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Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)

Dmitri Shostakovich, one of Russian culture's most acclaimed intellectuals who was censored under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, was an internationally recognized composer whose music was in over 100 films. He was born Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich on September 25, 1906, in St. Petersburg, Russia... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2012 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Show #77 (2012) (writer: "Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40")
 
2012 To the Wonder (writer: "Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102")
 
2012 Erlebnis Österreich (TV series documentary)
Girtlers Unterwelt - Im Bann der Randkulturen (2012) (writer: "Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra: Second Waltz" - uncredited)
 
2012 Step Up Revolution (writer: "String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110")
 
2012 Holy Motors (writer: "Funeral March Adagio molto")
 
2012 The Bolshoi Ballet: Live from Moscow (TV series)
The Bright Stream (2012) (music: "The Bright Stream")
 
2012 Universum (TV series documentary)
Unsichtbare Welten - Im Reich der Superzeitlupe (2012) (writer: "Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra: Second Waltz" - uncredited)
 
2012 La baie d'Alger (TV movie) (writer: "Symphonie n°5 en Ré mineur op. 47 - Largo" / as D. Shostakovich)
 
2012 Musik in der Luft (TV movie) (writer: "Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra: Second Waltz" / as D. Shostakowitsch)
 
2011 Mongrels (TV series)
Marion and the Myocardial Infarction (2011) (writer: "Jazz Suite, Waltz 2" - uncredited)
 
2011 LittleBigPlanet 2 (Video Game) (music: "Gadfly Suite - Finale")
 
2008 Parashat Ha-Shavua (TV series)
Pkudey (2008) (writer: "Sonata for cello & piano in D minor Op. 40")
Mishpatim (2008) (writer: "Sonata for cello & piano in D minor Op. 40")
 
2007 The Bolt (video) (music: "Bolt")
 
2006 One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City (TV movie) (writer: "Festival Overture, Opus 96" aka "Festive Overture")
 
2006 Children of Men (writer: "Allegro from Symphony No. 10")
 
2006 The Page Turner (music: "Trio op. 67 no 2")
 
2005 Junebug ("Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57")
 
2005 Unknown White Male (documentary) (writer: "String Quartet No. 15 in E Flat Minor, op. 44")
 
2004 Daddy ("Symphony N.5" / as D. Shostakovich)
 
2004 CCCP Hockey (TV documentary) (writer: "The Gadgetfly")
 
2004 Triple Agent (music: "Chanson des jeunes Travailleurs", "Quatuor no 8", "La Rencontre" / as Dimitri Chostakovitch)
 
2004 Grande école (music: "Andante du Concerto pour Piano No 2 Opus 101")
 
2003 Bad Santa (writer: "Jazz Suite #2" 1938 / as Dmitrie Dmitrij Shostakovich)
 
2002 Blue Moon (writer: "Waltz 2 from Jazz Suite #2 Suite for Promenade Orchestra" / music: "Waltz 2 from Jazz Suite #2 Suite for Promenade Orchestra")
 
2001 A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV series)
Champagne for One: Part 1 (2001) (writer: "Jazz Suite No. 2 Suite for Promenade Orchestra, VI - Waltz 2" - uncredited)
Champagne for One: Part 2 (2001) (writer: "Jazz Suite No. 2 Suite for Promenade Orchestra, VI - Waltz 2" - uncredited)
 
2001 Wit (TV movie) (writer: "Serenade Adagio" / as Dimitri Shostakovitch)
 
2001 Antonio Pappano (TV documentary) (music: "Lady Macbeth" / as Dmitry Shostakovitch)
 
2001 Intimacy (writer: "Katerina Izmaylova Largo - Interlude, Opus 114" 1963)
 
2000 Staffan Snellin suojelusenkeli (TV movie) (writer: "Sinfonia no 5")
 
2000 Aliens to Themselves (documentary) (performer: "Foxtrot")
 
2000 The Luzhin Defence (writer: "Waltz 2" / as Dimitri Shostakovich)
 
1999 Fantasia/2000 (music: "Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102")
 
1999 Tell Me Something (writer: "Jazz Suite No.2: Waltz II")
 
1999 Les Pantless Menace (short) (music: "Jazz Suite No. 2 Suite For Promenade Orchestra")
 
1999/I Black and White (writer: "Symphony No. 11")
 
