Harald Kloser (born 9 July 1956) is an Austrian film composer, producer and screenwriter. Since his critical and commercial breakthrough in 2005, in which he won the BMI Film Music Award for both of his scores for ''

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'' and ''

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,'' he has become a regular collaborator of the latter's director,

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, having composed music for every one of the director's films since 2004, excluding ''Stonewall'' (2015). Out of those films, all but ''Anonymous'' (2011) have been collaborations with fellow composer

Thomas Wander Thomas Wander, ( Graz, 19 April 1973) also credited as Thomas Wanker, is an Austrian-born composer for film and television. While his original plans were to play piano in a jazz band, as a teenager he took notice of the emotional response he had ...

. Besides composing original scores, Kloser has also produced and co-written several films with Emmerich, starting with ''10,000 BC'' (2008), which Emmerich invited Kloser to write after liking the story changes Kloser proposed to ''The Day After Tomorrow''. Kloser was married to

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, and the couple's children Lennon and Luka are also musicians.Stream: New singles from Luka Kloser, Magic Giant and Sleeptalk
/ref> He has since entered into a relationship with Ana Maria Lombo, best known as part of girl group Eden's Crush.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kloser, Harald 1956 births Austrian film score composers Austrian film producers Austrian screenwriters Living people Male film score composers Austrian male screenwriters Varèse Sarabande Records artists