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Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)

Gustav Mahler is largely considered one of the most talented symphonic composers of the late 19th Century and early 20th Century. His musical output comprised mainly of symphonic and song cycles requiring mammoth orchestras and often choruses. Sadly, Mahler never experienced popularity as a composer during his lifetime... See full bio »

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2009-2011 Great Performances (TV series)
A Concert for New York (2011) (music: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection")
 
2008-2011 Banda sonora (TV series)
Episode #7.5 (2011) (writer: "4t. Moviment 5a. Simfonia")
Episode #4.8 (2008) (writer: "Simfonia nº 5")
 
2011 The Tree of Life (writer: "Symphony No. 1")
 
2010 Mahler on the Couch (writer: "Symphony 10 - First Movement", "Symphony 4 - Third Movement", "Symphony 5 - Fourth Movement")
 
2010 Shutter Island (writer: "QUARTET FOR PIANO AND STRINGS IN A MINOR" 1876)
 
2009 Misfits (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (2009) (writer: "Symphony Number 2 In C Minor" - uncredited)
 
2009 Dennis Nilsen: Gràdh a' Bhàis? (TV documentary) (writer: "Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor: IV Adagietto" / as Mahler)
 
2009 The Concert (writer: "Symphony No. 1, 3rd Movement")
 
2008 Come diventai Alida Valli (documentary) ("Adagietto From Symphony No.5")
 
2008 Artemis' Knee (short) (writer: "Das Lied von der Erde")
 
2007 Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music (TV series documentary)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (writer: "Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor")
 
2006 One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City (TV movie) (writer: "Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection" "Movement IV: Urlicht", "Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection" "Movement V: Scherzo")
 
2006 Fiction (writer: "Symphony nº3 in O Minor", "Symphony nº5 in Sharp Minor Adagietto")
 
2006 Children of Men (music: "Kindertotenlieder: Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n")
 
2006 Ghetto (writer: "Adagietto from The 5th Symphony" fragments)
 
2006 Suite Dreams (writer: "3rd Movement from Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' ")
 
2005 Who's Camus Anyway (writer: "Adagietto")
 
2004 Mana: Beyond Belief (documentary) ("Symphony No. 7")
 
2003 Drakengard (Video Game) (writer: "Symphony No.5")
 
2003 Coffee and Cigarettes (writer: "Ich Bin der Welt Abhanden Gekommen I Have Lost Track of the World")
 
2003 Bummer (writer: "Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor")
 
2002 Last Dance (documentary) (writer: "Songs to Poems from Des Knaben Wunderhorn")
 
2002 Irreversible (writer: "Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Adagio" / as Mahler)
 
2001 The Pornographer (music: "SYMPHONIE No7 Finale et SYMPHONIE No9" / as G. Mahler)
 
2001 Waterboys (music: "SYMPHONY NO.5 IN C-SHARP MINOR -- 4th MOVEMENT")
 
2001 Eden (writer: "Langsam schleppend wie ein Naturlaut Symphony n°1")
 
2001 Six Feet Under (TV series)
The New Person (2001) (writer: "The Drinking Song")
 
2001 Bride of the Wind (writer: "Rückert-Lieder: No. 5, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen")
 
2000 Under the Sand (music: "Symphonie no 2 en do mineur - Résurrection" / as G.Mahler)
 
2000 Before Night Falls (writer: "Adagietto, Sehr Langsam" from Mahler's Symphony No. 5)
 
2000 Timecode (writer: "Symphony No. 5 - Adagietto")
 
2000 Water Drops on Burning Rocks ("Symphonie N°4 en sol majeur")
 
2000 Paragraph 175 (documentary) (writer: "Symphony No. 5")
 
2000 Tod Browning and Lon Chaney (TV documentary) (writer: "Symphony N°5")
 
1999 My Neighbors the Yamadas (music: "Symphony No. 1 in D Major Titan - 4th Movement", "Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor, 1st Movement")
 
1999 Österreich - Unser Jahrhundert (TV series documentary)
Große Kunst im kleinen Land (1999) (writer: "Sinfonie Nr. 1")
 
1998 Beware of My Love (writer: "Symphonie n°5 adagietto")
 
1998 Sitcom (music: "Symphoniie no 1 Feirlich II", "Symphonie no. 3 Langsam", "Symphonie no. 4 Ruhevoll I" / as G. Mahler)
 
1998 Velvet Goldmine (writer: "Symphony No. 6 in A Minor")
 
1998 Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (writer: "Adagio de la Symphonie n.10")
 
1997 The Well (writer: "Liebst Du Um Schönheit Rückert Leider", "Symphony No 2. In C Minor 4th Movement - Urlicht")
 
1996 Body Without Soul (documentary) (writer: "Symphony 5 - Adagietto")
 
1996 Hana yori dango (TV series)
 
1995 All Things Fair (music: "Symphony No. 5" Adagietto, "Kindertotenlieder" / as Mahler)
 
1994 The Ren & Stimpy Show (TV series)
Magical Singing Golden Cheeses/Hard Day's Luck (1994) (music: "Symphony No 7 In E Minor V Rondo Finale Tempo 1 Allegro Ordinario" - uncredited)
 
