Volker Bertelmann

A German pianist known as Hauschka for his prepared-piano albums, with objects placed between the strings. With Dustin O'Halloran he wrote Lion, which earned them Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. With Edward Berger he made All Quiet on the Western Front, which won him the Oscar in 2023, and Conclave, nominated again.

Style

Prepared piano, short motifs and deep blasts of harmonium and electronics.

Awards

Oscar for All Quiet on the Western Front (2023). Oscar nominations for Lion and Conclave.

Discography

• The Boy (2015) Spotify · Apple Music
• Gunpowder (2017) Spotify
• In Dubious Battle (2017) Spotify
• 1000 Arten Regen Zu Beschreiben (2018) Spotify · Apple Music
• Adrift (2018) Spotify
• Ed & Edda (2018) Spotify · Apple Music
• Was uns nicht umbringt (2018) Spotify · Apple Music
• Gut gegen Nordwind (2019) Spotify
• Hotel Mumbai (2019) Spotify · Apple Music
• Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl (2020) Spotify
• Downhill (2020) Spotify · Apple Music
• Dublin Murders (2020) Spotify · Apple Music
• Schnee Von Gestern (2020) Spotify · Apple Music
• Summerland (2020) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Old Guard (2020) Spotify · Apple Music
• Monte Verità (2021) Spotify
• Stowaway (2021) Spotify · Apple Music
• Sörensen hat Angst (2021) Spotify · Apple Music
• Wild Republic (2021) Spotify · Apple Music
• Your Honor: Season 1 (2021) Spotify · Apple Music
• Against the Ice (2022) Spotify · Apple Music
• All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) Spotify · Apple Music
• Barbarians: Season 2 (2022) Spotify · Apple Music
• Life After Life (2022) Spotify · Apple Music
• War Sailor (2022) Spotify · Apple Music
• Beyond the Sea (2023) Spotify · Apple Music
• Glück (2023) Spotify · Apple Music
• Jules (2023) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Dive (2023) Spotify · Apple Music
• Unwanted (2023) Spotify · Apple Music
• Conclave (2024) Spotify · Apple Music
• Dune: Prophecy (2024) Spotify · Apple Music
• One Life (2024) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Day of the Jackal (2024) Spotify · Apple Music
• A House of Dynamite (2025) Spotify · Apple Music
• Ballad of a Small Player (2025) Spotify · Apple Music
• Dead of Winter (2025) Spotify · Apple Music
• Delicious (2025) Spotify · Apple Music
• Ed & Edda GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (2025) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Amateur (2025) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series) (2025) Spotify · Apple Music
• 23,000 Leben (2026) Spotify · Apple Music
• Clayface (2026) Spotify · Apple Music
• Corpus Delicti (2026) Spotify · Apple Music
• Die Falle (2026) Spotify · Apple Music
• La Bataille de Gaulle (2026) Spotify · Apple Music
• Pressure (2026) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Uprising (2026) Spotify · Apple Music
• Verity (2026) Spotify · Apple Music

"Spotify" and "Apple Music" open the album directly on each platform; if only Spotify appears, we have not yet been able to check that album on Apple Music. "Search Spotify" opens an album search for that title. If a link does not lead to the right album, write to [email protected]. "Album" marks the year of that album edition when it differs from the film's.

Listen

• Remains · All Quiet on the Western FrontSpotifyApple MusicYouTube
• Lion Theme · LionSpotifyApple MusicYouTube

Full biography on Wikipedia