Michael Beckmann

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Michael Beckmann or for short: Beckmann (born July 20, 1961 in Heggen ) is a German film composer and musician .

biography

Michael Beckmann studied journalism, musicology and economics at the Free University of Berlin in the 1980s . In 1985 he played the electric bass with Die Suurbiers and from 1986 to 1990 in the band Rainbirds , with which he played two albums. From 1989 to 1992 he played with Depp Jones and had appearances with Grant Hart . From 1999 he worked as a film music composer. Since 2000, Beckmann has been in charge of various film and television projects as executive producer and is responsible for various film scores as a composer. He made music for the television series "Charlotte Roche meets ..." (Pro 7), produced the comeback show album by Chris Norman "Break Away" and, in addition to music for advertising, also the scores for the films "Forget America" ​​and " Engel & Joe ”,“ Dancing with myself ”,“ When the world is ours ”and“ Turkish for beginners ”. In 2005 he had a cameo appearance in the movie " Max and Moritz Reloaded " as a bass player.

Beckmann wrote the film music for “ Fack ju Göhte ”, “ Fack ju Göhte 2 ” and “ Fack ju Göhte 3 ” together with Beatzarre and Djorkaeff , as well as for “ Macho Man ” and “ 3 Turks and a Baby ”. In 2017 he wrote the music for the Saarbrücken crime scene “ Sons and Fathers ” and the film Wendy .

From 2005 to 2016 he was co-owner of Cinesong and has worked as a music supervisor on over 180 films. In 2016 he founded Becktone, where he a. a. works as a film composer and music consultant.

In 2019, together with Anja Krabbe , Thomas Stöwer and Tamara Olorga, he received the award “Best Song in Film” for Come Back from “ Snow White and the Magic of the Dwarfs ” (director: Ngo The Chau ).

Beckmann is a member of the German Film Academy , World Soundtrack Academie, German Composers' Association and plays at Plan B and the Akademix.

Film music (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beckmann at deutscherfilmmusikpreis.de
  2. ^ German film music award for music from the miniseries "8 Days". In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. November 8, 2019, accessed December 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Beckmann, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beckmann (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film composer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Heggen (Finnentrop)