1994 Felidae ("Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'")
 
1994 Whispering Pages (writer: "Kindertotenlieder")
 
1993 Cheers (TV series)
Rebecca Gaines, Rebecca Loses (1993) (writer: "Kindertotenlieder Songs on the Death of Children" - uncredited)
 
1992 Husbands and Wives (writer: "Symphony No. 9 in D 'Andante Comodo'")
 
1991 Rubin and Ed (writer: "Symphony #1 in D Minor")
 
1991 Scorchers (writer: "Symphony No. 5 - Adagietto")
 
1988 Another Woman (writer: "Symphony No.4 in G Major" 1901)
 
1988 The Music Teacher (writer: "Symphonie No 4, 1. Ruhevoll", "Von der Jugend", "Um mitternacht" from "Ruckert-Lieder: No. 5)
 
1988 Loose Floating (documentary) (writer: "Sinfonie Nr. 4 G-Dur", "Sinfonie Nr. 5 cis-Moll", "Sinfonie Nr. 1 D-Dur", "Sinfonie Nr. 3 d-Moll")
 
1988 Permanent Record (writer: "Symphony No. 5, Adagietto")
 
1988 Bright Lights, Big City ("Nun Will Die Sonn' So Hell Aufgehn")
 
1986 Isoäidin kuolema (TV movie) (writer: "Der Abschied")
 
1985 Year of the Dragon (writer: "Resurrection Symphony #2 Fifth Movement")
 
1983 El Norte (writer: "3rd Movement from Symphony No.4")
 
1982 A Whole Night (writer: "Kindertotenlieder")
 
1980 Cosmos (TV mini-series documentary)
One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue (1980) (writer: "Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection', Mvmts. 4 and 5" - uncredited)
 
1979 Mystique (writer: "Songs on the Death of Children" - uncredited)
 
1978 Zwischen zwei Kriegen (writer: "Lied von der Erde")
 
1978 The Idlers of the Fertile Valley (writer: "Symphony No. 1")
 
1976 Out on Parole (writer: "Symphony No. 1")
 
1976 The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard (TV mini-series)
The Twentieth Century Crisis (1976) (music: "Symphony No. 9 in D Major Fourth Movement")
 
1976 The Marriage (writer: "9th Symphony")
 
1975 Lotte in Weimar ("1st Movement from Symphony No.6 in a minor")
 
1974 The Gambler ("Symphony No. 1 in D" / as Mahler)
 
1972 The Public Eye (music: "Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor" - uncredited)
 
1971 Death in Venice (writer: "Adagietto From Symphony No.5", "Sehr Langsam Misterioso From Symphony No.3")
 
1971 Four Ways to Say Farewell (TV movie) (music: "Symphony No. 9" excerpts)
 
1970 Alla ricerca di Tadzio (TV documentary short) (writer: "Symphony No. 4, 1st Movement")
 
1969 The Honeymoon Killers (writer: "Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 9")
 
1968 Woman in Chains (music: "Extraits de la 4ème Symphonie Symphony No. 4")
 
1963 John F. Kennedy Memorial Concert (TV movie) ("Symphony No. 2" Resurrection)
 
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2011 Keeping Score (TV series documentary)
Mahler: Origins (2011)
 
2009 Blanche Neige (TV movie) (original music by)
 
2009 Májusi zápor (TV movie) (as Mahler)
 
2009 Le città dell'oro (documentary short)
 
2009 Au milieu de l'orchestre (TV documentary)
 
2006 Habana - Arte nuevo de hacer ruinas (documentary)
 
2006 Urlicht (short)
 
2004 L'armadio (short)
 
1998 Pieta (short)
 
1998 Preaching to the Fishes (TV mini-series) (international version)
 
1997 Great Composers (TV series documentary)
Mahler (1997)
 
1996 Ceremoniár
 
1994 Ça se passe en Équateur (short)
 
1992 Kamen
 
1990 Mezi svetlem a tmou (documentary short)
 
1988 Czlowiek srodka (video documentary short)
 
1980 Variace na téma Gustava Mahlera (documentary short)
 
1971 Death in Venice
 
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2009 Hölderlin-Fragmente (short) (composer: stock music)
 
2000 Merci pour le chocolat (composer: additional music - as Mahler)
 
1998 Confession (TV mini-series documentary) (composer: song "Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen" from "Kindertotenlieder")
 
1995 Dukhovnye golosa. Iz dnevnikov voyny. Povestvovanie v pyati chastyakh (documentary) (composer: song "Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein" from "Kindertotenlieder")
 
1986 The Book of Mary (short) (composer: stock music - as Mahler)
 
1986 Võõra nime all (TV movie) (composer: additional music)
 
1985 Inferno (Pakao) (documentary short) (composer: stock music)
 
1985 Bernstein on Mahler (TV documentary) (composer: selected works)
 
1975 Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 8 (TV documentary) (music by)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Lorenzo's Oil (1992) - Soundtrack (Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor-Adagietto)

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Mahler

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I am thrice homeless, as a native of Bohemia in Austria, as an Austrian among Germans, and as a Jew throughout the world. Everywhere an intruder, never welcomed. See more »

Trivia:

Two daughters with Alma Mahler, Maria Anna (1902-1907) and Anna Justina (1904-1988). See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer