Kurt Oldman

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AlmamaterConservatory of Music in Fribourg and Lucerne Swiss Jazz School
Occupations
  • Film composer
  • musician
Kurt Oldman
Alma materConservatory of Music in Fribourg and Lucerne Swiss Jazz School
Occupations
  • Film composer
  • musician

Kurt Oldman is a Swiss born[1] composer of music for television and film.[2]

Oldman was born in Switzerland to parents who were both musicians. His father attended the Conservatory of Music in Fribourg. His grandfather and great-grandfather were also classical musicians. Oldman received musical training at the Fribourg Conservatory and the Lucerne Swiss Jazz School in Lucerne, Switzerland.[3] As a young child he was inspired by several film music scores, including the score for E.T. The first film that Oldman scored was Endless Escape, a 2.5 hours Swiss-produced feature docu-drama. After this he attended film scoring classes at UCLA during the beginning part of his career.[4]

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