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Volker Bertelmann

Volker Bertelmann

Composer · Born October 11, 1966 (60) · Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oscar winner · BAFTA Award winner · Primetime Emmy nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Volker Bertelmann (born 11 October 1966) is a German composer, pianist and former rapper who mainly performs and records under the name Hauschka. He is best known for his compositions for prepared piano. He won an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award for his work on All Quiet on the Western Front (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Volker Bertelmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
October 11, 1966 (60)
From
Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Works as
Composer
Titles
52 on MovieCove · 78 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 5% in 30 days

What are Volker Bertelmann's films like?

Across their 39 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

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

share of theme weight
Survival
22%
Bonds
19%
Morality
18%
Self
16%
Power
12%
Society
8%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 34 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 10 · Dark 20

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 25 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 13 · Intense 19

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 13 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 29 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 3

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 3 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 24

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 19 · Open-ended 13 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
29
Dread
18
Melancholic
17
Hopeful
13
Contemplative
10
Other
23

How their films linger

Thought-provoking16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Bittersweet26
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous9

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 Volker Bertelmann's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 52 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Volker Bertelmann'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

78 credits, 52 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Panic Carefully (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Composer

  • Bunker(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Clayface(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Corpus Delicti(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Verity(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Uprising(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Borges and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Composer

  • 23 000 Lives(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • De Gaulle: Résistance(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Pressure(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Etty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • The Trap(2026)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Ballad of a Small Player(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • A House of Dynamite(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Dead of Winter(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Grand Prix of Europe(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Amateur(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Delicious(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Dune: Prophecy(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • The Day of the Jackal(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Conclave(2024)

    Composer · Music Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Social Studies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

  • Die Ironie des Lebens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • The Crow(2024)

    Composer · Music Score Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Hollywoodgate(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • A Sacrifice(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • One Life(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Unwanted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

  • One for the Road(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Sörensen Catches Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • The Dive(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Jules(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • War Sailor(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • All Quiet on the Western Front(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • War Sailor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Memory of Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Life After Life(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Against the Ice(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Ein Leben lang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Music Consultant

  • Monte Verità (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Home(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Stowaway(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Ammonite(2020)

    Composer · Musician

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Sörensen's Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • Summerland(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Old Guard(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Perfect Candidate(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Downhill(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • FX's A Christmas Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • Cunningham(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Upstream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • The Space Between the Lines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • The Art of Racing in the Rain(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Underdogs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • Hotel Mumbai(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Name of the Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

  • Dublin Murders(2019)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Ashes in the Snow(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • What Doesn't Kill Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Adrift(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Patrick Melrose(2018)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Different Kinds of Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Gunpowder(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • AlphaGo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • Lion(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Exodus: Where I come from is disappearing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Composer

  • In Dubious Battle(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Boy(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Futuro Beach(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Wild Horses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • Bliss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Composer

  • Black Mirror(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Composer · Other

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Höhere Gewalt(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Wortbrot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Tatort(1970)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

  • The Riders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 76 titles, 72 of them dated from 1970 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Lion (2016)

$141M worldwide

Highest rated

Lion (2016)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Clayface (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music75 of 76: 73 only music, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndOther crew3 of 76: 1 only other crew, 2 with another role

By decade

1970s1 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s24 · crew2020s45 · crew

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.

Awards

an Oscar and a BAFTA Award from 11 major nominations, 2016–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Original Score
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Score
  2. 2023
    • Oscar, won · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
    • BAFTA Award, won · Original Score
  3. 2017
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Original Music
  4. 2016
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Score

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Volker Bertelmann's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 42; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Midcredits score across 52 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 52 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · composer

23 000 Lives (2026)

91st percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Lion (2016)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 63/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 49. 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.

Is Volker Bertelmann's work okay for kids?

Across up to 26 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore22 titles12–92 · median 53 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity26 titles10–66 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity21 titles8–69 · median 45 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs21 titles11–46 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense22 titles19–80 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Volker Bertelmann work with?

People who share at least 2 of Volker Bertelmann's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jonas Katzenstein shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers