Thomas Karban

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Thomas Karban (born January 6, 1966 ; † June 27, 1996 in Bonn ) was a German musicologist , film historian , journalist , editor and music producer who oversaw numerous soundtrack productions in the 1980s and 1990s.

life and work

Thomas Karban, born in 1966, first studied musicology in Bonn and Hamburg . From 1987 to 1995 Karban worked alongside his studies, among other things, as a freelance writer together with journalists friends Thomas Müthing and Matthias Büdinger for the magazine Der Deutschen Filmmusik-Dienst as publisher, editor-in-chief, journalist and film music critic . A total of 31 issues were published. Karban had previously worked as a reviewer for the specialist magazine Die Filmharmonischen Blätter .

Karban has also been working as a music producer and music consultant in Hamburg for the soundtrack label Silva Screen and for EDEL Music Publishing since the late 1980s . Together with the American composer and conductor William Motzing , he had numerous large orchestral recordings with various Prague orchestras such as the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra or the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra . He oversaw productions by internationally renowned composers such as Dov Seltzer, Michael J. Lewis , Bill Conti and Peer Raben . As a long-time connoisseur and companion of the film music scene, he himself conducted numerous interviews (including with Robert Folk, the American composer of the Police Academy series).

As a critical journalist, Karban repeatedly took controversial positions on issues relating to the music budget of a film or the composer's musical rights. In addition to his work for the Filmmusik-Dienst , Karban also wrote numerous articles, reviews and reviews on film music or film history topics for various other journals, such as film-dienst , Film-Zeit or the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik . As a film historian, he also criticized the New German Cinema for the lack of an active film music tradition.

reception

"With the music by Peer Rabens for the film Happy Birthday, Turk, the soundtrack producer Thomas Karban names a very striking example of how the music is used in a different sense than that for which it was originally composed."

- Julian Schwantes : Film music in Germany and France under the microscope: a historical, stylistic, economic and legal view of similarities and differences between film music in the two countries

Karban himself took an active part in collecting and archiving original scores and film music recordings throughout his life. He had one of his last public appearances as a musical advisor and commentator on the documentary film in Der Klang der Bilder (1995) by director Marcus O. Rosenmüller .

Karban died on June 27, 1996 after a brief serious illness at the age of 30 in Bonn.

Discography (selection)

As a producer

  • 1987: Hanna's War / Assisi Underground (Dov Seltzer)
  • 1992: Music from the Films of Jean-Claude Van Damme , Vol. 2
  • 1992: Masters of the Universe ( Bill Conti )
  • 1994: Visions of Sound
  • 1994: Fantastic Voyage: Science Fiction Film Music
  • 1995: Jurassic Park & ​​Others: The Classic John Williams
  • 1995: Ghost: Classic Fantasy Film Music, Vol. 2
  • 1995: Gala Night: Classic Songs from Shows
  • 1995: Cliffhangers: Action and Adventure in the Movies
  • 1996: Music from the Films of Sean Connery [Silva Screen]

As a musical advisor

  • 1989: Cyborg (Sequencing for Kevin Bassinson)
  • 1990: American Ninjas and Fighters (sequencing and advisor to George S. Clinton )
  • 1995: Music from the Films of Charles Bronson
  • 1995: River of Death (sequencing for Sasha Matson)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Editor Thomas Karban in: University of Kiel
  2. ↑ Thomas Karban in: Universität Hamburg ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www1.uni-hamburg.de
  3. ↑ Thomas Karban in: The New German Cinema: Music, History, and the Matter of Style , by Caryl Flinn, University of California Press, 2004, p. 279
  4. ↑ Thomas Karban in: film-dienst , Volume 62, issues 1–7, Catholic Institute for Media Information, 2009, page 71
  5. ↑ Thomas Karban in: Film-Zeit ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.film-zeit.de
  6. ↑ Thomas Karban in: New magazine for music: NZ. , Volume 156, Schott's Sons, 1995, pp. 91, 102, 137
  7. ↑ Thomas Karban in: The New German Cinema: Music, History, and the Matter of Style , by Caryl Flinn, University of California Press, 2004, p. 332
  8. ↑ Thomas Karban in: Film music in Germany and France under the microscope: a historical, stylistic, economic and legal view of similarities and differences between film music in the two countries , by Julian Schwantes, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008, page 101
  9. ↑ Thomas Karban in: The sound of images  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.azibtorrent.com  
  10. ^ Obituary for Thomas Karban in: Film-Dienst , Volume 49, Issues 14-26, Catholic Institute for Media Information, Catholic Film Commission for Germany, 1996
personal data
SURNAME Karban, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist, journalist, editor and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1966
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1996
Place of death Bonn , Germany