Robert Folk

Robert Folk ( born March 5, 1949 in New York, NY) is an American film music composer, songwriter and music producer.

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Life and work

Robert Folk began his music career at a young age as a songwriter and band member of several " East Coast rock bands ". But after a few years he discovered visibly his passion for classical music, so he decided to study at the renowned Juilliard School of Music in New York (at the including John Williams studied ), as well best American school for aspiring composer applies. After earning a master's degree and a doctoral degree, he taught himself first few years on the faculty, before he could make in the early 1980s, a fellow director, the first contacts with the film industry finally and ultimately went to Hollywood.

Meanwhile, Robert Folk has set to music over 70 different television and feature films. His compositions, which he also orchestrated getting yourself and conduct, you can among other things, in many well-known major and independent films such as " The Neverending Story II " (1990), "Toy Soldiers" (1991 ) or " Loaded Weapon 1" ( 1993) hear. Many of his scores were also recorded directly in Germany, so the recordings for " Beastmaster 2 " in 1991 in East Berlin with the Berlin Radio Orchestra emerged, while other scores, such as " Honeymoon Academy " and "The Neverending Story II", with various orchestras (including the Munich Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian State Orchestra) were recorded in Munich.

So far, only very few of his works were published on ( official ) Soundtrack CDs - this also applies to its by far the most famous film scores, the scores for " Police Academy " series, although Robert Folk to remarked in an interview: " I regret that just these scores are most popular [ ... ] but you can hardly call one of these films than worth seeing. However, it has been fun, because I could write music with marching character for large orchestra [ ... also is ] the producer, a good friend of mine, whom I always liked enough, a favor. Were it not so, I would have probably written after the first part no score for the series. "

Robert Folk is a member of the " Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences " - in addition to his film music work, he is occasionally still active as a concert composer. His own ballet composition " To Dream Of Roses " (1990), created for the American Ballet Theatre, and recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, should this be the most famous and successful work.

Compositions (selection )

Film scores

Concert music

Trivia

For the horror comedy " Tremors - In the Land of Tremors " Robert Folk was asked shortly before the theatrical release, complete replacement of the score by the composer Ernest Troost, as the producers of the film with his work were not satisfied - Folk had for his symphonic substitute score ( the heard, particularly in the second half of the film is ) but in just five days time and could therefore replace only half of the music of Troost, the other half of his scores can be heard in the movie still.

Robert Folks name you are looking for in the credits of the film now but to no avail. In an interview he said: " ... the reason is that Troost had a contract, who granted him that if any of his music in the film would find use his name was to call in any case in the credits. It is something else when, for example, Jerry Goldsmith would have been the original composer, then you would certainly have shared the nomination. But when a composer without reputation I have decided that my name should better not be mentioned together with his. Everyone here in Hollywood knows this story. "