History Music / KlausDoldinger

Doldinger also went on to become a successful film and television composer, with the {{instrumental theme tune}}s of some German crime & punishment shows since The70s such as ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' and ''Series/ACaseForTwo'', and the soundtracks of motion pictures such as ''Film/DasBoot'' and ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.

Doldinger also went on to become a successful film and television composer, with the {{instrumental theme tune}}s of some German {{cop show}}s since The70s such as ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' and ''Series/ACaseForTwo'', and the soundtracks of motion pictures such as ''Film/DasBoot'' and ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.

* ElectronicMusic: He composed the {{instrumental|theme tune}} synth opening themes for two very successful German {{cop show}}s, ''Tatort'' and ''A Case for Two''.

* ElectronicMusic: He composed the {{instrumental|theme tune}} synth opening themes for two very successful German {{cop show}}s, ''Tatort'' and ''Ein Fall für zwei'' (''A Case for Two'').

Doldinger also went on to become a successful film and television composer, with the {{instrumental theme tune}}s of some German {{cop show}}s since The70s such as ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' and ''Ein Fall für zwei'', and the soundtracks of motion pictures such as ''Film/DasBoot'' and ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.

Klaus Erich Dieter Doldinger (born May 12, 1936 in Berlin) is a UsefulNotes/{{German|y}} musician and film/television composer.

* AssociatedComposer: His best known scores were all composed for Creator/WolfgangPetersen films. They collaborated for ten years between 1974's ''Einer von uns beiden'' and 1984's ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' -- Petersen left Germany to work in the USA afterwards.

Doldinger also went on to become a successful film and television composer, with the {{electronic|music}} {{Title Theme Tune}}s of series such as ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' and ''Ein Fall für zwei'', and the soundtracks of motion pictures such as ''Film/DasBoot'' and ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.

Klaus Erich Dieter Doldinger (born May 12, 1936 in Berlin) is a German musician and film/television composer.

Doldinger also went on to become a successful film and television composer, with the {{Title Theme Tune}}s of series such as ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' and the soundtracks of motion pictures such as ''Film/DasBoot'' and ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.

Doldinger also went on to become a successful film and television composer, with the {{Title Theme Tune}}s of series such as ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' and the soundtracks of ''Film/DasBoot'' and ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.

* TheCameo: He [[https://youtu.be/CoIK05ck22c appeared]] once in ''Tatort'''s Köln spinoff ''Ballauf und Schenk'' as a StreetMusician, [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage playing the series' theme]] with his sax.

* TheCameo: He [[https://youtu.be/CoIK05ck22c appeared]] once in ''Tatort Köln'' as a StreetMusician, [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage playing the series' theme]] with his sax.

He studied piano and clarinet music at the Düsseldorf conservatory in the late 1940s, graduating in 1957, though he eventually preferred saxophone, which would remain his SignatureInstrument. He gained professional performing experience starting in the mid-1950s with the Dixieland {{jazz}} band The Feetwarmers. Later that year he founded the ensemble Oscar's Trio, modeled after the work of Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. He then founded the band Passport in 1971 (also called "Klaus Doldinger's Passport"), which remains his best known ensemble and still enjoys success in Germany, with 28 albums to their name.

* TheCameo: He [[https://youtu.be/CoIK05ck22c appeared]] once in ''Tatort Köln'', [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage playing the series' theme]] with his sax.

* TheCameo: He [[https://youtu.be/CoIK05ck22c appeared]] once in ''Tatort Köln'', [[ThemeTuneCameo playing the series' theme]] with his sax.

* AssociatedComposer: His best known scores were all composed for Creator/WolfgangPetersen films. They collaborated for ten years between 1974's ''Einer von uns beiden'' and 1984's ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.

He studied piano and clarinet music at the Düsseldorf conservatory in the late 1940s, graduating in 1957, though he eventually preferred saxophone. He gained professional performing experience starting in the mid-1950s with the Dixieland {{jazz}} band The Feetwarmers. Later that year he founded the ensemble Oscar's Trio, modeled after the work of Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. He then founded the band Passport in 1971 (also called "Klaus Doldinger's Passport"), which remains his best known ensemble and still enjoys success in Germany, with 28 albums to their name.

Doldinger also went on to become a successful film and television composer, with the {{Title Theme Tune}}s of series such as ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' and the soundtracks of ''Film/DasBoot'' and ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' (Music/GiorgioMoroder composed the main theme on the latter, however).

Doldinger also went on to become a successful film and television composer, with the {{Title Theme Tune}}s of series such as ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' and the soundtracks of ''Film/DasBoot'' and ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.

He studied piano and clarinet music at the Düsseldorf conservatory in the late 1940s, graduating in 1957, though he eventually preferred saxophone. He gained professional performing experience starting in the mid-1950s with the Dixieland {{jazz}} band The Feetwarmers. Later that year he founded the ensemble Oscar's Trio, modeled after the work of Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. He then founded the band Passport in 1971 (also called "Klaus Doldinger's Passport"), which remains his best known band and still enjoys success in Germany, with 28 albums to their name.

He studied piano and clarinet music at the Düsseldorf conservatory in the late 1940s, graduating in 1957, though he eventually preferred saxophone. He gained professional performing experience starting in the mid-1950s with the Dixieland {{jazz}} band The Feetwarmers. Later that year he founded the ensemble Oscar's Trio, modeled after the work of Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. He then founded the band Passport in 1971 (also called "Klaus Doldinger's Passport"), which remains his best known band and still enjoys success in Germany.

Doldinger also went on to become a successful film and television composer, with the themes of series such as ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' and the soundtracks of ''Film/DasBoot'' and ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.

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