Fred Strittmatter
Fred Strittmatter (born July 10, 1923 in Basel ; † September 12, 1985 ) was a Swiss - German composer of film music . His best-known works include the title music for the television series Dick and Doof and The Pink Panther .
Life
In 1930, at the age of seven, Strittmatter began private music studies in Basel on the violin. Originally, he wanted to study as engineering - engineering strike, but then began from 1945, a self-taught training on the guitar and music theory in an internment camp in Switzerland. From 1946 he worked as a musician, in 1949 he wrote his first compositions for the radio , and from 1950/51 onwards his first compositions for feature films followed . From 1963 he received his first composition commissions for television series such as Dick and Doof or The Pink Panther . He wrote some pieces together with Quirin Amper Jr. From the beginning of the 1970s Strittmatter composed under the pseudonym "Fred Tornow" also increasingly for erotic films .
Film music
- Thick and stupid
- Pat & Patachon
- Fathers of clothes
- Yesterday's western
- Kimba, the white lion
- The Unlikely Adventures of Lewis Gulliver
- The pink panther - who turned the clock?
- Popeye
- Once upon a time ... man
- My name is rabbit
- The fastest mouse in Mexico
- Fenn - Hong Kong ugh
- A coffin from Hong Kong
- Oh, dear Fridolin (1952)
- Lassie
- The lost islands
- My uncle from Mars
- Animal paradises
- Spells of magic
- A lovely family
- Men without nerves
Publications
- Dick and Goofy Fred Strittmatter & Quirin Amper Jr. / Arranger: Harald Kolasch, Musikverlag Halter, EAN: 00146769
- Who turned the clock? Fred Strittmatter & Quirin Amper jr. / Arranger: Peter Riese. Publisher: Golden Wind, EAN: 00171268
Web links
- Fred Strittmatter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fred Strittmatter at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Fred Strittmatter - short biography. Composers' lexicon, accessed on June 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Fred Strittmatter, Karl Barthel: Hongkong Melodie. ROBA Music Publishing, Hamburg, accessed on June 16, 2017 (from the Rapid / Constantin film Ein Sarg aus Hong Kong ).
- ↑ filmography. Fernsehserien.de, accessed on June 16, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strittmatter, Fred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fred Tornow |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-German film music composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1985 |