---
name: "Reinhold Heil"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/reinhold-heil"
fi1m_id: "reinhold-heil"
imdb_id: "nm0374112"
tmdb_id: 1076
wikidata_id: "Q879456"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "18 May 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:25:40.060860+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."
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# Reinhold Heil

## Identity

Reinhold Heil

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/reinhold-heil
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** reinhold-heil
- **IMDb ID:** nm0374112
- **TMDB ID:** 1076
- **Wikidata ID:** Q879456
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Heil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879456, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374112/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1076

Composer. Born 18 May 1954 in Schlüchtern, Hesse, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 18 May 1954, Schlüchtern, Hesse, Germany
- **Active:** 1998–2004
- **Also known as:** Spliff
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 91 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Heil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879456, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374112/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1076

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Deadwood*](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) (91)
- **Disney+:** [*Run Lola Run*](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Reinhold Heil (born 18 May 1954) is a German musician, producer and film and television composer. He began his career as a keyboardist and member of the Nina Hagen Band and Spliff, and later produced albums and singles for Nena, including the hit "99 Luftballons".

As a film composer, he is known for his long collaboration with director Tom Tykwer and composer Johnny Klimek. Their joint scores include *Run Lola Run* (1998), *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (2006), *The International* (2009) and *Cloud Atlas* (2012). His television credits include scoring duties on the HBO series *Deadwood* (2004–06), often alongside Klimek. He has received a Golden Globe nomination.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *Run Lola Run* (1998), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Flight/Risk* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Liebe Angst* (2022), Music
- *Running with the Devil* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Deadwood: The Movie* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Haunt* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *I, Frankenstein* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Cloud Atlas* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Killer Elite* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Day 6* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Seeking Happiness* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Locke & Key* (2011), Music
- *Three* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Tomorrow, When the War Began* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Devil's Kickers* (2010), Music
- *The International* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Blackout* (2008), Music
- *One Missed Call* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Anamorph* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *John from Cincinnati* (2007), series, Original Music Composer
- *Blood and Chocolate* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Paris Je T'aime* (2006), Music
- *The Cave* (2005), Original Music Composer, Music Producer
- *Land of the Dead* (2005), Original Music Composer, Music Arranger
- *Sophie Scholl: The Final Days* (2005), Music
- *Deadwood* (2004), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *True* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Iron Jawed Angels* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Bang Bang You're Dead* (2003), Music
- *Swimming Upstream* (2003), Music
- *One Hour Photo* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie* (2002), Music
- *Tangled* (2001), Music
- *The Princess and the Warrior* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *I Love You, Baby* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Der tote Taucher im Wald* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Run Lola Run* (1998), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md)
- *Winter Sleepers* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The First Time* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Baby* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, Music

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Deutscher Filmmusikpreis 2023: Deutscher Filmmusikpreis (won)
- European Film Award for Best Composer 2007: European Film Award for Best Composer (nominated), for *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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