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Klaus Doldinger
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Klaus Doldinger was born in 1936 in Berlin. At the Düsseldorf conservatoire he studied piano and later clarinet, then musicology. He became known as a jazz saxophonist. In 1971 he founded the band Passport, which was sometimes called the European counterpart of Weather Report. Besides saxophone he played keyboards and synthesizer. For television he wrote the theme music of the crime series Tatort in 1970, which is still used today. His music for Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot (1981), about the crew of a German submarine, became known internationally. For Die unendliche Geschichte (1984) he wrote the score, together with Giorgio Moroder. Doldinger died in 2025.
Listening
Tatort (2021 Remastered) · Klaus Doldinger, 1970
Titel · Klaus Doldinger, 1981
Fantasia · Klaus Doldinger, 1984
Discography
Studio albums
- 1962Rolf Kühn feat. Klaus Doldinger
- 1963Jazz Made in Germany
- 1964Jazz Goes Baroque
- 1967Goes On
- 1969The Ambassador
- 1981Das Boot: Die original Filmmusik (soundtrack)
- 1983Constellation
- 1983The Point
- 1984Die unendliche Geschichte (soundtrack)
- 1984The NeverEnding Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1988Nonni und Manni (soundtrack)
- 1992Salz auf unserer Haut (Original Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 1994Doldinger in New York
- 1999Back in New York
- 2011Symphonic Project
Other work
- 1970Tatort (tv, titelmuziek)
- 1981Das Boot
- 1984Die unendliche Geschichte / The NeverEnding Story (met Giorgio Moroder)
- Ein Fall für zwei (tv)
- Liebling Kreuzberg (tv)
In School of Rock
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