- Ralf Hildenbeutel is a German composer, producer and film composer. His style is shaped by his eclectic background through his classical education and his passion for electronic music since the early 80'ies. In the 90'ies he was best known for his collaboration with Sven Väth and other productions on the legendary Eye Q label when his work archived an big impact on the electronic music scene. He also produced various remixes for artists such as Depeche Mode, Anne Clark, Robert Palmer or Yello. End of 9o'ies/early 00's Ralf produced and co-wrote for artists such as Laith Al-Deen, Andreas Bouriani, Phil's son Simon Collins and others and achieved several top ten albums and singles. Hildenbeutel's involvement in film music started in the 90'ies and his music for the movie "Hommage á Noir" received the Goldmedal at the New York Festivals. Around 2010 he started focusing on film music and wrote music for movies auch as "Vincent will meer" ("Deutscher Filmpreis", 2012 - German Filmacadamy Award) or the acclaimed "Bastard" in collaboration with Stevie B-Zet. Recent works include scores for international productions such as the Italian crime series "Maltese" or "la Mossa Del Cavallo".- IMDb Mini Biography By: Diverse sources
- A key and pioneering influence on the Frankfurt techno and trance scene of the early '90s, classically trained Ralf Hildenbeutel is also an established composer of film and TV soundtracks. Early success as a writer and producer for Frankfurt's iconic Eye Q Records by working on Sven Väth's solo albums and on various solo projects such as Earth Nation (performing 1997 at the Montreux Jazz Festival). When Eye Q's stock fell in '97, he co-founded the production company Schallbau with Stevie B-Zet & Matthias Hoffmann, creating pop hits for the likes of Yvonne Catterfeld and Laith Al-Deen. With time, his primary concern became soundtrack composition, winning the Gold Medal at the '96 New York Film Festival for "Hommage à Noir". By 2008, after Schallbau folded, film music became his main focus, over the next decade he worked on no fewer than 30 different productions. There were notable solo albums, such as 2015's string-laden "Moods", before his production on Chris Liebing's album "Another Day" in '21 showed that club sounds were still close to his heart. Hildenbeutel received early training in classical performance and theory, started to learn the piano at nine years old. He developed eclectic tastes, becoming a big jazz fan. Electronic music entered his radar when he turned 14, acts such as Jean-Michel Jarre and Kraftwerk inspired him to experiment with synths and multi-track tape recordings. He composed his first score for an TV film at just 17 years old.- IMDb Mini Biography By: James Wilkinson (edited)
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