Rapunzel and the Return of the Falcons
ZDF | Provobis Film
Original score
ZDF·Provobis Film
Dir. Christoph Heimer·with Luke Matt Röntgen, Tom Böttcher u. a.
Original score
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ZDFARD DegetoarteBRKiKASuper RTLConstantin FilmCaligari FilmProvobis FilmLieblingsfilmNetflix (release)DreamWorks (orchestration)
Productions
Cinema, television, series
Selected work since 2006. Year, production, director and my role are listed with every title; the full list including short films, stage and audiobook is on the Works page.
What the Finn?!
Lieblingsfilm | hr
Original score, with Ilja Coric
Lieblingsfilm·hr
Dir. Stefan Westerwelle·with Eko Fresh, Leslie Malton u. a.
Original score, with Ilja Coric
Awards
Winner2023 · German Film Critics Award: Best Children’s Film (“What the Finn?!”, score with Ilja Coric)
About the score
soundtrack album 2023
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Dragon Rider
Constantin Film
Original score
Netflix·Constantin Film
Dir. Tomer Eshed·with Patrick Stewart, Felicity Jones u. a.
Original score
About the score
Recorded in Budapest and at AIR Lyndhurst Studios Londonorchestration: Andreas Lange, Mark Baechle, Derik Listemannsoundtrack on Constantin Music
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- The Secret of the Dragon Rider2:20
- The Rim of Heaven2:13
- Dragon Rider2:13
Mich hat keiner gefragt
ZDF | Caligari Film
Original score
ZDF·Caligari Film
Dir. Nico Sommer·with Meike Droste, Elena Uhlig u. a.
Original score
Solness
arte | Schiwago Film
Original score, with Hector Marroquin
arte·Schiwago Film
Dir. Michael Klette·with Thomas Sarbacher, Robert Stadlober u. a.
Original score, with Hector Marroquin
Rübezahls Schatz
ZDF | Provobis Film
Original score
ZDF·Provobis Film
Dir. Stefan Bühling·with Sabin Tambrea, Henriette Confurius u. a.
Original score
Stenzels Bescherung
ARD Degeto | Provobis Film
Original score
ARD Degeto·Provobis Film
Dir. Marc-Andreas Bochert·with Herbert Knaup, Anna Fischer u. a.
Original score
How to Train Your Dragon
Dreamworks Animation
Orchestrator for John Powell
Dreamworks Animation
Music: John Powell
Orchestrator for John Powell
Kryger bleibt Krüger
ARD Degeto | Provobis Film
Original score, with Sebastian Lang
ARD Degeto·Provobis Film
Dir. Marc-Andreas Bochert·with Horst Krause u. a.
Original score, with Sebastian Lang
Coconut the Little Dragon
ZDF | Caligari Film
Series, 104 episodes
ZDF·Caligari Film·104 episodes
Series, 104 episodes
Capt’n Sharky
Caligari Film
Original score
Caligari Film
Dir. Hubert Weiland·with Axel Prahl u. a.
Original score
Here Comes the Bride
ARD Degeto | Provobis Film
Original score
ARD Degeto·Provobis Film
Dir. Marc-Andreas Bochert·with Horst Krause u. a.
Original score
Coconut the Little Dragon 2: Into the Jungle
Caligari Film
Original score
Caligari Film
Dir. Hubert Weiland·with Caroline Kebekus, Dustin Semmelrogge u. a.
Original score
Krügers Odyssee
ARD Degeto | Provobis Film
Original score
ARD Degeto·Provobis Film
Dir. Marc-Andreas Bochert·with Horst Krause u. a.
Original score
Coconut the Little Dragon
Caligari Film
Co-composer
Caligari Film
Dir. Hubert Weiland·with Carolin Kebekus, Dustin Semmelrogge u. a.
Co-composer
The Cold Heart
ZDF | Provobis Film
Original score
ZDF·Provobis Film
Dir. Marc-Andreas Bochert·with Thomas Thieme u. a.
Original score
Digging for Belladonna
X Filme
Original score
X Filme
Dir. Franka Potente
Original score
Knight Rusty
ZDF | Caligari Film
Series, 52 episodes
ZDF·Caligari Film·52 episodes
Series, 52 episodes
Awards
Finalist2014 · Jerry Goldsmith Awards: Best Original Score for Animated Short (“Ritter Rost: Ghost Knight”)
Hotel Desire
Von Fiessbach Film
Original score
Von Fiessbach Film
Dir. Sergej Moya·with Clemens Schick, Saralisa Volm u. a.
Original score
Awards
Finalist2012 · Jerry Goldsmith Awards: Best Original Score for Feature Film (“Hotel Desire”)
About the score
Performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
The White Snake
ZDF | Provobis Film
Original score
ZDF·Provobis Film
Dir. Stefan Bühling·with Tim Oliver Schultz u. a.
Original score
Beauty and the Beast
ZDF | Provobis Film
Original score
ZDF·Provobis Film
Dir. Marc-Andreas Bochert
Original score
Krüger aus Almanya
ARD Degeto | Provobis Film
Original score, with Stephan Römer
ARD Degeto·Provobis Film
Dir. Marc-Andreas Bochert·with Horst Krause u. a.
Original score, with Stephan Römer
Destination Happiness
ARD Degeto | Moviepool
Original score, with Ivo Mohring
ARD Degeto·Moviepool
Dir. Karola Meeder·with Gudrun Landgrebe u. a.
Original score, with Ivo Mohring
Our Wonderful Nature
Dir. Tomer Eshed
Original score and orchestration
HFF Konrad Wolf Potsdam-Babelsberg·Animation, 5 Min.
Dir. Tomer Eshed
Original score and orchestration
Awards
Winner2009 · Jerry Goldsmith Award, Film Music Festival Úbeda: Best Original Score for Animated Short (“Our Wonderful Nature”)
Finalist2009 · Student Academy Awards finalist, Honorary Foreign Film (“Our Wonderful Nature”)
About the score
Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
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100 seconds of animation
Dragon Rider, Coconut, Capt’n Sharky, Knight Rusty and Our Wonderful Nature in one run.
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Eight moods
Excerpts from series, feature and television films.
- The Secret of the Dragon RiderDragon Rider · orchestra2:20
- Castle ChaseAction · orchestra1:23
- Die alte FrauDrama · accordion, tuba, clarinet2:46
- Taxi nach TroufakiComedy1:06
- Zum AltarRomance1:41
- GebrochenSuspense1:24
- SternennachtAnimation1:27
- MuhpiduPreschool · Toggolino0:31
Awards
Awards and placements
wonnominated
Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2023German Film Critics Award, Best Children’s Film, “What the Finn?!” (score with Ilja Coric)
Jerry Goldsmith Award 2014 · 2012 · 2011Finalist: “Ritter Rost: Ghost Knight”, “Hotel Desire”, “Flamingo Pride”
Jerry Goldsmith Award 2009Best Original Score for Animated Short, “Our Wonderful Nature”, Film Music Festival Úbeda
Student Academy Awards 2009Finalist, Honorary Foreign Film, “Our Wonderful Nature”
Franz-Grothe-Preis 2006Franz Grothe Foundation award for young film composers
Berliner Opernpreis 1997First prize of the Neuköllner Oper for the short opera “icht. eine ödie”
About
Composer, orchestrator, mentor
Born in 1980 in Uerdingen. In 1997 my short opera “icht. eine ödie” won the first Berlin Opera Award of the Neuköllner Oper.
From 2001 I studied composition/media music at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin with Maria Baptist and Bernd Wefelmeyer, from 2002 to 2004 composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, then film scoring at the Konrad Wolf Film University Babelsberg in the programme’s first cohort, with Martin Todsharow and Ulrich Reuter. Graduated in 2008 with a diploma in film composition.
After an assistantship with John Powell in Los Angeles I was brought on as an orchestrator for his Academy Award–nominated score to DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon” (2010). In 2026 I founded the scoring studio Fat Dragon.
Education
- Assistant and orchestratorJohn Powell, Los Angeles, 2009–2010
- Diploma in film compositionKonrad Wolf Film University Babelsberg, 2004–2008
- CompositionUniversity of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, 2002–2004
- Composition/media musicHanns Eisler School of Music Berlin, from 2001
Orchestras
- Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
- Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
- City of Prague Philharmonic
- Budapest Scoring Orchestra
- Musicians of the London Symphony Orchestra, AIR Lyndhurst
Mentoring, talks, committees
Passing it on is part of the work
To assistants, interns and orchestrators in the studio, on panels and in examination committees.
- Mentoring in productions since 2013Assistants, mock-up and orchestration on “Dragon Rider”, “Coconut” and “Knight Rusty”; since 2026 within the Fat Dragon studio
- Entrance examination committee, compositionHanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
- GEMA, Wertungsausschussassessment committee, 2008–2020
- Panel “Music and Series”, Serienale Berlin30 September 2016, with Reinhold Heil, Moritz Denis and Hans Hafner