Carsten Rocker

Carsten Rocker (born July 28, 1969 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a German composer , film composer and film producer .

Life

Born in Wilhelmshaven, Carsten Rocker spent his youth in Jever , Frisia , until he began studying music at the University of Oldenburg in the early 1990s . In the mid-1990s he spent some time in the USA, studying film music, composition and conducting at California State University , assisted in various Hollywood productions and composed music for short films. In 1999 he returned to Germany to work as a freelance composer for film and advertising, music producer and music consultant in Cologne. In addition to his work as a composer, he also fulfills various teaching positions at various institutes, for example the Hamburg Media School , the University of Oldenburg , the Filmhaus Köln or the Eyes & Ears Academy. Since 2015 he has also worked as a producer of feature films.

Filmography (selection)

Films (composer)

1999: The darn baby year (TV movie, Additional Music)
2000: The Priest's Heart (TV Movie, Main Theme)
2002: That you think of me forever ( All Around the Town , TV movie, German version)
2002: The holiday doctor ... from Lake Garda (TV film)
2002: Glückstag ( Lucky Day , TV movie, German version)
2002: haven't we met before? ( Haven't We Met Before?, TV movie, German version)
2002: Take care ( You Belong to Me , TV movie, German version)
2002: Sister, come dance with me ( Loves Music, Loves to Dance , TV movie, German version)
2002: Don't look around ( Pretend You Don't See Her , TV movie, German version)
2002: Two weeks in Argentina (short film)
2003: Hero of the Gladiators (TV movie)
2003: V (short film)
2004: Colosseum: A Gladiators Story (TV movie, German version)
2004: The Dream Man (short film)
2005: Heim (short film)
2005: pushing cows (short film)
2006: Fjords of Longing (TV movie)
2006: Two Brides and an Affair (TV Movie)
2007: The Mysterious Son-in-Law (TV Movie)
2007: Gaining Land (short film)
2007: Prague Embassy (TV film)
2008: Summer Waves (TV movie)
2008: Wilsberg: The Jubilee (TV series)
2009: Wilsberg: Oh you deadly ... (TV series)
2010: Wilsberg: Danger in Delay (TV series)
2011: Ente à la Lucy (short film)
2011: Wilsberg: Tote Hose (TV series)
2013: Wilsberg: Stallion Parade (TV series)
2015: Friesland - Family Secrets (TV movie)
2015: The story of the little grain of rice (short film)
2016: Murder Commission Istanbul : Death Underground (TV movie)
2016: Wilsberg: In Faith and Faith (TV film)

Films (producer)

2015: Rockabilly Requiem (Executive Producer)
2016: My Mother's Hands (Associate Producer)

TV series (composer)

2000–2001: Dr. Stefan Frank - The doctor whom women trust (13 episodes)
2001–2002: Powderpark (26 episodes)
2001–2002: Case number XY… unsolved
2002: Eva - totally my case
2003-2007: Medicopter 117 - Every life counts (6 episodes)
2004–2005: Lost (29 episodes)
2004-2013: Coast Guard (209 episodes)
2013–2015: Kripo Holstein (23 episodes)

Publications

title	Label
Prague Embassy / Hero of Gladiators (Original Soundtrack Album)	Alhambra Records
Powder Park (Original Soundtrack Album)	Sony
Sognami (song "Saremo Musica" on the album by Alessandro Safina )	Universal played by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
My heart's truth (song "Requiem for an Angel" on Björn Casapietra's album )	Sony / BMG

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personal data
SURNAME	Rocker, Carsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer, film composer and producer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 28, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wilhelmshaven