Kim Planert

Biography

Kim Planert is a German television and film composer currently based in Los Angeles, California, who has composed music for over 230 episodes of prime-time television shows and feature films.

His TV credits include 8 seasons on the score for ABC's television show Castle, Timeless (NBC), Missing (ABC), The Whispers (ABC series produced by Steven Spielberg), The McKenna Files (Mark Gordon ABC pilot), The Unit (CBS), Lie To Me (FOX), The Gates (ABC), The Chicago Code (FOX), Last Resort (ABC), and Rush (USA Network); in the field of film he composed for Into The Blue II: The Reef, A Reason, Chasing Grace and the feature length documentary Skid Row Marathon.

Kim Planert received awards at the Hollywood Music In Media Awards for "Best Score in a TV Show" for Missing (ABC), co-composed with Robert Duncan, and at the Park City Film Music Festival for his work on Nest of Spiders. His music for the feature film A Reason received the award for “Best Score in an Indie Feature” as well as the Gold Medal for “Best Original Score” at the Global Music Awards.

For Skid Row Marathon, a feature length documentary following the story of a Los Angeles judge who starts a running club on Skid Row, Planert worked as associate producer and composed the music, for which he received several awards.

Before moving to Los Angeles, he lived in the UK where he collaborated with among others Craig Armstrong, Capercaillie, Secret Garden, John McLaughlin (FIVE), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Scottish Ensemble and worked as sound engineer and producer on more than 40 albums and soundtracks for films such as American Cousins, The Bone Collector, and the TV show Crowdie + Cream, which won several BAFTAs including the award for "Best Soundtrack".

Planert received his masters at the UNCSA School of the Arts and his Bachelor of Recording Arts from the Southern Cross University of Australia, studying under Hummie Mann, David McHugh, Sir Prof. Clive Pascoe, and Jack Smalley.

During the armed conflict in former Yugoslavia, Planert provided humanitarian aid on a number of occasions and recorded one of his first songs, which was written for the people of the enclave of Bihać, where it was aired.

He has recently released his solo album Skylight: Notes from a logbook, inspired by his passion for skydiving and wingsuit flying.

Film

Skid Row Marathon, 2017
Directed by Mark Hayes, Gabriele Hayes
Documentary

Timeless, 2017
Composer additional music
diverse directors
NBC TV Pilot

Castle, 2015
Season 8
Composer additional music
TV series (ABC)

A Reason, 2013
Composer and Co-Executive Producer
Directed by Dominique Schilling
Feature Film

Castle, 2013
Season 6
Additional music
TV series (ABC)

Castle, 2012
Season 5
Composer additional music
TV series (ABC)

Last Resort, 2012
Composer additional music
TV series (ABC)

Castle, 2011
Season 4
Composer additional music
TV series (ABC)

The Chicago Code, 2011
Composer additional music
TV series (FOX)

Castle, 2010
Season 3
Composer additional music
TV series (ABC)

The Gates, 2010
Composer additional music
TV series (ABC)