Rasmus Borowski (born May 21, 1974) is a German composer, singer, and actor.

Early life and education

Rasmus Borowski was born in

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in 1974. His parents, recording engineer Richard Borowski and singer Gabi Borowski, often took him to the cinema, where Rasmus discovered his passion for films and music. At the age of four, Rasmus performed his first voice recording in a studio. When he was seven, he started taking guitar lessons. Around this time, he also started making his first short films with his father's Super 8mm film camera. In 1985 he and his mother moved to Brunswick and then, in 1988, to

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, where Rasmus went to a boarding school. In 1990, Rasmus returned to Brunswick to finish school in Germany. After his Abitur, Rasmus took guitar lessons with Andreas Becker (''Fee'', ''

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''), singing lessons with

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('' Texas Lightning''), lessons in orchestral composing and arrangement with Matthias Petereit, as well as acting and voice over lessons with Prof. Marianne Bernhardt at the

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. In 1998/2002, Rasmus successfully completed the Kontaktstudiengang Popularmusik (Popkurs) at the

. He attended master classes for composing with Academy Award winner Jan A.P. Kaczmarek and Japanese Academy Award winner

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. In 2006, Rasmus successfully completed the Filmmasters Program at

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in Los Angeles. Rasmus Borowski lives and works in Hamburg and Berlin.

Band work, acting and directing

Bands

From 1996 to 1998, Rasmus Borowski was the songwriter and guitarist of the alternative rock band "Out". From 1998 to 2006, he was the singer and songwriter of the rock band ''Lust'' as well as the pop project ''Borowski & Drusell''.

Dubbing actor, audio drama actor and film actor

Rasmus Borowski has been working as a dubbing actor in Germany since 2000, dubbing stars such as

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, Tom Burke or Jim Watson. For the German version of the BBC-Series ''

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'', he dubbed Martin Compston in his role as Steve Arnott. Rasmus' voice can also be heard in audio dramas such as ''Die drei ???'', ''

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'' and the German version of '' The Famous Five'' ''("Fünf Freunde")''. Since 2011, Rasmus is the voice of the Sith Warrior in the German version of the online roleplay game '' Star Wars: The Old Republic''. Rasmus has played numerous roles as an actor in short films and on stage.

Films

In 2004 Rasmus Borowski produced, wrote and directed the acclaimed short film '' Der Beste (The Old Pro)'' together with illustrator and director Arne Jysch. ''Der Beste'' received numerous awards, including the Shocking Shorts Award of the TV channel 13th Street in 2006, whereupon Rasmus was invited to

in Los Angeles to attend the ''Filmmasters Program''.

Film and television scoring

Inspired by the film score composers of his childhood days, Rasmus Borowski composed his first score for the short film ''Der Beste'', recording with a string ensemble and several solo instruments. Several scores followed, including the soundtracks for the short films ''Meat the Campbells'', ''The Dead Meat'' and ''Todd und der Tod''.

Teacup Travels

In 2014 Rasmus Borowski composed the film score for the

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series ''

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'' together with Alexius Tschallener. They composed over 350 minutes of music for a total of 25 episodes of the drama series, which is produced by Plum Films in

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. The classical orchestra music to be heard in ''Teacup Travels'' was recorded in October 2014 with the

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, conducted by Nic Raine at Smecky Music Studios in

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. ''Teacup Travels'' is Rasmus' second collaboration with producer Micky MacPherson and director Simon Hynd for whom he wrote the score to the short film ''Meat the Campbells'' in 2005.