1999 Eyes Wide Shut (writer: "Jazz Suite, Waltz 2" 1924)
 
1999 Simon Magus (writer: "Piano Quintet In G Minor, Op 57: IV. Intermezzo: Lento")
 
1998 Megacities (documentary) (writer: "Prélude of 'Drei Duetten'")
 
1998 Frank Lloyd Wright (documentary) ("24 Preludes, Op. 34 No. 12, 18, and 21", "Preludes and Fugues Op. 87")
 
1997 Marthe ("String Quartet N°4 in D major, opus 83", "String Quartet N°6 in G major, opus 101")
 
1996 The X-Files (TV series)
Terma (1996) (writer: "Piano Trio No 2, 3rd Movement")
 
1996 Children of the Revolution (writer: "The Ghost")
 
1995 Smoke (writer: "Twenty Four preludes and fugues, op. 87 Fugue no. 1, C major")
 
1994 Imaginary Crimes (writer: "Symphony No. 1 in F, Op. 10")
 
1992 Toutes peines confondues (music: "String Quartet No. 3", "String Quartet No. 5", "String Quartet No. 7", "String Quartet No. 8", "String Quartet No. 11", "String Quartet No. 12", "String Quartet No. 15")
 
1990 1871 (writer: "Symphony No. 7 Leningrad")
 
1990 Screen One (TV series)
Frankenstein's Baby (1990) (music: "String Quartet No 8 In C" - uncredited)
 
1989 Red King, White Knight (TV movie) (music: "Song of Peace" - uncredited)
 
1989 Traffik (TV mini-series)
 
1988 Ariel (writer: "Symphony No. 9 in E flat major")
 
1988 Eine Bewegung der Zeit (short) (writer: "Duos Für Violine" / as Dmitri Schostakowitsch)
 
1987 Hamlet Goes Business (writer: "Symphony No. 11 in G minor/Sinfonia nro 11 g-molli op. 103", "Symphony No. 7 in C major/Sinfonia nro 7 C-duuri op. 60 "Leningrad"")
 
1987 Law of Desire (writer: "Sinfonia 10")
 
1985 Fandango ("Symphony #8 Third Movement")
 
1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies (TV mini-series)
 
1983 China Lake (short) ("String Quartet #15")
 
1980 Cosmos (TV mini-series documentary)
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (1980) (writer: "Symphony No. 11, Mvmt. 1" - uncredited)
 
1976 Children (short) (music: "Symphony No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 65" - uncredited)
 
1975 Rollerball (writer: "Symphony No. 8: First Movement" - uncredited, "Symphony No. 5: Third Movement" - uncredited, "Symphony No. 5: Fourth Movement" - uncredited)
 
1974 Fall of Eagles (TV mini-series)
 
1973 Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV series)
Dennis Moore (1973) ("Symphony No. 12, final movement")
 
1972 Doomwatch (TV series)
Fire and Brimstone (1972) (writer: "The Execution of Stepan Razin" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Bofors Gun (music: "Piano Quintet In G Minor, op. 57" - uncredited)
 
1966 Un paso al frente (short) (writer: "Simphony N. 10")
 
1959 The Infinite Variety of Music (TV movie) (music: "Symphony No. 5 Fourth Movement")
 
1953 Concert of Stars (documentary) (writer: "Song of the Forest")
 
1948 The Iron Curtain (music: "Symphony No. 5, Op. 47", "Symphony No. 6, Op. 53", "Symphony No. 1, Op. 10")
 
1943 Thousands Cheer (music: "United Nations" / as Dmitri Shostakovitch)
 
1941 Ice-Capades (music: "Symphony No. 5" - uncredited)
 
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2007 Oberschule (short)
 
