Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg

German Film Orchestra Babelsberg
German Film Orchestra Babelsberg
Orchestra
Native name	Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
Short name	DFOB
Former name	Ufa-Sinfonieorchester (1918)
Founded	1918; 106 years ago
Location	Potsdam, Germany
Principal conductor	Scott Lawton
Website	Official website

The German Film Orchestra Babelsberg (also known as Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg or DFOB in German) is a symphony orchestra and music studio based in Potsdam, Germany.

History

It was founded in 1918 as Ufa-Sinfonieorchester and was re-established in 1993 by Klaus Peter Beyer under its current name. The orchestra derives its name from the legendary

The Blue Angel, Inglorious Basterds or Bridge of Spies were produced^[1]

The Film Orchestra frequently presents live performances of silent films and other concerts and is very active in recording music for the television, gaming, music and film industries. Additionally, the orchestra has collaborated over 800 times collaborates with prominent artists in popular and jazz music on crossover projects. It has worked with artists like

GfK Entertainment Charts.^[2]

The German Film Orchestra Babelsberg appears on more than 1.000 film productions, such as "

Anonymous", "Little Big Panda", Ninja Assassin", Laura´s Star" and "Snow White".^[3]

The orchestra also produces music for computer games, like "Balan Wonderworld" and "Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius".

From 1993 the studios of the orchestra were located in the former radio quarters of the GDR, at Nalepastraße in Oberschöneweide, Berlin. In December, 2007 the orchestra was able to move "back to the roots" in Babelsberg, into a building in the area of Film Studio Babelsberg.

The German Film Orchestra's current Chief Conductor is Scott Lawton, who assumed his post in 1999. The former conductor was Frank Strobel.