft, presenting Iceland's flora and fauna with numerous outstanding shots.
The electronic aesthetics of the score (composed and produced by me and Dominik Eulberg) merge with the stunning pictures of volcanos und glaciers into an all around impressive documentary.
Listen to the complete Soundtrack and the sounds of Iceland (Ambiance Mix):

90 min. multi award-winning documentary on an innovative horse therapy concept for soldiers suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD/PTBS).
The minimalistic Soundtrack embodies strength, progress, intimacy, graveness and a feel of breathing - one of the most important aspects of the innovative therapeutic approach.