---
name: "Popol Vuh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/popol-vuh"
fi1m_id: "popol-vuh"
imdb_id: "nm0691311"
tmdb_id: 20552
wikidata_id: "Q706764"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:32:55.624692+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."
---

# Popol Vuh

## Identity

Popol Vuh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/popol-vuh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** popol-vuh
- **IMDb ID:** nm0691311
- **TMDB ID:** 20552
- **Wikidata ID:** Q706764
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popol_Vuh_(band), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706764, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20552

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 1972–1982
- **Frequently works with:** [Klaus Kinski](https://film.one/person/klaus-kinski.md), [Werner Herzog](https://film.one/person/werner-herzog.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 91 (1), 1980s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popol_Vuh_(band), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706764, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20552

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Aguirre, the Wrath of God*](https://film.one/film/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god.md) (91)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fitzcarraldo*](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Popol Vuh was a German musical collective founded in 1969 by keyboardist Florian Fricke. The group began as an electronic music project but later incorporated organic instrumentation and world music influences.

They are best known for their long collaboration with director Werner Herzog, providing original music for films including *Aguirre, the Wrath of God* (1972), *The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser* (1974), *Heart of Glass* (1976), *Nosferatu the Vampyre* (1979), *Fitzcarraldo* (1982) and *Cobra Verde* (1987). Their scores often blended choral and ambient elements with traditional instruments.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md)
- *Aguirre, the Wrath of God* (1972), Fi1m 91, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *My Best Fiend* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Game of Shadows* (1991), Music
- *Cobra Verde* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Portrait: Werner Herzog* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Qâf: The Sacred Mountain* (1985), Music
- *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md)
- *Nosferatu the Vampyre* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Heart of Glass* (1976), Music
- *The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Aguirre, the Wrath of God* (1972), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god.md)

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