Ludwig van Beethoven

Biography

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer. As a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. By his late 20s his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost totally deaf. In 1811 he gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose; many of his most admired works come from these last 15 years of his life.

Most Famous Work

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Neon Genesis Evangelion

(1995) Music

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Your Lie in April

(2014) Music

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Parade of the Planets

(1984) Music

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The Chosen Ones

(1983) Music

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HBO First Look

(1992) Original Music Composer

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The Piano Forest

(2018) Music

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Knowing

(2009) Additional Music

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The King's Speech

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	N/A	Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 with Sir András Schiff 2023-01-01 Movie
2022	Self (archive footage)	Prelúdio 2022-08-07 Movie
2010	Self - Composer	Beethoven - Fidelio (Zurich 2004) 2010-03-29 Movie
1972	Composer	Eroica 1972-06-14 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2025	Music	The Second Assignment 2025-10-18 Movie
	Music	ORIGAMI 2025-06-23 Movie
	Music	10 Years Later 2025-02-05 Movie
	Music	Ohio Sonata 2025-02-01 Movie
	Sound	Soneriada 2025-01-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Armonie di Speranza 2025-01-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Concerto per Agrigento - Capitale italiana della Cultura 2025 2025-01-01 Movie
2024	Original Music Composer	Bruce Liu Ruhr Piano Festival 2024 2024-12-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Thomas Hengelbrock and Orchestre de chambre de Paris Paris Pantheon 2024-11-03 Movie
	Songs	The Loneliest City on South America 2024-06-20 Movie
	Music	Fidelio - Dutch National Opera 2024-06-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 9 - Leipzig, Paris, Mailand, Wien 2024-05-07 Movie
	Music	Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity 2024-04-28 Movie
2023	Music	Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest 2023-08-04 Movie
	Music Producer	The Janitor 2023-04-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Delirium 2023-03-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Thibaut Garcia: Hommage to Agustín Barrios Chapelle Corneille in Rouen 2023-01-01 Movie
2022	Music	Torment of a Saint 2022-12-27 Movie
	Music	Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex 2022-11-03 Movie
	Music	Cerukku 2022-09-11 Movie
	Music	Symphony No. 5 2022-06-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Currentzis conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 9 2022-02-24 Movie
2021	Music	Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos 2021-11-04 Movie
	Music	Just Like Another Day 2021-09-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 2021-06-06 Movie
	Music	Systam 2021-04-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	RCO: Pappano conducts Beethoven & Schumann 2021-01-01 Movie
2020	Music	One 2020-10-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Louis van Beethoven 2020-08-01 Movie
	Music	Beethoven: Fidelio 2020-07-26 Movie
	Music	Just Before I Leave 2020-06-07 Movie
	Music	An Afternoon at the Cinematheque 2020-04-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Vienna celebrates Beethoven - Philippe Jordan and the Vienna Philharmonic 2020-01-11 Movie
	Songs	New Year’s Concert 2020 2020-01-01 Movie
2019	Music	Chromophobia 2019-11-01 Movie
	Music	VICTORIA XXI 2019-09-03 Movie
	Music	Belmonte 2019-03-21 Movie
2018	Music	Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Uchida, Rattle 2018-12-07 Movie
	Music	The Piano Forest 2018-04-09 TV Show
2017	Original Music Composer	Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla 2017-09-04 TV Show
2016	Music	Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 3 2016-02-26 Movie
	Music	Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 2016-01-29 Movie
2015	Music	Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 2015-11-27 Movie
	Music	Bad Times At Conformity High 2015-09-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Beethoven: Fidelio - Salzburg Festival 2015-08-15 Movie
	Music	Beethoven Violin Concerto 2015-07-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	This is Opera 2015-03-08 TV Show
2014	Music	Your Lie in April 2014-10-10 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Beethoven: Symphony 9 by Riccardo Muti 2014-09-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Leaving 2014-05-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Beethovenova 9. symfonie – Koncert pro EU 2014-05-01 Movie
2013	Music	Ode to Joy 2013-03-29 Movie
2011	Music	The Addams Family XXX 2011-10-03 Movie
2010	Music	The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer 2010-06-08 Movie
2009	Music	Eroica - Director's Cut 2009-06-15 Movie
2008	Music	Orchestra 2008-10-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan) 2008-03-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Pierre Fournier: Classic Archive 2008-01-13 Movie
