Ralph Rieckermann
BIOGRAPHY
At the age of 16 Ralph decided to take his musical talent to a professional level and started classical lessons on piano and the upright bass, which led him to study classical music for four years in one of the most esteemed Music Conservatories in Germany. His Conservatory training included, music history composition, upright bass, piano and classical orchestra. This gave Ralph the foundation to create musical styles which combine almost all music genres.
His global success began after relocating from Germany to Los Angeles in 1987, where his musical abilities were quickly noticed by the local L.A. rock scene. Ralph's first serious contribution to the rock music art form was working with the band "Kingdom Come" in 1990 for their latest album "Hands of Time". Ralph programmed all drums, keyboards and synthesizers.
In 1991 Ralph joined the world famous rock band The Scorpions as the new Bass Player. During his 12 year career as a member of "The Scorpions" Ralph recorded 8 gold and platinum awarded albums that sold millions of copies all over the world. In addition to his contributions as Bass Player, Ralph wrote the song titled "Mysterious" which was to be the last most successful song for "The Scorpions" since "Winds of Change". That song went to 3rd on the American charts. Throughout his tenure with "The Scorpions" Ralph has toured the world six times.
Having become involved in his first feature film Ralph realized that scoring for cinema and film producing would be his new life's work. This experience then led him to co-produce and co-finance Gangland (2000), Starring 'Costas Mandylor', Sasha Mitchell, Kathleen Kinmont, Ice-T, Coolio, Jennifer Gareis, and Kristanna Loken. In addition to producing Gangland (2000), Ralph also acted in and wrote the two main title tracks. Becoming more involved in the movie industry he took on the feature Redemption (2002) (V) as Composer. For Redemption (2002) (V) he created the entire score, 16 songs and the title track. Ralph has created the Film Scores for 27 films. In addition Ralph also took on the responsibility of the music supervision for 8 films. Ralph's intimate knowledge of music and composition and a wide range of talents and tools enables him to create scores for any film style and genre. His professional training and education combined with his many years of Rock and film industry experience makes Ralph Rieckermann one of the most promising new composers of our time.
Biography By: Sam Jones
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