Klaus Badelt Klaus Badelt

Born: 1968, Frankfurt, Germany.

Biography:
Highly successful German composer Klaus Badelt started his musical career writing and producing music for movies and commercials in his native Germany, until 1998, when Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer invited him to move his musical home to Media Ventures in Santa Monica, California. Since then, Badelt has composed dozens of scores for high profile Hollywood films and television shows, some on his own, some in collaboration with Zimmer and other composers in the Media Ventures stable. Among his solo credits are "The Time Machine" (2002), "K19: The Widowmaker" (2002), "The Recruit" (2003), "Basic" (2003), "Equilibrium" (2002), "Ned Kelly" (2003) and the smash hit "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003); he has also contributed additional music to a number of highly successful and popular works such as "The Prince of Egypt" (1998), "The Thin Red Line" (1998), "Gladiator" (2000), "Mission Impossible II" (2000), "Pearl Harbor" (2001), "The Pledge" (2001) and Brian Tyler’s "Constantine" (2005).

Reviews:
Constantine, K-19: The Widowmaker, Ned Kelly, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Poseidon, Premonition, The Promise, The Recruit, Rescue Dawn and TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Filmography:
Dragon Hunters (2008), Killshot (2008), The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008), Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008), Premonition (2007), Rescue Dawn (2007), Skid Row (2007), TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007), 16 Blocks (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Poseidon (2006), Ultraviolet (2006), Constantine (2005), The Promise (2005), Catwoman (2004), Basic (2003), Beat the Drum (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), The In-Laws (2003), Ned Kelly (2003), The Recruit (2003), Equilibrium (2002), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Manfast (2002), Teknolust (2002), The Time Machine (2002), Extreme Days (2001), Hannibal (2001), Invincible (2001), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Pledge (2001), Gladiator (2000), King of the Jungle (2000), Mission: Impossible II (2000), The Road to El Dorado (2000), The Tigger Movie (2000), Chill Factor (1999), Der Grosse Bagarozy (1999), The Thin Red Line (1998), Tatort: Der Zweite Mann (1998), Der Eisbär (1998), Tatort: Schlüssel Zum Mord (1997), The Hunger (1997), Peter Strohm: Unter Brüdern (1995).

Highest Grossing Films as at end of 2007 (adjusted for inflation):
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($358.6m), Constantine ($83.4m), The Time Machine ($69.3m), Miami Vice ($68.9m), Poseidon ($65.5m), The Recruit ($62.0m), TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ($55.6m), Premonition ($49.2m), Catwoman ($45.8m), K-19: The Widowmaker ($42.9m).

Constantine Gladiator Hannibal Invincible K-19: The Widowmaker Miami Vice Mission: Impossible 2 Ned Kelly Pearl Harbor Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl The Pledge Poseidon Premonition The Promise Rescue Dawn The Recruit The Road to El Dorado The Time Machine TMNT


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