NAMM Artist Spotlight: Klaus Badelt

Film composer Klaus Badelt gained recognition in his native Germany for scoring dozens of films and commercials. In 1998, he accepted Oscar-winner Hans Zimmer’s invitation to relocate to Santa Monica, CA in order to work at Media Ventures. He has since collaborated with Zimmer on scores for “Gladiator,” “The Thin Red Line,” “The Prince of Egypt,” “Mission: Impossible 2,” “Hannibal,” and “Pearl Harbor.” As if that weren’t enough, he has also completed a variety of independent projects, including “K-19: The Widowmaker.”

While composing the score for Paramount’s “K-19,” Badelt used M-Audio USB MIDI keyboard controllers in conjunction with his Powerbook during recording sessions. M-Audio also helped Badelt set up his studio, with M-Audio USB MIDISPORT 2x2 and MIDISPORT 4x4 interfaces connected to four PCs running Reason and Live. In addition, Badelt uses M-Audio’s MIDISPORT interfaces with his 24 PCs dedicated to running GigaStudio.

Since working on “K-19,” Badelt has scored “The Recruit,” a thriller starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell due out in theaters at the end of this month, and “Basic,” a drama featuring John Travolta and Samuel Jackson, which is slated for release in April 2003.