Klaus Badelt
- Music Department
- Composer
- Producer
Composer Klaus Badelt started his musical career writing and producing
music for dozens of highly successful movies and commercials in his
native Germany. In 1998, Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer invited him to
move his musical home to Media Ventures in Santa Monica, CA. Since
then, Klaus has composed scores on his own film and television projects
as well as collaborating with Zimmer and other composers.
Working with Zimmer, Badelt contributed music to the Oscar-nominated
scores for Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000), Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998) and Dreamworks'
The Prince of Egypt (1998). Klaus collaborated with Zimmer on the music for Mission: Impossible II (2000) with
producer Tom Cruise and director John Woo, Ridley Scott's Hannibal (2001) and
Jerry Bruckheimer/Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor (2001). He also co-wrote the score to Sean Penn's
The Pledge (2001) with Zimmer.
Klaus recently completed the scores for Werner Herzog's Invincible (2001) (Tim Roth).
Dreamworks' The Time Machine (2002) (Guy Pearce and Jeremy Irons) and independent film Manfast (2003).
Also in 2002, Badelt scored the independent feature Teknolust (2002) (Tilda Swinton
and Jeremy Davies) followed by Miramax/Dimension Films' upcoming feature
Equilibrium (2002) (Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Taye Diggs).
In summer of 2002, Badelt completed the music to Paramount's K-19: The Widowmaker (2002).
The world-renowned Kirov Orchestra, under the baton of Valery Gergiev, was
recorded in Washington, DC's Constitution Hall for the powerful score.
Director Kathryn Bigelow's film tells the tale of nuclear calamity aboard a
Russian sub, with Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson portraying two conflicted Russian
naval captains under deadly circumstances.
Badelt recently finished the score for The Recruit (2003), directed by Roger Donaldson and
starring Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, and Bridget Moynahan. It is scheduled for release in
January 2003. In October 2002, Klaus is writing the score for Basic (2003),
directed by John McTiernan and starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson.
music for dozens of highly successful movies and commercials in his
native Germany. In 1998, Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer invited him to
move his musical home to Media Ventures in Santa Monica, CA. Since
then, Klaus has composed scores on his own film and television projects
as well as collaborating with Zimmer and other composers.
Working with Zimmer, Badelt contributed music to the Oscar-nominated
scores for Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000), Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998) and Dreamworks'
The Prince of Egypt (1998). Klaus collaborated with Zimmer on the music for Mission: Impossible II (2000) with
producer Tom Cruise and director John Woo, Ridley Scott's Hannibal (2001) and
Jerry Bruckheimer/Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor (2001). He also co-wrote the score to Sean Penn's
The Pledge (2001) with Zimmer.
Klaus recently completed the scores for Werner Herzog's Invincible (2001) (Tim Roth).
Dreamworks' The Time Machine (2002) (Guy Pearce and Jeremy Irons) and independent film Manfast (2003).
Also in 2002, Badelt scored the independent feature Teknolust (2002) (Tilda Swinton
and Jeremy Davies) followed by Miramax/Dimension Films' upcoming feature
Equilibrium (2002) (Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Taye Diggs).
In summer of 2002, Badelt completed the music to Paramount's K-19: The Widowmaker (2002).
The world-renowned Kirov Orchestra, under the baton of Valery Gergiev, was
recorded in Washington, DC's Constitution Hall for the powerful score.
Director Kathryn Bigelow's film tells the tale of nuclear calamity aboard a
Russian sub, with Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson portraying two conflicted Russian
naval captains under deadly circumstances.
Badelt recently finished the score for The Recruit (2003), directed by Roger Donaldson and
starring Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, and Bridget Moynahan. It is scheduled for release in
January 2003. In October 2002, Klaus is writing the score for Basic (2003),
directed by John McTiernan and starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson.