It’s time for a new episode of Tatort with new music of me and Kerim König. We were very lucky to work with a bunch of very talented musicians on this score. We had Alice Dixon […]

Last month saw the release of Barbara Morgenstern‘s amazing new album “In anderem Licht”. https://songwhip.com/barbara-morgenstern/in-anderem-licht2024 We recorded it in February 2023 at Hansa Studio Berlin with an amazing team of musicians, produced by the fabulous Guy […]

As you can see, my site has been severly neglected over the last year. I will try to summarize all my musicial acitvities from that year in one post. As you can see, Kerim and I […]

Everybody cross your fingers!  Kerim and I got nominated for best music at the German Academy for Television this year. The award ceremony is on December 3rd. All I can say is that I’m honoured to […]

I had the great pleasure to play a live set with Barbara Morgenstern and Tonia Reeh on Deutschlandradio Kultur last Monday. You can listen to whole set here: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/barbara-morgenstern-100.html As far as I know it will […]

The longest running German TV Show “Tatort” is back! This time with music by me and Kerim König. Many thanks for the beautiful voice performance of Eva Jagun! Tune in today at 8.15 pm on ARD or […]

I’m happy to report that the second season of “Blutige Anfänger” will premiere tonight on ZDF at 7.25pm All 12 episodes are also available online at:  https://www.zdf.de/serien/blutige-anfaenger The music for this season has been written by […]

Kerim König and I just finished the last touches of the score for the brand-new Tatort episode with the title: “Rhythm and Love“ Our schedule got turned upside down due to Corona, but we had tons of […]

In 2002 I wrote one of my first film scores, for Duncan Jones “Whistle”. Before releasing the soundtrack I always felt that I would have to re-edit and remaster the score. After 19 years, I finally […]

You can now listen to the soundtrack of “Blutige Anfänger” on all available digital platforms! Enjoy! Spotify Itunes Amazon Google Play  Tidal  Deezer  Napster  YoutubeMusic   The first note of the title melody of “Blutige Anfänger” […]

Right after “Blutige Anfänger”, I got an email from Dreamtool Entertainment,  if I would like to work with Isabell Šuba on her upcoming TV Debut. I received the previous episode of “Barcelona Krimi“, which she directed […]

If you were wondering where I have been hiding the last 6 months (some people were…). I have been writing music for a new twelve part TV series called “Blutige Anfänger” (something like “Absolute Beginners” ) […]

Tonight is Tatort Time! Tune in at 8.15 pm on ARD , when the nearly 50 year old title melody will ring through German living rooms! I had the honour to score the 30 year old anniversary […]

My composition for saxophone quartet and piano “Quintett”, premiers at the Royal College of Music in London on Wednesday 3rd July, at 7.30pm, at the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, performed by the RCM Saxophone Ensemble. Many thanks […]

Olivier Sliepen, the alto saxophonist from the renowned Amstel Quartet, has called me some time ago, asking me if I would be interested in writing a piece for the Quartet. Not just a saxophone quartet. No. Could I […]

I’m accompanying the amazing Barbara Morgenstern on her tour through Germany and Switzerland. I want to see all you! 13.02.19 – DE-Dresden, Scheune 14.02.19 – DE-München, Rote Sonne 15.02.19 – DE-Saarbrücken, sparte  16.02.19 – DE-Bern, Dampfzentrale 17.02.19 […]

Welcome to another episode of my beloved kid’s show “Löwenzahn“ It premieres coming Sunday January the 27th at 8.35 am (MEZ) on ZDF or you can watch it online on Tivi after the broadcast. More shows to come! […]

If you follow me on social media, you might have noticed a wave of posts about my recent collaboration with Barbara Morgenstern. Once upon a time, I bumped into her crossing a park in Berlin. We […]

I had the pleasure of adding some cues to the latest release of the ZDF Series “Ku’damm 59” alongside the beautiful score of Maurus Ronner. This was a tad exciting, because we managed to record some […]

Happy New Year everyone! This year I would like to start my news blog with someone very special. Nikola Tesla! 10 years ago I was working on a mission to write music for an interactive film […]

The magic continues! 4 new “Löwenzahn” episodes are being broadcast this November and December with new music of mine on ZDF or online. Thank you Kerim König for playing the guitar part for the “Rotz und Co.” episode! Sunday […]

Robot’s new album “Vedgbol” is getting released on October 27th, 2017 and I had the honour of honking some notes on my silvery shiny barisax along some crazy talented musicians, like Robbie Moore, Knox Chandler, Joel Sarakula, […]

My saxophone quartet composition is now published by Ries & Erler. You can order the score and parts on their website. Have a listen to the terrific recording of clair-obscur on their album release Berlin Counterpoint.      