	Music	Fidelio - Beethoven - Opernhaus Zürich 2008 2008-01-01 Movie
2006	Additional Soundtrack	Ed's Eaten Elevenses 2006-10-12 Movie
	Music	Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica 2006-01-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Faqir 2006-01-01 Movie
2005	Music	Dérives 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Original Music Composer	Three Leaders 2004-07-23 Movie
2003	Songs	Listening 2003-10-03 Movie
2002	Original Music Composer	Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker 2002-06-10 Movie
	Music	The Man with Green Glasses 3 2002-01-01 Movie
2001	Music	The Cupboard 2001-05-03 Movie
2000	Music	Fantasia 2000 2000-01-01 Movie
1998	Additional Soundtrack	Star Trek: Insurrection 1998-12-11 Movie
1997	Original Music Composer	Christmas 1997-01-01 Movie
1995	Music	Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995-10-04 TV Show
	Music	Christophe Coin, le musicien 1995-04-15 Movie
	Music	Welcome Home 1995-02-10 Movie
1993	Music	Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War 1993-12-18 Movie
1992	Music	Dla Elizy Bagatela a-moll WoO 59 1992-07-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	HBO First Look 1992-06-12 TV Show
1991	Music	Germany Year 90 Nine Zero 1991-09-01 Movie
	Music	Down a Moonlit Road 1991-04-12 Movie
1990	Music	Red On Red 1990-02-01 Movie
1989	Original Music Composer	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5, op. 73 1989-04-01 Movie
1988	Music	The Power of Speech 1988-12-31 Movie
	Music	The Black Monk 1988-01-25 Movie
	Music	King Lear 1988-01-22 Movie
1986	Music	Erinnerung - ein Film mit Oskar Kokoschka 1986-06-27 Movie
1984	Music	Parade of the Planets 1984-12-15 Movie
	Music	Samuel 1984-01-01 Movie
1983	Music	First Name: Carmen 1983-12-01 Movie
	Music	The Chosen Ones 1983-04-01 Movie
1981	Music	The Nightingale 1981-12-31 Movie
1980	Music	The Conductor 1980-02-27 Movie
1977	Music	The Lorry 1977-05-27 Movie
	Music	Poslední zkouška 1977-04-21 Movie
1976	Music	Beethoven - Days in a Life 1976-10-14 Movie
	Music	To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream 1976-08-24 Movie
1973	Music	Jail Bait 1973-01-09 Movie
1972	Music	Eroica 1972-06-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	L. van Beethoven Symfonie d moll 1972-01-01 Movie
	Music	Space and Light 1972-01-01 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 1971-01-01 Movie
1970	Music	Rött vin i gröna glas 1970-07-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Beethoven: Fidelio 1970-06-17 Movie
1969	Music	Sorrows 1969-12-31 Movie
1967	Sound	Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur opus 55 (Eroica) von Ludwig van Beethoven 1967-01-01 Movie
1961	Additional Soundtrack	Lola 1961-03-03 Movie
1959	Music	All the Boys Are Called Patrick 1959-05-06 Movie
1956	Music	Fidelio 1956-06-21 Movie
1952	Original Music Composer	Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome 1952-03-22 Movie
1949	Music	Eroica 1949-07-31 Movie
	Songs	Dance of Fire 1949-06-08 Movie
1948	Original Music Composer	Romance sin palabras 1948-09-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 1948-04-03 Movie
1944	Original Music Composer	Apasionadamente 1944-05-19 Movie
1943	Music	Sant'Elena, piccola isola 1943-06-26 Movie
1942	Original Music Composer	Claro de luna 1942-10-23 Movie
1940	Music	Fantasia 1940-11-13 Movie
1937	Music	The White Disease 1937-12-21 Movie
1922	Music	Häxan 1922-09-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jakub Hrůša and Seong-Jin Cho Baden-Baden Easter Festival 2025 Movie
	Sound	In Solitude Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2025	Writer	The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio 2025-03-15 Movie
2020	Writer	Grand Requiem d'après Beethoven 2020-06-10 Movie
2008	Author	Karajan - Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies DVD 2008-05-05 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2025	Compositor	Soneriada 2025-01-18 Movie
	Compositor	Klaus Mäkelä and Gustavo Dudamel 10 year anniversary of the Philharmonie de Paris 2025-01-15 Movie
2024	Compositor	The Loneliest City on South America 2024-06-20 Movie
	Compositor	Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 - Leipzig | Paris | Milan | Vienna 2024-04-26 Movie
2010	Additional Music	The King's Speech 2010-11-26 Movie
	Compositor	Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7; Coriolan Overture 2010-06-06 Movie
2009	Additional Music	Knowing 2009-03-19 Movie
2008	Compositor	Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 2008-03-17 Movie
	Compositor	Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5-8 2008-03-17 Movie
	Compositor	Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1-4 2008-03-17 Movie
2007	Compositor	Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 2007-01-09 Movie
2005	Compositor	Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 2005-12-06 Movie
1993	Thanks	Bethune: The Making of a Hero 1993-09-17 Movie
1989	Compositor	Das Mauerkonzert 1989-11-12 Movie
1977	Compositor	Beethoven Symphony No. 9 1977-12-31 Movie
1974	Compositor	Beethoven Piano Concertos 1-5 1974-04-01 Movie
1972	Creator	L. van Beethoven Symfonie d moll 1972-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv