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Johann Pachelbel(1653-1706)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Johann Pachelbel was born on 1 September 1653 in Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]. Johann was a composer, known for Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Asteroid City (2023) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007). Johann died on 3 March 1706 in Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany].
BornSeptember 1, 1653
DiedMarch 3, 1706(52)
BornSeptember 1, 1653
DiedMarch 3, 1706(52)
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Known for

Jennifer Garner, Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Marla Sokoloff, and Sydney in Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
Dude, Where's My Car?
5.5
  • Soundtrack
  • 2000
Tom Hanks, Liev Schreiber, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Bryan Cranston, Hope Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Park, Aristou Meehan, Maya Hawke, Rupert Friend, Jake Ryan, Ethan Josh Lee, and Sophia Lillis in Asteroid City (2023)
Asteroid City
6.4
  • Soundtrack
  • 2023
Laurence Fishburne, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Ioan Gruffudd, and Doug Jones in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
5.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 2007
Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction (1987)
Fatal Attraction
6.9
  • Soundtrack
  • 1987

Credits

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Music Department

  • The Last Song of Conway Twitty
    • composer: Canon in D
    • Post-production
  • Allegro (2019)
    Allegro
    Short
    • composer: additional music - Canon in D
    • 2019
  • Anastasiia Shevchenko in La dame aux camélias (2017)
    La dame aux camélias
    • music
    • 2017
  • The Cheating Service
    Short
    • stock music
    • 2015
  • True Creation
    Short
    • Music Department
    • 2014
  • Colonia Ingerilor
    7.8
    • music
    • 2011
  • Cher Guertze and Ole Lemmeke in Mirror of the Planet (1992)
    Mirror of the Planet
    5.6
    • music by
    • 1992
  • Begin the Beguine (1982)
    Begin the Beguine
    6.9
    • Music Department
    • 1982

Composer

  • I, Timon (2017)
    I, Timon
    6.8
    • music by
    • 2017
  • Cómicos (2011)
    Cómicos
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2011

Soundtrack

  • EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    4.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "Canon in D"
    • writer: "All Together Now" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 2005–2026
  • Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, and Donald Faison in Scrubs (2026)
    Scrubs
    8.2
    TV Series
    • music: "Canon in D"
    • 2026
  • Anna Chlumsky, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Gigi Zumbado in Bride Hard (2025)
    Bride Hard
    4.4
    • writer: "Canon in D Major"
    • 2025
  • Aspire (2025)
    Aspire
    • writer: "Pachelbel's Canon"
    • 2025
  • Melissa Roxburgh in The Hunting Party (2025)
    The Hunting Party
    6.7
    TV Series
    • writer: "Pachelbel's Canon"
    • 2025
  • Adriana Torrebejano, Eva Ugarte, Rubén Cortada, and Francisco Ortiz in Tell Me What You Want (2024)
    Tell Me What You Want
    6.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "Canon in D"
    • 2024
  • Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney in Anyone But You (2023)
    Anyone But You
    6.1
    • writer: "Canon in D"
    • 2023
  • Tom Hanks, Liev Schreiber, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Bryan Cranston, Hope Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Park, Aristou Meehan, Maya Hawke, Rupert Friend, Jake Ryan, Ethan Josh Lee, and Sophia Lillis in Asteroid City (2023)
    Asteroid City
    6.4
    • writer: "Canon (Canon and Gigue in D Major)"
    • 2023
  • Lowey and Mr. Hand (2015)
    Lowey and Mr. Hand
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Soundtrack ("Canon in D Major")
    • 2023
  • Fantastic Machine (2023)
    Fantastic Machine
    6.9
    • writer: "Acapella Classycal - Canon in D"
    • 2023
  • Virgin River (2019)
    Virgin River
    7.4
    TV Series
    • music: "Canon in D" (uncredited)
    • 2022
  • Naomi Winders, Hugh Valentine Clark, Kiri Case, Michelle Knapp, Matthew Meese, Aleta Myles, Garet Allen, Carl Foreman Jr., Jericho Lopez, Dalton Johnson, and Tori Pence in Studio C (2012)
    Studio C
    8.5
    TV Series
    • music: "Canon in D"
    • writer: "Canon in D" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 2014–2022
  • Mark Anthony Ramitt in Replication: Revisited (2022)
    Replication: Revisited
    Short
    • writer: "Canon in D"
    • 2022
  • Television Theater (1953)
    Television Theater
    7.7
    TV Series
    • music: "Kanon i Gigue"
    • 2022
  • Lacey Chabert, Alison Sweeney, Autumn Reeser, and Kevin McGarry in The Wedding Veil (2022)
    The Wedding Veil
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • music: "Canon in D" (uncredited)
    • 2022

Personal details

  • Height
    • 5′ 11¼″ (1.81 m)
  • Born
    • September 1, 1653
    • Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]
  • Died
    • March 3, 1706
    • Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography

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    Direct influence on composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

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