Ernst Reijseger

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Ernst Reijseger

Sound 71 November 13, 1954

Ernst Reijseger (born 13 November 1954) is a Dutch cellist and composer. He specializes in jazz, improvised music, and contemporary classical music and often gives solo concerts.…

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

7.1 2010 Movie
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

6.1 2010 Movie
Walking Out

Walking Out

5.9 2017 Movie
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

6.5 2020 Movie
Ghost Elephants

Ghost Elephants

7.6 2026 Movie
The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder

6.0 2005 Movie
Salt and Fire

Salt and Fire

4.9 2016 Movie
The White Diamond

The White Diamond

7.0 2004 Movie
Family Romance, LLC

Family Romance, LLC

6.2 2019 Movie
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

7.8 2024 Movie
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

6.9 2019 Movie
Bucking Fastard

Bucking Fastard

6.3 2026 Movie

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Ernst Reijseger (born 13 November 1954) is a Dutch cellist and composer. He specializes in jazz, improvised music, and contemporary classical music and often gives solo concerts. He has worked with Louis Sclavis, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Gerry Hemingway, Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Mangelsdorff, Franco D'Andrea, Joëlle Léandre, Georg Gräwe, Trilok Gurtu, and Mola Sylla, and has done several world music projects working with musicians from Sardinia, Turkey, Iran, Senegal, and Argentina, as well as the Netherlands-based group Boi Akih. He has made numerous recordings, both as solo cellist and with other groups, and has been the subject of a documentary film. He has also written several film scores, including scores for a number of Werner Herzog films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernst Reijseger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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  1. 2026
    Bucking Fastard

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2026
    LOVE

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2026
    Lost Land

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2026
    Ghost Elephants

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2025
    King Hamlet

    Movie Self

  6. 2024
    Theater of Thought

    Movie Music

  7. 2024
    Beelden van Piet Hein

    Movie Music

  8. 2024
    Hidden Dance of Eels

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2024
    The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

    Movie Music

  10. 2024
    The Big Wait

    Movie Music

  11. 2020
    Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

    Movie Score Engineer

  12. 2019
    Family Romance, LLC

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2019
    Piano to Zanskar

    Movie Music

  14. 2019
    Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2017
    Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

    Movie Self

  16. 2017
    Walking Out

    Movie Original Music Composer

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  1. 2016
    Salt and Fire

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2015
    Préjudice

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2011
    Ode to the Dawn of Man

    Movie Self

  4. 2010
    Cave of Forgotten Dreams

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2010
    My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

    Movie Cellist - The Theatre Inc (uncredited)

  6. 2008
    Do You Still?

    Movie Himself / Cello

  7. 2005
    Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space

    Movie Self

  8. 2005
    The Wild Blue Yonder

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2005
    Vent

    Movie Musician

  10. 2004
    The White Diamond

    Movie Music