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Klaus Badelt

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Composer Klaus Badelt started his musical career writing and producing music for dozens of highly successful movies and commercials in his native Germany. In 1998, Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer invited him to move his musical home to Media Ventures in Santa Monica, CA. Since then, Klaus has composed scores on his own film and television projects as well as collaborating with Zimmer and other composers.

Working with Zimmer, Badelt contributed music to the Oscar-nominated scores for Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000), Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998) and Dreamworks' The Prince of Egypt (1998). Klaus collaborated with Zimmer on the music for Mission: Impossible II (2000) with producer Tom Cruise and director John Woo, Ridley Scott's Hannibal (2001) and Jerry Bruckheimer/Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor (2001). He also co-wrote the score to Sean Penn's The Pledge (2001) with Zimmer.

Klaus recently completed the scores for Werner Herzog's Invincible (2001) (Tim Roth). Dreamworks' The Time Machine (2002) (Guy Pearce and Jeremy Irons) and independent film Manfast (2003). Also in 2002, Badelt scored the independent feature Teknolust (2002) (Tilda Swinton and Jeremy Davies) followed by Miramax/Dimension Films' upcoming feature Equilibrium (2002) (Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Taye Diggs).

In summer of 2002, Badelt completed the music to Paramount's K-19: The Widowmaker (2002). The world-renowned Kirov Orchestra, under the baton of Valery Gergiev, was recorded in Washington, DC's Constitution Hall for the powerful score. Director Kathryn Bigelow's film tells the tale of nuclear calamity aboard a Russian sub, with Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson portraying two conflicted Russian naval captains under deadly circumstances.

Badelt recently finished the score for The Recruit (2003), directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, and Bridget Moynahan. It is scheduled for release in January 2003. In October 2002, Klaus is writing the score for Basic (2003), directed by John McTiernan and starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson.
BornJune 12, 1967
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      • 4 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    8.1
    • Composer
    • 2003
    Guy Pearce and Samantha Mumba in The Time Machine (2002)
    The Time Machine
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 2002
    Keanu Reeves in Constantine (2005)
    Constantine
    7.0
    • Composer
    • 2005
    Russell Crowe in Gladiator (2000)
    Gladiator
    8.5
    • Music Department
    • 2000

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    • Peter Mensah in The Devil Conspiracy (2022)
      The Devil Conspiracy
      4.6
      • score producer
      • 2022
    • Lotte World Shenyang: Cosmic World (2020)
      Lotte World Shenyang: Cosmic World
      Short
      • score producer
      • 2020
    • Wish (2020)
      Wish
      • score producer
      • 2020
    • Miles Robbins, Jadakiss, and Yara Shahidi in Fearless (2020)
      Fearless
      5.0
      • score producer
      • 2020
    • Tobias Bastian Them Burø, Bastian Lars Andreasen, Vigga Rohweder, and Morgan Batchelor in BaseBoys (2018)
      BaseBoys
      7.0
      TV Series
      • music
      • 2018
    • Chazz Ravenelle in The Last Guest (2017)
      The Last Guest
      6.7
      • score co-producer
      • 2017
    • Lilly's Bewitched Christmas (2017)
      Lilly's Bewitched Christmas
      5.5
      • composer: theme music
      • 2017
    • The Legend of the War Horse (2017)
      The Legend of the War Horse
      • score producer
      • 2017
    • Monster High: Electrified (2017)
      Monster High: Electrified
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • score produced by
      • 2017
    • Lotte World Seoul: Fly Venture (2016)
      Lotte World Seoul: Fly Venture
      Short
      • score producer
      • 2016
    • Ghostbusters: Battle for New York (2016)
      Ghostbusters: Battle for New York
      7.6
      Video Game
      • composer: theme music
      • 2016
    • Debi Derryberry and Cassandra Lee Morris in Monster High: Welcome to Monster High (2016)
      Monster High: Welcome to Monster High
      5.5
      • score produced by
      • 2016
    • Dany Boon in Penny Pincher! (2016)
      Penny Pincher!
      5.9
      • music producer
      • 2016
    • Help, I Shrunk My Teacher (2015)
      Help, I Shrunk My Teacher
      5.2
      • composer: main theme
      • 2015
    • Santa Claus! (2014)
      Santa Claus!
      6.3
      • score producer
      • 2014

    Composer



    • No Way Jose!
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    • Jonas Kaufmann: Große Hits der Filmmusik - Aus dem Smetana-Saal in Prag (2024)
      Jonas Kaufmann: Große Hits der Filmmusik - Aus dem Smetana-Saal in Prag
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • DR Koncerthuset (2014)
      DR Koncerthuset
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Pirates of the Caribbean - Klaus Badelt, arr. Ted Ricketts
      Video
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Vaiva Kalinauskaite: Now We Are Free
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Galaxy Mobile (2019)
      Galaxy Mobile
      Video Game
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Mateo's Story
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Thierry Genovese in Cine Chalom (2019)
      Cine Chalom
      TV Mini Series
      • music by
      • 2019
    • Sandrine Pinna in Legend of the Demon Cat (2017)
      Legend of the Demon Cat
      6.2
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Ballerina: la réalisation d'un rêve (2017)
      Ballerina: la réalisation d'un rêve
      Video
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Lotte World Seoul: Fly Venture (2016)
      Lotte World Seoul: Fly Venture
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Dave Bautista, Uriah Shelton, Mark Chao, and Ni Ni in Enter the Warriors Gate (2016)
      Enter the Warriors Gate
      5.4
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Lagaan: The Thrill of Victory (2016)
      Lagaan: The Thrill of Victory
      7.1
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Elle Fanning in Leap! (2016)
      Leap!
      6.8
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Dany Boon in Penny Pincher! (2016)
      Penny Pincher!
      5.9
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Lords Mobile (2016)
      Lords Mobile
      5.5
      Video Game
      • Composer
      • 2016

    Producer



    • Copy-Kids 2 (2020)
      Copy-Kids 2
      Video
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Monster High: Electrified (2017)
      Monster High: Electrified
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • produced by (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Copy-Kids (2012)
      Copy-Kids
      Video
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
      Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
      7.7
      • executive producer
      • 2010
    • Dragon Hunters (2008)
      Dragon Hunters
      6.5
      • co-executive producer
      • 2008
    • Benno Fürmann and Kristanna Loken in Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)
      Ring of the Nibelungs
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • associate producer
      • 2004

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      • June 12, 1967
      • Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

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      He worked on The Promise soundtrack for almost 6 months, which critics and fans consider as his best score. Also the song which can be heard in the movie's end credits is an ancient folk song in China, and very few people can still sing it. As Badelt commented it, he traveled almost two weeks in China to find someone who is able to sing the whole folk song and could help him to rearrange it for the score.

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    • How old is Klaus Badelt?
      58 years old
    • When was Klaus Badelt born?
      June 12, 1967
    • Where was Klaus Badelt born?
      Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
    • What is Klaus Badelt known for?
      Gladiator, The Time Machine, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and Constantine
    • How many awards has Klaus Badelt won?
      4 awards

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