Jürgen Knieper | |
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Born | [1]
Karlsruhe, Germany | 14 March 1941
Alma mater | State High School of Music |
Occupation | Film score composer |
Awards | German Film Award for Best Music |
Jürgen Knieper (born 14 March 1941) is a German film score composer. Born in Karlsruhe, he was educated at Berlin's State High School of Music. [2]
He began working for director Wim Wenders with his 1972 film The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty. [2] For Wenders' 1975 film The Wrong Move, Knieper won the German Film Award for Best Music. [3]
Wenders turned to Knieper again for the music of his 1987 film Wings of Desire. Knieper assumed harps and violins would suffice for a score for a film about angels, until he saw a cut of the film. Seeing the angels were discontent, he wrote a different score employing a choir, voices and whistling. [4] Musicologist Annette Davison argued this score includes elements of Eastern European and Orthodox Christian music. [5]
In 1990, he was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Composer for December Bride. [6]
His films include: [7]
Jürgen Knieper | |
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Born | [1]
Karlsruhe, Germany | 14 March 1941
Alma mater | State High School of Music |
Occupation | Film score composer |
Awards | German Film Award for Best Music |
Jürgen Knieper (born 14 March 1941) is a German film score composer. Born in Karlsruhe, he was educated at Berlin's State High School of Music. [2]
He began working for director Wim Wenders with his 1972 film The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty. [2] For Wenders' 1975 film The Wrong Move, Knieper won the German Film Award for Best Music. [3]
Wenders turned to Knieper again for the music of his 1987 film Wings of Desire. Knieper assumed harps and violins would suffice for a score for a film about angels, until he saw a cut of the film. Seeing the angels were discontent, he wrote a different score employing a choir, voices and whistling. [4] Musicologist Annette Davison argued this score includes elements of Eastern European and Orthodox Christian music. [5]
In 1990, he was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Composer for December Bride. [6]
His films include: [7]