User:Ronkaben/sandbox/Richard Albert

Richard Albert (Born 26 July 1983 as Richard Albert Bretschneider) is a German composer and songwriter.

Early life and music
Richard Albert is a self taught musician, he studied computer sciences and communication sciences at the RWTH Aachen University from 2004 to 2010. He made his debut as filmcomposer for the short film Sachliche Romanze in 2007. With the web-series Hell%27s_Kitty he started working for various production companies in the USA. Since then Richard Albert is working mainly on American productions while he keeps living in Wuppertal, Germany. . He often includes everydays sounds into his compositions as he did in Piece for Piano and fridge or Schwebebahn apocalypse, a song in which he combined classical strings with sounds of the Wuppertal Suspension Railway.

Feature films

 * 2016: Losing Touch
 * 2016: Sticky:_A_(Self)_Love_Story
 * 2016: The Last Night Inn
 * 2018: Hell%27s_Kitty
 * 2018: Hide in the Light

Awards

 * 2009: European Talent Award (nominated)
 * 2011: Jerry Goldsmith Award, Film Music Festival Úbeda (nominated)
 * 2011: European Talent Award (nominated)
 * 2013: Jerry Goldsmith Award, Film Music Festival Úbeda (nominated)
 * 2016: The Marshall Hawkins Awards – Best Musical Score – Feature (nominated)
 * 2016: German Film Music Award, Category „New talent“ (nominated)
 * 2018: American Tracks Music Award, Kategorie „Best song for a film“