Heinz Funk

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Heinz Funk (born May 18, 1915 in Hennef (Sieg) ; † March 27, 2013 ) was a German film composer , music producer and synthesizer specialist.

Life

Funk studied accordion , composition and harmony at the Trossingen State Music Academy , then attended the music school in Hamburg . The trained sound engineer was a German accordion master, founded the German accordion master orchestra and studied composition with Walter Girnatis .

Funk was brought into film by Jürgen Roland and made a name for himself, especially in the 1960s, as a composer of numerous pieces of music for feature films, cultural films, television programs and commercials. He was the founder and partner of Studio Funk with branches in Hamburg, Berlin , Frankfurt am Main and Düsseldorf for music production for AV media of all kinds.

He was a specialist and importer for Moog synthesizers . In 1977 he produced a demonstration cassette for the Sennheiser VSM 201 vocoder .

Filmography (selection)

Discography

  • with The Heinz Funk Electronic Combo: Moog Synthesizer Music (1973)
  • Haendel Goes Electronic & Signals & Bridges In Music (1982)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice for Heinz Funk in the Hamburger Abendblatt
personal data
SURNAME Funk, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Hennef (victory)
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 2013