Christoph M. Kaiser

Christoph Maria Kaiser (born February 24, 1964 ) is a German film composer , musician and producer .

life and career

In 1988 Kaiser founded the guitar pop group The Jeremy Days as a songwriter and bassist together with Dirk Darmstaedter . The debut album of the same name, released by Polydor Progressive Music in 1988, reached a top 20 position in the German charts, the single Brand New Toy reached number 11. The group existed until 1995, recorded six studio albums and one live album with "Best Of" - Material on.

From 1994 Kaiser worked increasingly as a producer for various labels and bands. Among other things, he produced the Italian-language debut album by the Sicilian singer Etta Scollo as well as albums by Maxim Rad , Holger Hiller , Michel van Dyke , the NDW group Die Zimmermänner and the Berlin electro-pop group Quarks .

In 2000 Kaiser composed his first own film music for the movie Crazy by Hans-Christian Schmid . Christoph M. Kaiser has been working in a team with the composer Julian Maas since 2003 . For their music for the movie The Coming Days they won the 2010 German Film Critics' Prize . In 2015 they were awarded the Günter Rohrbach Film Prize for their music for the film Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer .

In 2018, both of them received the European Film Prize in the Best Film Music category and the German Film Prize for the film music for 3 days in Quiberon , after they had already received a nomination for Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer in 2016 .

Filmography (selection)

• 1996: Sexy Sadie
• 2000: Crazy
• 2003: girls, girls 2
• 2004: Tina Barney Social Studies (documentary)
• 2005: Tatort - Where's Max Gravert? (TV series)
• 2006: Eden
• 2006: KDD - Criminal Continuous Service (TV series)
• 2007: Good morning, Mr. Grothe (TV movie)
• 2007: Max Minsky and me
• 2007: Tatort - The early farewell
• 2007: The Wrong Mother's Secret (TV Movie)
• 2009: This Is Love
• 2010: The coming days
• 2010: The Little Man (TV series)
• 2010: Polizeiruf 110 - Aquarius (TV series)
• 2011: A Good Summer (TV Movie)
• 2011: The Hour of the Wolf (TV movie)
• 2011: the lost time
• 2011: Tatort - A Better World (TV movie)
• 2011: Tatort - The Dead on the Night Train (TV movie)
• 2012: Mother has to go (TV movie)
• 2012: Tatort - The Ballad of Cenk and Valerie (TV movie)
• 2012: Tatort - The forest is black and silent (TV movie)
• 2012: two lives
• 2012: Tatort - In the name of the father (TV movie)
• 2012: Tatort - The deep sleep (TV movie)
• 2012: my sisters
• 2013: Tatort - Feuerteufel (TV movie)
• 2013: Wolf Children
• 2013: Tatort - Borowski and the Burning Man (TV movie)
• 2013: Tatort - Who breaks the silence (TV movie)
• 2014: Tatort - The Eskimo (TV movie)
• 2014: Jack
• 2014: Tatort - The Hammer (TV movie)
• 2014: Polizeiruf 110 - Dawn (TV movie)
• 2014: Tatort - The gentle death (TV movie)
• 2014: Family Festival (TV film)
• 2014: Day of Truth (TV movie)
• 2014: Dengler - The Last Escape (TV movie)
• 2015: The state against Fritz Bauer
• 2015: One breath
• 2015: Dengler - On the twelfth day (TV movie)
• 2016: The Fourth Estate (TV movie)
• 2016: Terror - Your Judgment (TV movie)
• 2016: Scene of the crime: Taxi to Leipzig (TV film)
• 2016: Desired Children (TV movie)
• 2017: The King of Berlin (TV movie)
• 2017: Dengler - The protective hand (TV movie)
• 2018: 3 days in Quiberon
• 2018: The silent classroom
• 2018: The Great Rudolph (TV movie)
• 2018: Schwartz & Schwartz - My first murder
• 2019: Schwartz & Schwartz - Death in the house
• 2019: Tatort - Wrong Hare (TV movie)
• 2019: Die Neue Zeit (TV series)

Discography

Soundtracks

• 1996: Sexy Sadie (Colosseum)
• 2000: Crazy (Laughing Horse)
• 2006: Eden (King's Children)
• 2007: Max Minsky And Me (Normal Rec.)
• 2009: This Is Love (Colosseum)
• 2010: The Coming Days (Colosseum)
• 2010: KDD (Colosseum)
• 2011: The Lost Time / Remembrance (Colosseum)
• 2013: Zwei Leben / Two Lives (Colosseum)
• 2014: Wolf Children (Colosseum)
• 2015: The state against Fritz Bauer (Colosseum)
• 2018: The silent classroom (Colosseum)
• 2018: 3 days in Quiberon (Colosseum)

Productions

• 1996: Etta Scollo - Blue (Virgin Rec.)
• 1999: Michel van Dyke - The Great Illusion (Polydor)
• 2000: Maxim Rad - Maxim Rad Is Dead (Top International Rec.)
• 2001: Sven Schumacher - Sven Schumacher (Sony)
• 2002: Quarks - Trigger Me Happy (Sony)

Web links

• Kaiser & Maas website
• Christoph M. Kaiser in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Christoph M. Kaiser at filmportal.de
• Christoph M. Kaiser at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jury Unveils First Eight EFA Winners 2018 . Article dated November 15, 2018, accessed November 16, 2018.