Alfred Schnittke

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Alfred Schnittke

Sound November 24, 1934

Engels, ASSR nemtsev Povolzhya, RSFSR, USSR [now Engelsskiy rayon, Saratovskaya oblast, Russia]

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Soviet composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is d…

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The Ascent

The Ascent

7.9 1977 Movie
Air Crew

Air Crew

6.8 1980 Movie
Four Roads

Four Roads

6.5 2021 Movie
A Visitor to a Museum

A Visitor to a Museum

6.8 1989 Movie
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

6.7 1981 Movie
The Commissar

The Commissar

6.5 1967 Movie
The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

5.5 2011 Movie
The Story of the Voyages

The Story of the Voyages

6.1 1983 Movie
Byelorussian Station

Byelorussian Station

6.7 1971 Movie
The Ninth Day

The Ninth Day

6.5 2004 Movie
Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

6.7 1970 Movie
The Hot Snow

The Hot Snow

7.4 1972 Movie

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Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Soviet composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail."

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2022
    Hope for Peace Concert from the Frauenkirche - Dresden

    Movie Music

  3. 2021
    Four Roads

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2018
    B-1

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2017
    Anna Karenina

    Movie Music

  6. 2015
    Harm

    Movie Music

  7. 2014
    Maria's House

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2011
    The Master and Margarita

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2009
    After

    Movie Music

  10. 2006
    Мастер и Маргарита

    TV show Original Music Composer

  11. 2004
    The Ninth Day

    Movie Music

  12. 2003
    Thorsten Flinck's Pariah

    Movie Music

  13. 1998
    Ivan Marchuk: "The voice of my soul"

    Movie Music

  14. 1997
    Adam and Eve. Liberation From Original Sin

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1997
    Sky. Last Dream

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1996
    Chornobyl. Epilogue

    Movie Music

More credits
  1. 1993
    Presence

    Movie Music

  2. 1993
    Saint Vladimir

    Movie Music

  3. 1993
    Your Fingers Smell Like Incense

    Movie Music

  4. 1992
    Mr. Sobchak In His Shirt-Sleeves

    Movie Music

  5. 1991
    Theory of Sets

    Movie Music

  6. 1991
    Ward No. 6

    Movie Music

  7. 1990
    School of Fine Arts

    Movie Music

  8. 1990
    Sphinx

    Movie Music

  9. 1990
    I Am a German Composer from Russia

    Movie Self

  10. 1990
    Swan Song

    Movie Music

  11. 1990
    Dina

    Movie Music

  12. 1990
    Lyuba

    Movie Music

  13. 1990
    School of Fine Arts. Return

    Movie Music

  14. 1990
    The Wild One

    Movie Music

  15. 1989
    A Visitor to a Museum

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1989
    ...And This Happened in Vichy

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 1989
    The Different One

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 1988
    Maria

    Movie Music

  19. 1988
    The Light Shines in the Darkness

    Movie Music

  20. 1987
    School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape

    Movie Music

  21. 1987
    My Favorite Time

    Movie Music

  22. 1986
    Life of Klim Samgin

    Movie Music

  23. 1984
    Dead Souls

    TV show Music

  24. 1984
    Dead Souls

    Movie Music