Volker Bertelmann aka Hauschka
Biography
Volker Bertelmann is an internationally acclaimed pianist, composer and experimental musician, who was awarded with an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Original Score for his music for Edward Berger's All Quiet on the Western Front.
His score for Garth Davis’s Oscar-nominated film Lion, co-composed with Dustin O’Halloran, was awarded an AACTA Award and nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA in 2017. Bertelmann has provided music for a large number of films and TV shows, such as the Emmy- and BAFTA nominated mini-series Patrick Melrose (2018), Gunpowder (2017), Dublin Murders, Your Honor (2019), the feature films Summerland, Stowaway, Downhill (2020) and Peter Flinth's Against the Ice (2022).
A uniquely innovative pianist, who in his solo work goes by the name Hauschka, Bertelmann has recorded with the Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn, composed for soloists such as mandolinist Avi Avital and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, as well as for ensembles and orchestras, among others alongside the experimental Icelandic band múm for the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra as their artist in residence. Since 2018, Volker Bertelmann is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Film
Directed by Edward Berger
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Directed by Dev Patel
Directed by John Crowley
Directed by Saara Saarela
Directed by Peter Flinth
Directed by Joe Penna
Your Honor, 2020/21
Directed by Edward Berger
Directed by Franka Potente
Directed by Franics Lee
co-composed w/ Dustin O'Halloran
Directed by Caroline Link
Directed by Alla Kovgan
Directed by Haifaa Al Mansour
Directed by Rob Petit
Directed by Hank Levine
Directed by Nick Murphy
Music co-composed w/ Dustin O'Halloran
Directed by Saul Dibb a.o.
Director: Giacomo Battiato
Director: Simon Curtis
Director: Edward Berger
Animation, Short
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Director: Vanessa Jopp
Gunpowder, 2017
Director: J Blakeson
Patrick Melrose, 2017
Director: Edward Berger
Director: Anthony Maras
Director: Greg Kohs
Director: Marius Markevicius
Director: James Franco
Director: Garth Davis
Nominations "Best Original Score": Golden Globe, BAFTA Award, Oscar
Director: Isabel Prahl
Director: Hank Levine
Director: Sönke Wortmann
Director: Craig Macneill
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Director: Stephanie Martin
Director: Doris Dörrie
Director: Jeff Desom
Actor & Music: Hauschka
Film Score: Hauschka & Torsten Mauss
FILMSCORE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
For his soundtrack for All Quiet on the Western Front, Volker Bertelmann received a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award.
FILMSCORE
THE OLD GUARD
Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.
Premiere: July 10, 2020, Netflix
FILMSCORE
SUMMERLAND
Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she is to adopt a young London evacuee named Frank, she's resistant. It's not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed.
Release dates: July 24, 2020 (UK), July 31, 2020 (US)