Marc Streitenfeld

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Marc Streitenfeld
Born1974 (age 4849)
Munich, West Germany
Occupation(s) Composer
Website www.marcstreitenfeld.com

Marc Streitenfeld (born 1974) is a German composer of film scores. He has frequently collaborated with director Ridley Scott. Streitenfeld has composed the music for many high-profile Hollywood features as well as critically acclaimed independent films, including American Gangster, Body of Lies, The Grey, Prometheus, Poltergeist and All I See Is You .

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Life and career

Born in Munich, Germany, Streitenfeld relocated to Los Angeles at age 19 and initially assisted film composer Hans Zimmer. Director Ridley Scott offered Streitenfeld his first composing job when he asked him to write the score for A Good Year (2006). Streitenfeld has written five film scores for Scott, including the BAFTA nominated score for American Gangster (2007), for which he won the "Discovery of the Year" Award at the World Soundtrack Awards, the sci-fi adventure Prometheus (2012) and the action adventure Robin Hood (2010). He has also been recognized for his work with three ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards and two International Film Music Critics Association award nominations. Streitenfeld has also worked with Marc Forster on All I See Is You (2017), Joe Carnahan on the action drama The Grey (2011), and Andrew Dominik the neo-noir crime film Killing Them Softly (2012).

Streitenfeld has recorded many of his scores at Abbey Road Studios, in London. [1]

From 2007 to 2012, Streitenfeld was in a relationship with French-American actress Julie Delpy. [2] In January 2009, the couple had a son, Leo. [3]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2006 A Good Year Ridley Scott
2007 American Gangster Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
2008 Body of Lies
2010 Robin Hood
2010 Welcome to the Rileys Jake Scott
2011 The Grey Joe Carnahan
2012 Prometheus Ridley Scott Additional music by Harry Gregson-Williams
2012 Killing Them Softly Andrew Dominik
2014 After the Fall Saar Klein
2015 Poltergeist Gil Kenan
2016 All I See Is You Marc Forster
2020 Six Minutes to Midnight Andy Goddard

Television

YearTitleNotes
2014–2017 Hand of God
2020-2022 Raised by Wolves Composed with Ben Frost

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References

  1. "Variety music feature - Composer Marc Streitenfeld is arduous in his search for the lost chord". 20 May 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  2. "Interview: Julie Delpy" . Retrieved July 16, 2009.
  3. "Julie Delpy: 'I Love Everything About Motherhood'" . Retrieved July 16, 2009.