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Early in his career, Klaus Badelt garnered tremendous success in his native Germany, receiving the highest accolades in the record, television, and motion picture industries. In 1998, Klaus moved to Los Angeles and segued into composing for blockbuster, American-made films.
It has been a few years since his large-scale score to “Pirates of the Caribbean” defined the franchise and brought him worldwide attention. Since then, Klaus has worked with some of the greatest filmmakers of our time, received International awards and distinction, scored more than 40 major motion pictures, and set the tone for both critically acclaimed films and top-grossing blockbusters.
Known as a director’s dream composer, Klaus is able to capture and express the distinctive core of every project - whether subtle and intimate or large-scale and mainstream. He has worked with such diverse directors as Werner Herzog, Richard Donner, Wolfgang Petersen, Francis Lawrence, Michael Mann, Jerry Bruckheimer and Harvey Weinstein without the limitation of a single musical genre.
Klaus’ distinctive approach is focused on intimate collaboration, encouraging regular dialogue and faithful interaction throughout the entire scoring process. In a perfect world, Klaus is involved from the beginning of production, working with the director to ensure a flawless ‘storyline’ of music, something that is best created from the inception of a film.
It has been a few years since his large-scale score to “Pirates of the Caribbean” defined the franchise and brought him worldwide attention. Since then, Klaus has worked with some of the greatest filmmakers of our time, received International awards and distinction, scored more than 40 major motion pictures, and set the tone for both critically acclaimed films and top-grossing blockbusters.
Known as a director’s dream composer, Klaus is able to capture and express the distinctive core of every project - whether subtle and intimate or large-scale and mainstream. He has worked with such diverse directors as Werner Herzog, Richard Donner, Wolfgang Petersen, Francis Lawrence, Michael Mann, Jerry Bruckheimer and Harvey Weinstein without the limitation of a single musical genre.
Klaus’ distinctive approach is focused on intimate collaboration, encouraging regular dialogue and faithful interaction throughout the entire scoring process. In a perfect world, Klaus is involved from the beginning of production, working with the director to ensure a flawless ‘storyline’ of music, something that is best created from the inception of a film.
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presspreston wrote:
i'ma pirate
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Aryo wrote:
Equilibrium only counts
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a-Algebra wrote:
гений гений гений гений!!!! Это ж словами не описать. Экстааааз.. I love his music <3 [4]
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Biscuit1978 wrote:
Come along and join the group Orchestral Composer of the Week. Nominate your 5 favourite composers each week and see who gets into the Hall of Fame.
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Arey24656 wrote:
soundtrack to the time machine is good
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presspreston wrote:
thx for he's a pirate
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donttrytogoogle wrote:
i like the curse of the black pearl soundtrack better than the later ones
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WasNotWhyNot wrote:
yeah, yeah, total zimmer and all that. who cares.
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LETBACK wrote:
This guy wouldnt been anything without hans zimmer!
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Fouser wrote:
genialny kompozytor
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lingoob wrote:
yes, he's a pirate himself
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narcoosis wrote:
przecież był na fmt w Krakowie 2011?
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synMuynarza wrote:
it's sad that Poland wasn't worth visiting for Klaus...
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kevnma wrote:
HE'S A PIRATE
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cinelabs wrote:
Amazing score!
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tim_038 wrote:
I love his music <3 [3]
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Alejo_Valdez wrote:
I love his music <3 [2]
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MisaAmaneMisa wrote:
I love his music <3
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maniuchowata wrote:
<3
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FuckingPseudo wrote:
can't see 22 bulets / L'immortel in the description.
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Fluch der Karibik - Disney LIVE in Concert
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Fluch der Karibik - Disney LIVE in Concert
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