Walter Baumgartner (16 November 1904 – 3 October 1997) was a Swiss

film composer A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

. He scored over ninety films, working in his later years with the producer-director

Erwin C. Dietrich Erwin C. Dietrich (4 October 1930 – 15 March 2018) was a Swiss film director, producer and actor, often regarded as one of the most influential cinematographers in Switzerland. Biography Dietrich was born on 4 October 1930 in Glarus. He died o ...

. His nephew was the cinematographer Peter Baumgartner. He was married to the Swiss actress

Helen Vita Helen Vita (7 August 1928 in Hohenschwangau – 16 February 2001 in Berlin) was a Swiss chanson singer, actress, and comedian. In 1966 Vita recorded ''Freche Chansons aus dem alten Frankreich'', traditional French chansons translated into German. T ...

from 1956 until his death.

Selected filmography

* '' Palace Hotel'' (1952) * '' The Venus of Tivoli'' (1953) * ''

The Strangler of the Tower ''The Strangler of the Tower'' () is a 1966 West German crime film, directed by Hans Mehringer. It starred Charles Regnier, Kai Fischer and Hans Reiser.Pitts p.40 Like the contemporaneous series of Edgar Wallace adaptations by Rialto Film, it ha ...

'' (1966) * ''

Bed Hostesses ''Bed Hostesses'' (German: ''Die Bett-Hostessen'') is a 1973 West German-Swiss sex comedy film directed by Erwin C. Dietrich and starring Ingrid Steeger, Karin Hofmann and Christa Free. Cast *Ingrid Steeger as Hostess at Cyclist Carlo *Karin Hof ...

'' (1973) * ''

Frauengefängnis ''Frauengefängnis'' (lit. Women's prison; released in the US as ''Barbed Wire Dolls'' and in the UK as ''Caged Women'') is a 1975 Swiss-West German horror film directed by Jesús Franco. It is part of the women in prison cycle of violent sexploi ...

'' (1975) * ''

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun ''Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun'' () is a 1977 West German-Swiss film directed by Jesús Franco and produced by Erwin Dietrich, loosely based on the ''Letters of a Portuguese Nun'' attributed to Mariana Alcoforado. It starred Susan Hemingway, ...

'' (1977) * ''

Ilsa, the Wicked Warden ''Ilsa, the Wicked Warden'' (originally released as ''Greta: Haus Ohne Männer'', and also known as ''Greta, the Mad Butcher'', ''Ilsa: Absolute Power'', and ''Wanda, the Wicked Warden'') is a 1977 Canadian sexploitation film directed by Jess Fran ...

'' (1977) * ''

Women in Cellblock 9 ''Women in Cellblock 9'' () is a 1977 Swiss exploitation action film written and directed by Jess Franco and starring Karine Gambier. Its main theme is women in prison. Plot The film is set in a South American jungle prison during a revolution. ...

'' (1977) * ''

Sechs Schwedinnen im Pensionat ''Sechs Schwedinnen im Pensionat'' (released in the UK as ''Six Swedish Girls in a Boarding School'' and in the US as ''Six Swedes on a Campus'') is a 1979 Swiss pornographic film written and directed by Erwin C. Dietrich. It stars Brigitte Laha ...

'' (1979) * ''

High Test Girls ''High Test Girls'' () is a 1980 Swiss pornographic film co-written and directed by Erwin C. Dietrich. It stars Brigitte Lahaie, Jane Baker, Nadine Pascal, France Lomay, Flore Sollier and Élodie Delage. The film is a sequel to '' Sechs Schwedin ...

'' (1980)

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* 1904 births 1997 deaths People from the canton of St. Gallen Swiss film score composers {{Switzerland-composer-stub