Klaus Doldinger
German musician, composer, bandleader and saxophonist (1936-2025) · Germany · On the map · Musicians · Died at 89
Klaus Doldinger was a German saxophonist known for his work in jazz and as a film music composer. He founded the group Passport in 1971; they played in different formations for decades and became successful internationally.
Klaus Doldinger is read about 182 times a day, in 18 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
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Götz George Klaus wrote Tatort: Kuscheltiere (1982)
Manfred Krug Klaus wrote Tatort: Blindekuh (1992)
Ivan Desny Klaus wrote The Roaring Fifties (1983)
Chiem van Houweninge Klaus wrote Tatort: Kuscheltiere (1982)
Eberhard Feik Klaus wrote Tatort: Kuscheltiere (1982)
Ulrich Matschoss Klaus wrote Tatort: Duisburg-Ruhrort (1981)- Charles Brauer Klaus wrote Tatort: Grenzgänger (1981)
Ulrich Faulhaber Klaus wrote Tatort: Transit ins Jenseits (1976)
Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger Klaus wrote Tatort: Doppelspiel (1985)
Otto Sander Klaus wrote Das Boot and One or the Other of Us
Gerd Baltus Klaus wrote Tatort: Transit ins Jenseits (1976)
Sieghardt Rupp Klaus wrote Tatort: Kressin stoppt den Nordexpress (1971)
Klaus Höhne Klaus wrote The Roaring Fifties (1983)
Elke Sommer Klaus wrote One or the Other of Us (1982)
Jürgen Prochnow Klaus wrote Das Boot and One or the Other of Us
Hannelore Elsner Klaus wrote Die Kommissarin and ...But Johnny!
Dieter Pfaff Klaus wrote In the Shadow of Power (2003)
Rolf Becker Klaus wrote Tatort: Medizinmänner (1990)
Gerhard Olschewski Klaus wrote Tatort: Zweierlei Blut (1984)- András Fricsay Klaus wrote Baal and The Roaring Fifties
Dietmar Mues Klaus wrote Tatort: Parteifreunde (1996)
Brigitte Janner Klaus wrote Tatort: Duisburg-Ruhrort (1981)
Dietrich Mattausch Klaus wrote The Roaring Fifties and Der Sturz
Michael Lesch Klaus wrote Tatort: Duisburg-Ruhrort (1981)
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![Doldinger filmed for a Tatort episode, "Wacht am Rhein [de]", in 2016](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/WDR-Dreharbeiten_zu_Tatort_K%C3%B6ln_%E2%80%9EWacht_am_Rhein%E2%80%9C-8719.jpg/1280px-WDR-Dreharbeiten_zu_Tatort_K%C3%B6ln_%E2%80%9EWacht_am_Rhein%E2%80%9C-8719.jpg)
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Doldinger composed several filmscores, including Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot (1981) and The NeverEnding Story (1984). He is known for writing the theme music of Tatort, running on television since 1970.
