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After the second world war the young Böttcher began as solo guitarist at Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk. In the year 1955 he wrote the music for his first film Der Hauptmann und sein Held (1955). Already his next movie Teenage Wolfpack (1956), was a great artistic success for himself.
- June 17, 1927
- April 19, 2019
Apr 24, 2019 · Böttcher made his own cinematic debut in 1955, writing the music for the satirical film Der Hauptmann und sein Held. This proved to be the launch of a highly successful film and later television music career.
Apr 20, 2019 · Martin Böttcher found his greatest success in the 1960s composing the score for ten of the Karl May films, the first being Der Schatz im Silbersee with the famous "Old-Shatterhand-Melodie". The films starred, among many others, American actor Lex Barker and British actor Stewart Granger.
It was only thanks to a stroke of luck that Martin Böttcher, who had actually wanted to be a pilot, became a musician by profession. Martin Böttcher, born June 17, 1927, in Berlin, gained first musical experience when taking piano lessons at an early age.
At first, Martin Böttcher concentrated on jazz music, and he became the number two guitarist in a poll concerning the performance of German jazz musicians. Already at that time, he gained important experience as an arranger for several famous film composers like Michael Jary or Hans-Martin Majewski for whom he arranged, for example, part of ...
Apr 20, 2019 · Martin Böttcher composed music for over 50 films and around 300 TV productions during his career of over 60 years! He received several awards, for example the „Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande“ (2004) and the „GEMA Musikautorenpreis 2016“, both for his lifetime achievement.
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Apr 22, 2019 · German film composer Martin Böttcher (1927 – 2019) died April 19th aged 91. Once again, there is no English language obituary, but here are some German ones from Tagesschau, RP Online and Deu…
