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Gary Marlowe

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Gary Marlowe is a filmmaker creating music.

An award-winning composer and producer, pianist, singer, guitar player and drummer, Marlowe started playing piano at four, turned into a synthesizer prodigy in his early teens and became one of Berlin's foremost musicians, opening for the likes of Iggy Pop and The Ramones with his band.

Gary Marlowe became a No.1 hit songwriter and producer for several top acts, leading to Platinum and Gold Record awards, and collaborations which ranged from electronica to speed metal.

Newspapers calling him "a legend" in his early twenties, Marlowe went on to become a true multi-instrumentalist, developing his own, eclectic style as a composer, which owes to his studies of Ethnomusicology and his open-minded interest in diverse musical cultures and unusual sounds.

Following some first scores and a nomination for the German Film Award, he decided to focus on his love for the movies, and follow his vocation to be a filmmaker.

Marlowe moved to Italy, and studied Composition for Film with Oscar winners Luis Bacalov ("The Postman") and Nicola Piovani ("Life is beautiful"), winning the Emma Contestabile Award in his final year at the Accademia Chigiana, where also the likes of Claudio Abbado or Daniel Barenboim have studied. Ever since, film scores are the center of Marlowe's work, leading to multiple awards and festival wins.

Today, Gary Marlowe is best known for his minimalist combinations of acoustic instruments, ambient electronic soundscapes and elegantly reduced orchestra parts. He was chosen by the World Soundtrack Academy to perform one of his works with The Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, alongside Angelo Badalamenti, Mychael Danna, James Newton Howard, Clint Mansell, Dario Marianelli, Gustavo Santaolalla and Howard Shore.

His activity in Art led Marlowe to numerous collaborations and the development of his own installations, "aural frames". Art collaborations include Minimalism master Richard Nonas at The Venice Biennale, Lucia Bosé at the Picasso show in Padova, and a personal exhibition at Scatola Bianca in Venice.

Gary Marlowe is a Berlinale Talent Alumnus, a voting member of the World Soundtrack Academy and the European Film Academy.
BornMarch 7, 1967
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  • Known for

    Soundless (2004)
    Soundless
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 2004
    A Place Called Los Pereyra (2009)
    A Place Called Los Pereyra
    7.1
    • Composer
    • 2009
    Fabian Busch, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Pheline Roggan, and Claudia Eisinger in Sex & Crime (2016)
    Sex & Crime
    5.7
    • Composer
    • 2016
    Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren (2014)
    Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Composer



    • Wasserstoff - Revolution oder Illusion? (2024)
      Wasserstoff - Revolution oder Illusion?
      6.6
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Everything Will Change (2021)
      Everything Will Change
      5.8
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Howalds Fall (1990)
      Tatort
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2019–2020
    • Al Hadira: The Hangar (2019)
      Al Hadira: The Hangar
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Planet 5000 (2019)
      Planet 5000
      6.1
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Alkohol (2019)
      Alkohol
      6.7
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Pete's Last Dance (2019)
      Pete's Last Dance
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • The Milk System (2017)
      The Milk System
      7.0
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Als Paul über das Meer kam - Tagebuch einer Begegnung (2017)
      Als Paul über das Meer kam - Tagebuch einer Begegnung
      7.7
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Gloria Endres de Oliveira in Strawberry Bubblegums (2016)
      Strawberry Bubblegums
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Two People Meeting (2016)
      Two People Meeting
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Fabian Busch, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Pheline Roggan, and Claudia Eisinger in Sex & Crime (2016)
      Sex & Crime
      5.7
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Lucas Gregorowicz, Frederick Lau, Heiko Pinkowski, and Anna Bederke in Schrotten! (2016)
      Schrotten!
      6.1
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Das Ende des Schweigens (2015)
      Das Ende des Schweigens
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2015
    • Winnetou's Son (2015)
      Winnetou's Son
      6.1
      • Composer
      • 2015

    Music Department



    • Houston (2013)
      Houston
      5.8
      • composer: additional music
      • 2013
    • Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen (1995)
      Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen
      9.0
      • music consultant
      • 1995
    • Gefahr für die Liebe - Aids (1985)
      Gefahr für die Liebe - Aids
      5.1
      • composer: theme music
      • 1985

    Actor



    • Vera und Babs
      • Babs' - Keyboard Player
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 1989



    • Gary Marlowe in Escape (2014)
      Escape
      Short
      • Johann
      • 2014

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Height
      • 5′ 11¾″ (1.82 m)
    • Born
      • March 7, 1967
      • Berlin, Germany
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      • 2 Interviews
      • 2 Articles

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    • Trivia
      Gary Marlowe, a former piano and synthesizer prodigy, is a multi-instrumentalist, who plays piano, synthesizers, organ, guitar, bass, accordeon, flutes, al-oud, buzuk, saz, drums, percussion, and he is a lead singer.

      He is best known for his minimalist combinations of acoustic instruments, ambient electronic soundscapes and elegantly reduced orchestra parts.
    • Quotes
      You shall not sell your soul. Never. (Interview with n-tv Germany, December 2012)
    • Trademarks
        A unique, minimalist mix of cutting edge electronica and elegant orchestra parts.

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