2006 Svoboda po russki (documentary)
 
2004 The Donkey (short)
 
2003 Helden ohne Ruhm (TV documentary)
 
2001 The Overcoat (TV movie)
 
1999 Night Dreams (TV movie) (archive footage)
 
1993 ABF-Memoiren (documentary)
 
1991 Le trou de la corneille (short)
 
1987 Shostakovich: A Career (TV movie)
 
1985 Tantsy kukol (TV short)
 
1980 Pugachev (from "11th Symphony")
 
1975 Under Western Eyes (TV movie)
 
1974 Die besten Jahre (documentary)
 
1971 King Lear
 
1968 25 October, the First Day (short) (from "Symphony No.11" and "Symphony No.12")
 
1966 Young People's Concerts: A Birthday Tribute to Shostakovich (TV movie) (from "Symphony No. 9" and other works)
 
1966 12 stulyev (TV movie)
 
1964 Hamlet
 
1963 Cheryomushki
 
1958 Leningrad Symphony (from "Symphony No.7")
 
1957 Pervyy eshelon
 
1956 The Gadfly
 
1953 Belinskiy
 
1949 Vstrecha na Elbe (as D. Shostakovich)
 
1949 Life in Bloom
 
1949 The Young Guard
 
1947 Pirogov
 
1947 Polka Graph (short) (from "Age of Gold")
 
1945 The Fall of Berlin (documentary)
 
1945 Zoya
 
1945 Simple People
 
1940 Skazka O Glupom Myshonke (short)
 
1939 New Horizons
 
1939 Friends
 
1938 Great Citizen
 
1936 Three Women
 
1935 Love and Hate
 
1934 Bazar (short)
 
1932 Shame
 
1931 Alone (from "Opus 26" / as D.Shostakovich)
 
1931 Enthusiasm (documentary) (from "Symphony Nr. 1")
 
1929 The New Babylon
 
Show ShowMusic Department (13 titles)
2012 Colburn Concert Series (TV series documentary) (composer: theme music - 2 episodes)
Colburn Orchestra Live at the Pasadena Auditorium (2012) (composer: theme music)
 
2011 Sota ja raha (TV documentary) (music)
 
2010 Vidas pequeñas (music)
 
2010 BBC Proms (TV series) (music by - 1 episode)
 
2003 Gubera (documentary short) (music)
 
2000 After the Reconciliation (composer: stock music)
 
1984-1989 Ever Decreasing Circles (TV series) (composer: main theme - 27 episodes)
Moving On (1989) (composer: main theme - uncredited)
Half an Office (1987) (composer: main theme - uncredited)
Jumping to Conclusions (1987) (composer: main theme - uncredited)
The Footpath (1987) (composer: main theme - uncredited)
Neighbourhood Watch (1987) (composer: main theme - uncredited)
 
1988 Ariel (composer: additional music - as Dimitri Shostakovitch)
 
1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies (TV mini-series) (composer: main theme - 12 episodes)
Shutdown (1983) (composer: main theme - uncredited)
The Last Journey (1983) (composer: main theme - uncredited)
The Trust (1983) (composer: main theme - uncredited)
After Moscow (1983) (composer: main theme - uncredited)
Endgame (1983) (composer: main theme - uncredited)
 
1977 Kadin Hamlet (music - song: Hamlet / as Shostakovich)
 
1962 Siberian Lady Macbeth (composer: opera motifs)
 
1960 Khovanschina (orchestrator)
 
1935 Yunost Maksima (composer: opening scene)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
2002 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1992 Lady Macbeth von Mzensk (libretto)
 
1967 Katerina Izmailova (libretto)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2006 A Journey of Dmitry Shostakovich (documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1998 Cold War (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1997 The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (documentary)
Himself
 
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Personal Details


Publicity Listings:

7 Biographical Movies  | 6 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

D.Shostakovich | D. Shostakovich | Dimitri Dimitriyevich Shostakovich | Shostakovich | Dimitri Shostakovitch
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

The climax of joy is not when you're through a new symphony, but when you are hoarse from shouting, with your hands stinging from clapping, your lips parched, and you sip a second glass of beer after you've fought for it with 90,000 other spectators to celebrate the victory of your favorite team. See more »

Trivia:

His Eighth String Quartet, Op. 110, was written from start to finish over the span of just three days. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra