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Oskar Sala(1910-2002)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Sound Department
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What do you do if your illusion glass window breaks down? A man and a woman cross each other in reality.
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Window with a view
Oskar Sala was born on 18 July 1910 in Greiz, Thuringia, Germany. He was a composer, known for The Birds (1963), The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (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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Known for

Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963)
The Birds
7.6
  • Sound Department
  • 1963
Wolfgang Preiss, Yvonne Furneaux, O.E. Hasse, Valéry Inkijinoff, Walter Rilla, and Peter van Eyck in The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964)
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
4.8
  • Composer
  • 1964
Die rote Hand (1960)
Die rote Hand
4.8
  • Music Department(trautonium)
  • 1960
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
5.7
  • 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
  • That Was the GDR: A History of the Other Germany (1993)
    That Was the GDR: A History of the Other Germany
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1993
  • Ich war Bürger der DDR
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1993
  • The Last U-Boat (1993)
    The Last U-Boat
    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 The Twilight Zone (1959)
    The Twilight Zone
    9.0
    TV Series
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Die rote Hand (1960)
    Die rote Hand
    4.8
    • musician: trautonium
    • 1960
  • Bewildered Youth (1957)
    Bewildered Youth
    5.3
    • 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 The Birds (1963)
    The Birds
    7.6
    • electronic sound production and composition
    • 1963
  • Michael Hinz and Hans-Georg Kredewahn in The Bridge (1959)
    The Bridge
    7.9
    • sound effects
    • 1959

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Window with a view
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Window with a view
Window with a view
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Window with a view

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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