Other orchestral work

In 2008 and 2009 Rasmus recorded his own ''compositions for orchestra'' with the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in

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Awards and nominations

* 2006: Shocking Shorts Award from

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/ 13th Street for ''Der Beste'' * 2006: Murnau short film award from the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau foundation for ''Der Beste'' * 2006: Best European Short Film at the FIKE Film Festival, Évora for ''Der Beste'' * 2006: Audience Award at the Lund International Fantastic Film Festival for ''Der Beste'' * 2006: Golden Méliès Nomination at the Lund International Fantastic Film Festival for ''Der Beste'' * 2005: Best Independent Shortfilm at the Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester for ''Der Beste'' * 2005: Winner Audience Award at the BIFFF Film Festival, Brussels for ''Der Beste'' * 2005: Prädikat: Besonders Wertvoll from the

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for ''Der Beste''

Filmography (selection)

Composer

* 2016:

– Season 2 (TV-series) * 2016: 1000 Mexikaner (TV-movie) * 2014:

(TV-series) * 2007: The Dead Meat * 2005: Meat the Campbells (short film) * 2005: Todd und der Tod * 2004: Der Beste (short film)

Director

* 2007: Google Earth – Fallen Heroes (commercial) * 2004: Der Beste (The Old Pro) (short film)

Actor

* 2016:

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(as ''Martin'') * 2012: Steffi Likes That (as ''Agent Friendscout'') * 2007: The Dead Meat (as ''Newsman'') * 2005: Todd und der Tod (as ''Tod'') * 2005: Der Upgrader (as ''Upgrader'')

Voice actor

Dubbing actor for games (German)

* 2015: Star Wars: The Old Republic – Knights of the Fallen Empire (as ''Sith Warrior'') * 2014: Star Wars: The Old Republic – Shadow of Revan (as ''Sith Warrior'') * 2014: Star Wars: The Old Republic – Rise of Hutt Cartel (as ''Sith Warrior'') * 2010: Tale of a Hero (as ''Olaf'') * 2009: The Godfather – Part II (as ''

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'') * 2008:

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(as ''Niall'') * 2008: Need for Speed: Undercover (as ''Chau Wu'') * 2005:

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– Quidditch-Worldcup (as ''Viktor Krum'') * 2005: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle of Middle-earth 2 (as ''Easterling'') * 2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (as ''Elf Warrior'') * 2003: Need for Speed: Underground (as ''Todd'') * 2003:

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Dubbing actor (German)

* 2015:

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(as ''Dr. Yap'') * 2015: Between (as ''Pat'' for Jim Watson) * 2014:

(as ''Steve Arnott'' for

) * 2013: One Small Hitch (as ''Josh Shiffman'' for Shane McRae) * 2013: Ida (as ''Lis'' for Dawid Ogrodnik) * 2013: The Great Train Robbery (as ''Bruce Reynolds'' for

) * 2012: An Enemy to Die For (as ''Terrence'' for Tom Burke) * 2012:

Real Humans ''Real Humans'' () is a 2012 Swedish television, Swedish science fiction/drama series set in an alternative near-future version of Sweden where consumer-level android (robot), humanoid robot workers and servants are widespread. The series follow ...

(as ''Rick'' for Johannes Kuhnke) * 2012: Catfish: The TV Show (as ''Nev'' for Nev Schulman) * 2009:

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(as ''Soul Eater'') * 2009:

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(as ''Kyle'') * 2007: Naruto (as ''Sakon & Ukon'') * 2005: Transformers – TV Series (as ''Scattershot'')

External links

*Official Homepage of Rasmus Borowsk

*Rasmus Borowski at IMD

*Rasmus Borowski wins Shocking Shorts Award (TV Today – Germany

*Teacup Travels (TV Series) at IMD

*Rasmus Borowski and Teacup Travels at Accorder Music Publishin

*Composer for Teacup Travels: Photo of Rasmus Borowski :File:Film Composers Rasmus Borowski & Alexius Tschallener.jpg *The Old Pro – mystery short film by Rasmus Borowsk

*The Old Pro – mystery short film at Wikipedia Der Beste (The Old Pro)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borowski, Rasmus German film score composers German male film score composers 1974 births 21st-century German classical composers Living people Composers from Hamburg Singers from Hamburg German male voice actors German male film actors 21st-century German male singers Male actors from Hamburg