Johnny Klimek

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Johnny Klimek

Johnny Klimek (born August 18, 1962 in Melbourne , Victoria ) is an Australian film composer , music producer and musician .

Life

The mother Luisa Cester was a daughter of the married couple Eugenia and Ernesto Cester and was born on January 29, 1919 in Pasiano di Pordenone . In mid-1940 she left northern Italy for Australia. After the war ended , she married Alfons Klimek and gave birth to eight children. Her younger sister Fanny Cester (1921–1988) was an opera singer and married the cyclist Nino Borsari (1911–1996) in 1940 . The musicians Nic (* 1979) and his brother Chris Cester (* 1981), founder of the rock band Jet , are the sons of John Cester (1959–1996) and related to the Klimek siblings.

After Johnny Klimek came to Berlin from Australia in 1983 , he founded the band The Other Ones here with his twin sister Jayney and his brother Alf .

Early and mid-1990s was Johnny Klimek in the Berlin Trance / Ambient - Techno very active scene. Together with Paul Browse (Ex- Clock DVA ) he realized the projects Effective Force , 030 and System 01 on the Berlin label MFS founded by Mark Reeder . A cooperation with Dr. Moth . During this time, Klimek also co-produced pieces by Paul van Dyk and Gudrun Gut ( Malaria! And Ocean Club ).

In 1996 he was on tour as a bass player with Nina Hagen's band .

After that, Klimek often worked with the composer Reinhold Heil . Their collaboration began in 1997 with the film Winter Sleeper . Together they are responsible for the film music of almost all of Tom Tykwer's films.

The theme music for the television series Without a Trace was written by Johnny Klimek. He also composed the music for 31 episodes of the Deadwood series .

Discography (selection)

  • 1993: Effective Force - Illuminate The Planet
  • 1993: 030 - Ki
  • 1994: System 01 - Drugs Work
  • 1996: Effective Force - Back And To The Left
  • 2001: Johnny Klimek - Sound Of Klimax

Filmography (selection)

Johnny Klimek (right) with Tom Tykwer and the German TV Prize 2018 for Babylon Berlin

Awards

Nominations
  • 2000: Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Run Lola Run (together with Tom Tykwer and Reinhold Heil )
  • 2003: Saturn Award for the film music for One Hour Photo (together with Reinhold Heil)
  • 2006: German Film Prize for the music for Perfume - The Story of a Murderer (together with Tom Tykwer and Reinhold Heil)
  • 2007: Saturn Award for the music for Perfume - The Story of a Murderer (together with Tom Tykwer and Reinhold Heil)
  • 2007: European film award for the music for Perfume - The Story of a Murderer (together with Tom Tykwer and Reinhold Heil)
  • 2009: World Soundtrack Award in the category Best Film Music of the Year for The International (together with Tom Tykwer and Reinhold Heil)
  • 2011: German Film Prize for the music to three (together with Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil and Gabriel Isaac Mounsey )
  • 2013: Golden Globe Award for the music for Cloud Atlas (together with Tom Tykwer and Reinhold Heil)
  • 2013: German Film Prize for the music for Cloud Atlas (together with Tom Tykwer and Reinhold Heil)

Web links

Commons : Johnny Klimek  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ L. Camillo: The Cester Family. L. Camillo , 2006, accessed February 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Fanny Borsari. Find a Grave , accessed on May 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ 2018 Best Music - Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer. German Television Award 2018 , 2018, accessed on February 8, 2018 .
  4. ↑ 54th Grimme Prize 2018. Grimme Prize 2018 , accessed on April 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Klimek, Johnny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian film composer, record producer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Victoria , Australia