Real name: Klaus Badelt

Effective period / Period of releases: 2001 - 2017

Klaus Badelt (b. June 12, 1967) began his musical career writing and producing music for dozens of movies and commercials in his native Germany. In 1997/98, Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer invited him to move his musical home to Media Ventures in Santa Monica, CA. Since then, Klaus has composed scores on his own film and television projects as well as collaborating with Zimmer and other composers. He has written music for over twenty-five major Hollywood films, with his biggest and most well-known assignments to date being Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' in 2000, which he co-produced, 2002's 'The Time Machine', and 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'.