Uli Kümpfel

Ulrich "Uli" Kümpfel ( pseudonym : One Tongue ; born September 22, 1957 in Munich ) is a German musician and film composer . He plays the instruments cello , banjo , guitar , mandolin , dobro and piano , among others .

Life

Uli Kümpfel is a son of the journalist and film critic Ilse Kümpfel-Schliekmann alias Ponkie . From 1979 he studied musicology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and completed a guitar course at the Munich Jazz School .

From 1987 to 1990 he accompanied the pop singers Nicki and Nicole on their tours as bassist .

Uli Kümpfel has been composing film music since 1991, partly in collaboration with his younger brother Harald or the German-American musician Joe Mubare ; Among other things, he wrote soundtracks for more than 20 episodes of the television series Der Bulle von Tölz and for several episodes from the television series Tatort .

Since 2005 Kümpfel has played in the rock band Dr. Will & The Wizards and the Veterinary Street Jazz Band .

Filmography (selection)

• 1992: The Parrot (TV movie)
• 1993: A Case for Two (crime series, 1 episode)
• 1994: Crime Scene: The Black Angel
• 1995: Crime scene: Bloody asphalt
• 1995 and 1997: Around 30 (TV series, 7 episodes) (theme music and soundtrack)
• 1997: Faust (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1997–1998: Doctors (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2002–2006: Der Bulle von Tölz (TV series, more than 20 episodes)
• 2004–2006: Zwei am Großes See (Heimatfilm series, 5 episodes)

Web links

• Uli Kümpfel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Uli Kümpfel at Discogs (English)
• Website by Uli Kümpfel

Individual evidence

1. ^ Uli Kümpfel in the composers lexicon of the German Composers' Association , accessed on November 28, 2019
2. ↑ Uli Kümpfel, composer, Munich - Crew United , accessed on November 28, 2019
3. ^ Biography of Uli Kümpfel , accessed on November 28, 2019