Ulrik Spies

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Ulrik Spies (born December 22, 1950 in Wuppertal - Elberfeld ; † July 12, 2013 ) was a German composer , music producer and drummer .

biography

Ulrik Spies received 11 years of violin training before studying drums, percussion and piano at the Bremen Conservatory, now the Bremen University of the Arts , after graduating from high school in Oberhausen . Then he played as a drummer for various ensembles, jazz formations and rock bands. He later produced music with artists such as Wigald Boning , Lars Rudolph , Stan Red Fox and Ben Becker .

Together with the musician Jacki Engelken he played in the Ben Becker Live Band . He made his debut as a film composer in 1997 with the comedy Still Movin ' directed by Niki Stein . Since then, Engelken and Spies have composed the music for all of Stein's film productions, including, most recently, Reunion with a Stranger , Father Mother Murderer and Rommel .

He died on July 12, 2013.

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  1. musikmarkt.de ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from July 30, 2013: Composer, producer and drummer Ulrik Spies is dead. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikmarkt.de