Ernst Reijseger
Composer · Born November 13, 1954 (71)
Ernst Reijseger (born 13 November 1954) is a Dutch cellist and composer. He specializes in jazz, improvised music, and contemporary classical music and often gives solo concerts. He has worked with Louis Sclavis, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Gerry Hemingway, Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Mangelsdorff, Franco D'Andrea, Joëlle Léandre, Georg Gräwe, Trilok Gurtu, and Mola Sylla, and has done several world music projects working with musicians from Sardinia, Turkey, Iran, Senegal, and Argentina, as well as the Netherlands-based group Boi Akih. He has made numerous recordings, both as solo cellist and with other groups, and has been the subject of a documentary film. He has also written several film scores, including scores for a number of Werner Herzog films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernst Reijseger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 13, 1954 (71)
- Composer
- 13 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
Known for
What are Ernst Reijseger's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Ideas.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 10
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3
A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 8 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 5
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous5
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ernst Reijseger's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Ernst Reijseger's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
22 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Bucking Fastard(2026)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
LOVE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Lost Land(2025)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Ghost Elephants(2025)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Theater of Thought (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Beelden van Piet Hein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Hidden Dance of Eels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Big Wait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Family Romance, LLC(2019)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Piano to Zanskar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Walking Out(2017)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Salt and Fire(2016)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Préjudice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams(2010)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The Wild Blue Yonder(2005)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all filmsVent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The White Diamond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Career shape
A full career of 22 titles from 2004 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
Highest rated
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022)
Most popular right now
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ernst Reijseger's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the sound and music 51/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 26. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Ernst Reijseger work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ernst Reijseger's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Werner Herzog shares the most, 10.
Directors
- Werner HerzogShared titles: Bucking Fastard (2026), The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022), Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020), Family Romance, LLC (2019), Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019), Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2018), Salt and Fire (2016), Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009), The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)See all 10 shared titles with Werner Herzog
Writers
- Herbert GolderShared titles: Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2018), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Herbert Golder
Actors
- Brad DourifShared titles: Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2018), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009), The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Brad Dourif
- Michael ShannonShared titles: Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2018), Salt and Fire (2016), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Shannon
- Chloë SevignyShared titles: Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2018), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Chloë Sevigny
- Grace ZabriskieShared titles: Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2018), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Grace Zabriskie
Cinematographers and editors
- Peter ZeitlingerShared titles: Bucking Fastard (2026), Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020), Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2018), Salt and Fire (2016), Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)See all 6 shared titles with Peter Zeitlinger
- Marco CapalboShared titles: Bucking Fastard (2026), The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022), Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020), Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Marco Capalbo
- Joe BiniShared titles: Salt and Fire (2016), Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009), The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)See all 4 shared titles with Joe Bini
Producers
- Lucki StipeticShared titles: Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020), Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019), The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Lucki Stipetic
- Max AdlerShared titles: Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020), Family Romance, LLC (2019), Salt and Fire (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Max Adler
- Ariel Leon IsacovitchShared titles: Bucking Fastard (2026), Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Ariel Leon Isacovitch
- André SingerShared titles: Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020), The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)See all 2 shared titles with André Singer
