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  1. Gottfried Huppertz (11 March 1887 – 7 February 1937) was a German composer who is perhaps most known for his scores to German expressionist silent films such as the science fiction epic Metropolis (1927). He collaborated with director Fritz Lang on multiple occasions.

  2. Gottfried Huppertz was born in Köln, Germany on March 11, 1887. There He studied music in a conservatory, and in 1905 wrote his first composition, a song titled "Rankende Rosen" (Tendrillar Roses), which he dedicated to his childhood friend Rudolf Klein-Rogge. During WWI Huppertz worked as an opera singer and theater actor in Coburg, Freiburg ...

  3. Jul 26, 2011 · And it was the existing, meticulously annotated manuscripts and printed parts of German composer Gottfried Huppertz's complete score that made it possible to properly integrate the footage...

  4. Silent movies were not meant to be silent: this sequence from Fritz's Lang "Metropolis" showcases Gottfried Huppertz's great original score.

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  5. Oct 29, 2021 · Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1927). Composed by Gottfried Huppertz, Conducted by Frank Strobel and performed by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin....

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  7. Jan 16, 2016 · In 1922 while in Berlin, Huppertz met Thea von Harbou, a close friend of Fritz Lang, and the two became introduced. Huppertz first composed a score for Lang’s film Die Nibelungen (1924). Huppertz on the set of Metropolis. The score for Metropolis, written and recorded in 1926, is seen today as Huppertz’s greatest work.

  8. May 20, 2019 · As a foreign film Metropolis did not receive any nominations for the 1st Academy Awards of 1929. Lang had enjoyed his collaboration with renowned German composer Gottfried Huppertz on three prior films and was keen to work with him again.

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