Martin Todsharow (born 6 September 1967) is a German composer, producer, and lecturer on music, since 2004 a professor at the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg. He has won the German Film Critics' Best Music Award and the German Music Authors' Prize for Film Music Composition.

Early life

Born in Berlin, from 1989 to 1994 Todsharow was a student at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin, where his degree was in

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, counterpoint, and

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Career

Since 1991 Todsharow has composed for theatre. In 1993 he was awarded a foreign scholarship of the

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to study in Britain. From 1994 to 1996 he was an instrumentalist in both serious and pop music. Since 1997 he has worked as a professional film composer, a producer, a music supervisor, and a lecturer at film academies . In 2004 he was elected to a chair at the Konrad Wolf Film University of in

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. In 2013 he won the

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Best Music Award for ''

Sources of Life ''Sources of Life'' (german: link=no, Quellen des Lebens) is a 2013 German film directed by Oskar Roehler. Cast * Jürgen Vogel as Erich Freytag * Moritz Bleibtreu as Klaus Freytag * Kostja Ullmann as Young Klaus Freitag * Meret Becker as ...

'' (Quellen des Lebens). In 2014 he received the

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for Film Music Composition, in a ceremony on 8 May 2014 at the

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Work as film composer

*'' No Place to Go'' (2000) *''

Hijack Stories ''Hijack Stories'' is a 2000 South African crime film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Tony Kgoroge as Sox Moraka * Rapulana Seiphemo as Zama * Percy Matsemel ...

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Eierdiebe ''Eierdiebe'' (''The Family Jewels'' in United States) is a 2003 German comedy-drama film written and directed by Robert Schwentke. The film deals with testicular cancer Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of ...

'' (2003) *''

Agnes and His Brothers ''Agnes and His Brothers'' (german: Agnes und seine Brüder) is a 2004 film directed by Oskar Roehler. Plot Three very different siblings: Hans-Jörg, a librarian who is a sex addict; Werner, a politician in a troubled marriage with a son wh ...

'' (2004) *''

Guys and Balls ''Guys and Balls'' ( German: ''Männer wie wir'', literally ''Men like us'', UK title: Balls) is a 2004 sports comedy/ romance film by German American director Sherry Hormann about a gay goalkeeper who assembles a gay-only soccer team to play a ...

'' (2004) *''

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Atomised ''Atomised'', also known as ''The Elementary Particles'' (french: Les Particules élémentaires), is a novel by the French author Michel Houellebecq, published in France in 1998. It tells the story of two half-brothers, Michel and Bruno, and ...

'' (2006) *'' Mogadischu'' (2008) *''

Lulu and Jimi ''Lulu and Jimi'' is a 2009 drama film directed by Oskar Roehler. It is about the relationship between Lulu, a rich German girl and Jimi, a black man, happened in the German 50's. Plot Lulu, a well-off German girl, falls in love with Jimi, the ...

'' (2009) *'' Hilde'' (2009) *''

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'' (2009) *'' Jew Suss: Rise and Fall'' (2010) *''

Kokowääh ''Kokowääh'' is a 2011 German film directed by Til Schweiger. It was released in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, South Tyrol and Switzerland) on 3 February 2011. The film stars Til Schweiger, his daughter Emma Schweiger, Jasmin Gera ...

'' (2011) *'' Guardians'' (2012) *''

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'' (2013) *''

3096 Days ''3096 Days'' (german: 3096 Tage) is a 2013 German drama film directed by Sherry Hormann. The film is based on the true story of Natascha Kampusch, a 10-year-old girl and her eight-year ordeal being kidnapped by Wolfgang Přiklopil. Northern Ir ...

'' (2013) *''

Frau Ella ''Frau Ella'' is a 2013 German comedy film directed by Markus Goller. Cast * Matthias Schweighöfer as Sascha * Ruth Maria Kubitschek as Frau Ella * August Diehl as Klaus * Anna Bederke as Lina * Anatole Taubman Anatole Taubman (born 23 Dec ...

'' (2013) *'' Joy of Fatherhood'' (2014) *'' Head Full of Honey'' (2014) *'' Frau Müller muss weg!'' (2015) *'' Friend Request'' (2016) *''

Fog in August ''Fog in August'' (german: Nebel im August) is a 2016 German drama film directed by Kai Wessel. It is based on the 2008 novel '' Fog in August'' by Robert Domes, and is inspired by the documented true story of the 14 year old Yenish boy Ernst L ...

'' (2016) *'' The Captain'' (2017) *''

Herrliche Zeiten ''Herrliche Zeiten'' is a 2018 German comedy-drama film directed by Oskar Roehler, starring Katja Riemann and Oliver Masucci. It tells the story of an affluent couple looking for a new housekeeper. As a joke, they write in the ad that they are loo ...

'' (2018) *'' Head Full of Honey'' (2018) *'' The Tunnel'' (2019) *''

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'' (2020) *'' Snake Eyes'' (2021) * ''

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'' (2023)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Todsharow, Martin 1967 births Living people 20th-century German composers 21st-century German composers German film score composers Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin alumni Male film score composers Musicians from Berlin 20th-century German male musicians 21st-century German male musicians