Profile: Klaus Badelt - Composer - Gladiator/ Constantine/ Pirates... Curse Of The Black Pearl

It has been a few years since Klaus' large-scale score to "Pirates of the Caribbean" defined the franchise and brought him worldwide mass attention. Since then, Klaus continues to write for major motion pictures with top-names like Wolfgang Petersen, Michael Mann, Richard Donner, Francis Lawrence and Harvey Weinstein. Besides the major studios, he has steadily been building relationships with independent filmmakers. Two films with legend Werner Herzog. Five months in China, writing for Chen Kaige ("Farewell my Concubine"). Klaus likes to be where the filmmakers are, being one of them. So he moved one of his studios temporarily to Beijing, travelled the provinces, got inspired by ancient songs, instruments and dances. Then to London, writing for John Madden ("Shakespeare in Love"). In 1998, Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer invited him to move his musical home to Media Ventures in Santa Monica, CA. Working with Zimmer, Badelt contributed music to the Oscar-nominated scores for Ridley Scott's Gladiator Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line and Dreamworks' The Prince of Egypt. Klaus collaborated with Zimmer on the music for Mission: Impossible II with producer Tom Cruise and director John Woo, Ridley Scott's Hannibal and Jerry Bruckheimer/Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor . He also co-wrote the score to Sean Penn's The Pledge with Zimmer. Paramount's Director Kathryn Bigelow's K-19: The Widowmaker. Klaus Badelt has written music for over 25 major Hollywood films. He composed the acclaimed score for 2003's top-grossing movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. His composer credits include: Werner Herzog's Invincible , K-19: The Widowmaker, The Recruit , Ned Kelly , Basic The In-Laws. In the span of a couple of decades he has amassed over 80 credits. You can email your questions to 123FilmEasy@Gmail.com and we'll answer them "LIVE ON AIR." Link: www.123FilmEasy.com. Follow us on "Twitter" at https://twitter.com/123Film