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Gottfried Huppertz
12+ albums
composerSoundtrackscoreinstrumentalpost-romanticism
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Gottfried Huppertz (* March 11, 1887 in Cologne, † February 7, 1937 in Berlin) was a German composer, singer, actor and conductor. He wrote the score for Fritz Lang's "Metropolis". Gottfried Huppertz was born in Köln, Germany on March 11, 1887. There He studied music in a conservatory, and in 1905 wrote his first composition, a song titled "Rankende Rosen" (Tendrillar Roses), which he dedicated to his childhood friend Rudolf Klein-Rogge. Huppertz, around 1918 Gottfried Huppertz in Fritz Lang's Dr. MabuseDuring WWI Huppertz worked as an opera singer and theater actor in Coburg, Freiburg and Breslau, and also wrote some music for the theater. In 1920 Huppertz moved to Berlin and began acting at the Nollendorfplatz Theater, and shortly afterwards met his future wife, Charlotte Lindig. During that period, Huppertz was also recorded singing two songs with other singers as promotion for the operetta "Verliebte Leute," which was released in 1922 on a 78rpm record. In Berlin he also met Rudolf Klein-Rogge's wife, Thea von Harbou, and subsequently director Fritz Lang, who became close friends to the point Huppertz, his wife, Von Harbou, and Lang were together nearly every night in the wild cultural life of Berlin. The professional collaboration between Lang and Huppertz started where Lang hired Huppertz as an actor for two small roles in the films "Vier um die Frau" and "Dr. Mabuse Der Spieler," and knowing Huppertz' musical talent, once he turned to make his two-part epic film "Die
top songs
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Metropolis: I. Auftakt: Metropolis Thema
28,3932Metropolis, Op. 29, Act I "Auftakt": Metropolis Thema
9353Metropolis: I. Auftakt: Maschinen
7034Metropolis: I. Auftakt: Die Ewigen Garten
6525Metropolis: I. Auftakt: Maria mit Kindern
6256Metropolis: I. Auftakt: Das Stadion
5577Metropolis, Op. 29, Act I "Auftakt": Maschinen
4918Metropolis: I. Auftakt: Maschinenhalle - Moloch
4239Metropolis: I. Auftakt: Rotwang und Fredersen
40410Metropolis: I. Auftakt: In den Katakomben
375albums
Metropolis
Metropolis (Original Motion Picture Score)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried & Kriemhild's Revenge (Original Score)
Metropolis (1927)
Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (Original Score)
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Metropolis - Original Motion Picture Score
Metropolis (OST)
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Metropolis (Disc 1)
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Metropolis (Disc 2)
Die Nibelungen
Metropolis Original Motion Picture Score
Metropolis Soundtrack