

25/02/2024
Hollywood film music has its roots in Europe. Three composers who fled war and National Socialism to the USA created the sound that still shapes film music today: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner and Franz Waxman. In the early 20th century, these classically trained composers transformed the methods acquired in Vienna and Berlin into a new American art form: film music. They balanced the relationship between image and sound and developed techniques and dramaturgical tricks to achieve the greatest possible effect on the viewer. Their influence is visible in the work of contemporary US composers such as John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith. Today, Oscar winner Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi and Harold Faltermeyer continue this tradition. Their melodies are part of humanity's collective memory and reflect the combined traditions of European and American musical history. The documentary accompanies composers in their work and explores the European roots of Hollywood.

Hans Zimmer
as Self - Interviewee

Ramin Djawadi
as Self - Interviewee

Harold Faltermeyer
as Self - Interviewee

Cliff Eidelman
as Self - Interviewee

Bruce Botnick
as Self - Interviewee

Sam Schwartz
as Self - Interviewee

John W. Waxman
as Self - Interviewee

Steven C. Smith
as Self - Interviewee

Brendan G. Carroll
as Self - Interviewee

Lis Malina
as Self - Interviewee

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
as Self (archive footage)

Franz Waxman
as Self (archive footage)

Jenny Winkler
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Ralf Günter
as Self - Additional Voice

Reinhold Joppich
as Self - Additional Voice

Daniel Sprint
as Self - Additional Voice

Massimo Tuveri
as Self - Additional Voice

Volker Wolf
as Self - Additional Voice

Stephan Wurfbaum
as Self - Additional Voice
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