Jürgen Knieper
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| Born | 14 March 1941 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]
Career
He began working for director
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]
Filmography
His films include:[7]
- The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972)
- The Scarlet Letter (1973)
- The Wrong Move (1975)
- The American Friend (1977)
- Germany, Pale Mother (1980)
- Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo(1981)
- Room 666 (1984)
- River's Edge (1987)
- Wings of Desire (1987)
- Paint It Black (1989)
- December Bride (1990)
- Lisbon Story (1994)
- Tuvalu (1999)
References
- ^ "Jürgen Knieper". BBC. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ ISBN 0399516042.
- Deutscher Filmpreis. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Kenny, J.M.; Wenders, Wim; Knieper, Jürgen (2009). The Angels Among Us (Blu-ray). The Criterion Collection.
- ISBN 978-1351563581.
- ^ "1990: The Nominations". European Film Academy. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Jürgen Knieper". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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