---
name: "Klaus Badelt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/klaus-badelt"
fi1m_id: "klaus-badelt"
imdb_id: "nm0046004"
tmdb_id: 122
wikidata_id: "Q57833"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "12 June 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-23T04:10:05.952903+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Klaus Badelt

## Identity

Klaus Badelt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/klaus-badelt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** klaus-badelt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0046004
- **TMDB ID:** 122
- **Wikidata ID:** Q57833
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Badelt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57833, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046004/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122

Composer. Born 12 June 1967 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 12 June 1967, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany
- **Active:** 2002–2008
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 51 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 5, Adventure 3, Fantasy 3, Crime 2, Drama 2, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,276m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Badelt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57833, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046004/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Constantine*](https://film.one/film/constantine.md) (62), [*Catwoman*](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md) (34)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Killshot*](https://film.one/film/killshot.md) (55), [*The Time Machine*](https://film.one/film/the-time-machine.md) (47)
- **Disney+:** [*Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl*](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Klaus Badelt is a German composer of film scores. Born on 12 June 1967 in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, he began his career composing music for films and commercials in his native country.

In 1998 he joined Hans Zimmer's Media Ventures studio in Santa Monica, California. He contributed to Zimmer's scores for films including *The Thin Red Line* (1998), *The Prince of Egypt* (1998) and *Gladiator* (2000). His independent credits include *The Time Machine* (2002), *Equilibrium* (2002) and *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (2003). He has also worked on projects in French and Chinese cinema and with director Werner Herzog.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Killshot* (2008), Fi1m 55, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/killshot.md)
- *Poseidon* (2006), Fi1m 55, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/poseidon.md)
- *Constantine* (2005), Fi1m 62, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/constantine.md)
- *Catwoman* (2004), Fi1m 34, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (2003), Fi1m 81, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl.md)
- *The Time Machine* (2002), Fi1m 47, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-time-machine.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025* (2025), Music
- *Legend of the Demon Cat* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Ballerina* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Warriors Gate* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Penny Pincher!* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Queen of the Desert* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Santa Claus* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Superchondriac* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Halo: Nightfall* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *A Perfect Plan* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Shanghai Calling* (2012), as Compositor
- *Bright Spin* (2012), Music
- *Rebellion* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Howling: Reborn* (2011), Executive Music Producer
- *War of the Buttons* (2011), Music
- *The Oranges* (2011), Music
- *Seven Days in Utopia* (2011), Music
- *Jock the Hero Dog* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Prodigies* (2011), Music
- *Waking Madison* (2011), Music
- *Marco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Dylan Dog: Dead of Night* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan* (2011), Main Title Theme Composer
- *Small World* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Among Wolves* (2010), Music
- *Point Blank* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Happy People: A Year in the Taiga* (2010), Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
- *The Extra Man* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Shanghai* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *22 Bullets* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Heartbreaker* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Solomon Kane* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Little Nicholas* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Anything for Her* (2008), Music
- *Killshot* (2008), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/killshot.md)
- *The Charlemagne Code* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior* (2008), Music
- *Starship Troopers 3: Marauder* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Ultraviolet: Code 044* (2008), series, Music
- *Dragon Hunters* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Rescue Dawn* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *TMNT* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Premonition* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Poseidon* (2006), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/poseidon.md)
- *Ultraviolet* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *16 Blocks* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Promise* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Constantine* (2005), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/constantine.md)
- *Ring of the Nibelungs* (2004), Associate Producer
- *Catwoman* (2004), Original Music Composer, Music Producer — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Beat the Drum* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (2003), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl.md)
- *The In-Laws* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Basic* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Ned Kelly* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Recruit* (2003), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- *ManFast* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Equilibrium* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *K-19: The Widowmaker* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Time Machine* (2002), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/the-time-machine.md)
- *Teknolust* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Invincible* (2001), Music
- *Extreme Days* (2001), Music
- *The Pledge* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Mission: Impossible II* (2000), Additional Music — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md)
- *Chill Factor* (1999), Additional Music
- *The Polar Bear* (1998), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Klaus Badelt, 2007](https://film.one/media/person/98169/gallery-dcb82f1711bd.jpg) Klaus Badelt, 2007 — Klaus Badelt, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/KBadelt.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![A photo of Klaus Badelt taken in his studio in Paris (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/98169/gallery-f96ae7240f3e.jpg) A photo of Klaus Badelt taken in his studio in Paris (2009) — Mark A. Yaeger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/KlausBadelt.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Klaus Badelt](https://film.one/media/person/98169/gallery-87b9ff0c9899.jpg) Klaus Badelt — Image via TMDB

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