Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
2024•53m•8.5•Released
DocumentaryMusic
Hollywood film music has its roots in Europe. Three composers who fled war and National Socialism to the USA created the sound that still shapes film music today: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner and Franz Waxman. In the early 20th century, these classically trained composers transformed the methods acquired in Vienna and Berlin into a new American art form: film music. They balanced the relationship between image and sound and developed techniques and dramaturgical tricks to achieve the greatest possible effect on the viewer. Their influence is visible in the work of contemporary US composers such as John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith. Today, Oscar winner Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi and Harold Faltermeyer continue this tradition. Their melodies are part of humanity's collective memory and reflect the combined traditions of European and American musical history. The documentary accompanies composers in their work and explores the European roots of Hollywood.
Director
Florian Caspar Richter
Writer
Florian Caspar Richter
Languages
German, English
Studio
Achilleion Filmproduktion
Cast
Hans Zimmer
Self - Interviewee
Ramin Djawadi
Self - Interviewee
Harold Faltermeyer
Self - Interviewee
Cliff Eidelman
Self - Interviewee
Bruce Botnick
Self - Interviewee
Sam Schwartz
Self - Interviewee
John W. Waxman
Self - Interviewee
Steven C. Smith
Self - Interviewee
Brendan G. Carroll
Self - Interviewee
Lis Malina
Self - Interviewee
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Self (archive footage)
Franz Waxman
Self (archive footage)
Jenny Winkler
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ralf Günter
Self - Additional Voice
Reinhold Joppich
Self - Additional Voice
Production
Company
Achilleion Filmproduktion
Company
NDR
Company
ARTE
Producer
Florian Caspar Richter
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