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Oskar Sala(1910-2002)

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  • Music Department
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Oskar Sala was born on 18 July 1910 in Greiz, Thuringia, Germany. He was a composer, known for Linnut (1963), Tri Mabusen kuolemansäteet (1964) and Die rote Hand (1960). He died on 26 February 2002 in Berlin, Germany.
BornJuly 18, 1910
DiedFebruary 26, 2002(91)
BornJuly 18, 1910
DiedFebruary 26, 2002(91)
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Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren in Linnut (1963)
Linnut
7.6
  • Sound Department
  • 1963
Wolfgang Preiss, Yvonne Furneaux, O.E. Hasse, Valéry Inkijinoff, Walter Rilla, and Peter van Eyck in Tri Mabusen kuolemansäteet (1964)
Tri Mabusen kuolemansäteet
4.8
  • Composer(electronic music)
  • 1964
Die rote Hand (1960)
Die rote Hand
4.8
  • Music Department(trautonium)
  • 1960
Blackmooren kuristaja (1963)
Blackmooren kuristaja
5.8
  • Composer
  • 1963

Credits

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Composer

  • Fenster mit Aussicht
    7.6
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2001
  • The Box (2000)
    The Box
    6.6
    Short
    • Composer (original score)
    • 2000
  • Oskar Sala - die vergangene Zukunft des Klanges
    • Composer
    • 2000
  • Tatort (1970)
    Tatort
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 2000
  • Isidore Block in Kingdom of Poet O (2000)
    Kingdom of Poet O
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2000
  • Kiss My Blood (1998)
    Kiss My Blood
    5.5
    • Composer
    • 1998
  • Das war die DDR (1993)
    Das war die DDR
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1993
  • Ich war Bürger der DDR
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1993
  • Viimeinen sukellusvene (1993)
    Viimeinen sukellusvene
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1993
  • Gestern war heute noch morgen
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1992
  • Eine Reise zum Mond - Eine Fernsehkomposition in sieben Sätzen
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1976
  • Unterwegs nach Kathmandu
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1971
  • Abfertigen? - Nein, bedienen!
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1969
  • ...und dann hatte er eine Idee
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1969
  • Carbon
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1968

Music Department

  • The Box (2000)
    The Box
    6.6
    Short
    • musician
    • 2000
  • Herrliche Zeiten im Spessart (1967)
    Herrliche Zeiten im Spessart
    4.7
    • effects
    • 1967
  • Rod Serling in Hämärän rajamailla (1959)
    Hämärän rajamailla
    9.0
    TV Series
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Die rote Hand (1960)
    Die rote Hand
    4.8
    • musician: trautonium
    • 1960
  • Kolmas sukupuoli (1957)
    Kolmas sukupuoli
    5.4
    • musician: "Elektronen-Musik"
    • 1957
  • Botschafter der Musik
    • musician: trautonium
    • 1952

Sound Department

  • Reineke Fuchs (1989)
    Reineke Fuchs
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • sound effects
    • 1989
  • Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren in Linnut (1963)
    Linnut
    7.6
    • electronic sound production and composition
    • 1963
  • Michael Hinz and Hans-Georg Kredewahn in Silta (1959)
    Silta
    7.9
    • sound effects
    • 1959

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Personal details

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  • Born
    • July 18, 1910
    • Greiz, Thuringia, Germany
  • Died
    • February 26, 2002
    • Berlin, Germany(natural causes)
  • Other works
    Album, "My Fascinating Instrument," Fax Records PS 08/76, 1995.

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    Known for developing and mastering the trautonium, billed as the world's first electronic musical instrument on its invention in 1929.

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