I’m very excited to announce the TV premiere of “Mi America” on HBO Latino on March 10th. The film had a limited theatrical U.S. release in the fall of 2015 and it is so great to see […]

No. This is not about U2, or a new Jeff Goldblum movie. This is about the premiere of a new episode of Löwenzahn! Tune in! January the 22nd, on ZDF at 8.10 am or January the 29th, […]

Tune in for a new episode of Löwenzahn with new music of mine, featuring an obscure Bamboo Flute, I picked up at the flea market years ago. Don’t miss it! Premiere on ZDF, Sunday, Dec 18th at 8.10 am […]

I’d love to invite you to a special concert on Sunday, Dec.4th. I’m playing soprano saxophone with the Babylon Orchestra at Silent-Green. The Babylon Orchestra is a new group from Berlin – bringing together Syrian and European […]

My amigo Zane Forshee invited me to contribute to his amazing blog! Here’s my top ten film scores! 

“Ellas Entscheidung” is having its TV premiere on ZDF, May 30th 2016 at 8.15 pm. Thank you Marla for your terrific Viola and Violine playing. Here’s a toast to good old fashioned real instruments! Thanks also to Olaf for helping […]

I’m happy to announce three concerts in Britain, which include two of my compositions. May 29th, 2016 at Djanogly Recital Hall, Notthingham University 7.30 pm Flottilla is performing my saxophone quartet along other works by Zelenka, […]

After a mind-blowing opening in New York, Mi America is going to open in L.A. this Friday. We received so much amazing feedback in New York and had an amazing Q & A after the screenings. […]

Exciting news! Mi America will have it’s US release on October 16th, 2015 at the Village Cinema East in New York and a week later in Los Angeles. I sure hope to see you in New […]

It has been a busy spring with the completion of my latest score for the TV movie “Ellas Entscheidung“, which will be broadcast on ZDF this fall. Thank you Marla for your terrific Viola and Violine […]

The last 5 months I was working together with my studio buddy Olaf Taranczewski on the feature film Mi America (2015) directed by Robert Fontaine. The film team consisted out of bunch of extremely talented people and I am so happy […]

My saxophone quartet has been picked by John Schaefer for his show New Sounds. I have always been a huge fan of his show and was totally thrilled to have him play my music. You can listen to […]

In 2006, 8 years ago, I was asked by my band mate from Edison Woods, Maxim Moston, to join Antony and the Johnsons for their European Tour “Turning“. Little did I know that we would travel with […]

My quartet piece is now available on a brand-new CD by clair-obscur saxophone quartet. I can say,  I’m in good company with some other composers you might have heard of like Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Timothy Blinko or […]

Christoph Enzel has been invited to the studio of Kulturradio RBB to introduce the latest CD release from  clair-obscur. The pieces being played on the show include my composition as well as pieces by Dubra, Reich and Glass. […]

Starting tomorrow you can watch three new episodes of my beloved children’s show “Löwenzahn” with new music of mine, on ZDF or online. The broadcast dates are: Sunday April 13th, 2014 8.10 am “Wolken – Die Hagelkanone” Sunday April 20th, […]

Brigitte Bertele’s film “Grenzgang” just won one of the most prestigious TV Awards in Germany: The Grimme Award. Congratulations!!!    

The amazing Dr. Henning Schröder and his terrific accompanist Yu-Lien The are going to premiere my piece  “TV Nation” at the North American Saxophone Alliance Conference on March 21st, 2014 at 9.40 am at the Music Building Auditorium at […]

Let’s start the new year with dust! Or better, let’s explore dust! Check out the latest episode of the Löwenzahn TV Series with the thrilling title  “Staub – Verräterische Spuren” aka “Dust –  Traitorous Traces” broadcasting on […]

Tonight is the the TV Premiere of Brigitte Bertele’s film adaption of Stephan Thome’s bestseller “Grenzgang”. Tune in at 8.15 pm on ARD! More info here. Here is one of the main titles for the film:

I just received news that the documentary “The Cold Steel” aka “Das kalte Eisen” with my original score, will have its world premiere at the Documentary Festival DOK in Leipzig on October 31st. You can buy […]

Today is election day in Germany! I just got back from the voting booth and without being to philosophical, it kind of leads me to my news item. This month I am in the midst of […]

Hello all, welcome to my new webpage! Thanks to Timo Daum I finally managed to redo my site. We tried to make the site as much fun as possible, while keeping it easy to use. Thank […]