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Johann Sebastian Bach

Born: 1685-03-31 in Eisenach, Germany

Died: 1750-07-28

Known For: Sound

Biography

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and over three hundred cantatas of which around two hundred survive. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.

Filmography

2026

53 Sundays ... (Music)
Bach: Passion Oratorio - Il Gardellino Ensemble ... (Original Music Composer)
Jean-Sébastien Bach : oeuvres pour orgue à la Thomaskirche de Leipzig as Compositeur
Vivaldi e Bach con Rinaldo Alessandrini ... (Original Music Composer)
Choral Music, from Dutilleux to Poulenc Featuring Birds on a Wire and the Théâtre de Chaillot ... (Original Music Composer)
Saburo Teshigawara, Sayaka Shoji, and Rihoko Sato @ Château de Champlâtreux - Sur Mesure ... (Original Music Composer)
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 The NDR Vocal Ensemble and Concerto Köln ... (Original Music Composer)

2025

CITY THE ANIMATION ... (Music)
Gravity Bach Complete performance of works for organ - Vol. 3 ... (Original Music Composer)
Badineries ... (Music)
Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025 ... (Music)
Tabita Berglund and Julian Steckel ... (Original Music Composer)
For When I Think, There is This Heaviness That I Would Rather You Not Carry ... (Original Music Composer)
Cristian Măcelaru & Julia Fischer - Brahms, Debussy and Barraine ... (Original Music Composer)
In Search of Bach II. Wedding Cantata ... (Original Music Composer)
Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom ... (Original Music Composer)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason - My Playlist ... (Original Music Composer)
Gravity Bach Complete performance of works for organ - Vol. 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
The Trilogy ... (Music)
Shani Diluka - Renaissance Royal Abbey of Fontevraud ... (Original Music Composer)
Armonie di Speranza ... (Original Music Composer)
Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry ... (Original Music Composer)
The Children are afraid ... (Original Music Composer)
OSN: Giulio Cilona dirige il tradizionale Concerto di Natale 2025 ... (Original Music Composer)
Minasi/ Bach - Passione secondo Matteo ... (Original Music Composer)
Gravity Bach Complete performance of works for organ - Vol. 1 ... (Original Music Composer)
The First Stage ... (Compositor)
Four hands for Mendelssohn Lucas & Arthur Jussen with Andris Nelsons ... (Original Music Composer)
La Troisième Veille ... (Music)
Yerevan Youth Symphony Orchestra @ Young Euro Classic 2025 ... (Original Music Composer)
Lucas and Arthur Jussen play Bartók @ Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra ... (Original Music Composer)
Jenneba Kanneh-Mason @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025 ... (Original Music Composer)

2024

Iveta Apkalna The 140th Anniversary of the Riga Cathedral Organ ... (Original Music Composer)
In Search of Bach III. Actus Tragicus ... (Original Music Composer)
Peace Project With Patricia Kopatchinskaja ... (Original Music Composer)
In Search of Bach IV. Missa Brevis ... (Original Music Composer)
In Search of Bach I. Welt, Gute Nacht ... (Original Music Composer)
Hayato Sumino performs Chopin, Ravel, and Brahms @ Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo ... (Original Music Composer)
Bach's St John Passion Sasha Waltz ... (Original Music Composer)
Francesco Tristano: Oscillate - Ruhr Piano Festival 2024 ... (Original Music Composer)
Bach & Zelenka Easter Oratorio & Easter Mass ... (Original Music Composer)
A Dance ... (Music)
Alexandre Tharaud and Chun Wing Lam Paris Sur Mesure ... (Original Music Composer)
Bertrand Chamayou & Leif Ove Andsnes @ Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2024 ... (Original Music Composer)
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Milano ... (Original Music Composer)
Andris Poga dirige Mozart et Bruckner Avec David Fray ... (Original Music Composer)

2023

Keys to the Heart ... (Music)
Good evening, we're from Barcelona ... (Songs)
Ulises (C) ... (Music)
Arandel's Bach Evolution in the Grande Galerie de l'Évolution - Paris Sur Mesure 2023 ... (Compositor)
La Belle Dame Sans Merci ... (Music)
Daniil Trifonov - Thanks to the Music ... (Original Music Composer)
Two Men on Train and Someone Else ... (Music)
Avi Avital and his Mandolin ... (Original Music Composer)

2022

Bleat ... (Music)
Astrakan ... (Music)
Americana ... (Music)
Sting, Daniel Hope & Freunde in Berlin Mit Golda Schultz, Bruce Liu u.v.m. ... (Original Music Composer)
The Perfect Number ... (Music)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 ... (Compositor)
Concert in solidarity with Ukraine - Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin ... (Original Music Composer)
Hope for Peace Concert from the Frauenkirche - Dresden ... (Music)
Bach's Sacred Music Nativity | Passion | Resurrection ... (Original Music Composer)
Dialogue avec Bach ... (Sound)
The Big Tree ... (Music)
Eu Odeio Poeira ... (Music)
La Fura dels Baus : Free Bach 212 ... (Original Music Composer)

2021

Dancing Nation ... (Original Music Composer)
Presences Festival 2023 Bach / Lacôte / Chin / Robin ... (Original Music Composer)
Gregorio ... (Music)
Ton Koopman a L'Aquila ... (Original Music Composer)

2020

Happy Ending ... (Other)
The Red Scarf ... (Original Music Composer)
Klippningen ... (Music)
Who We Go Why ... (Original Music Composer)
Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon Tribute concert ... (Music)
Stories In Place: Plante. ... (Original Music Composer)
Chaconne supra a sciara ... (Original Music Composer)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 ... (Writer)

2019

La Femme qui pleure dans les nuages ... (Music)
Ricercar ... (Music)
La Messa di Bach ... (Original Music Composer)

2018

The Piano Forest ... (Music)
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Sir András Schiff ... (Compositor)
Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
Le Prochain ... (Original Music Composer)

2017

Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla ... (Original Music Composer)
Johannes-Passion ... (Sound)
Charpentier: Te Deum, Bach: Magnificat ... (Original Music Composer)

2016

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street ... (Music)
Ever Forward ... (Music)
Roger D'Astous ... (Music)
La Passione : Bach / Castellucci ... (Original Music Composer)
OSN: Biondi-Pergolesi-Bach ... (Original Music Composer)

2015

Podium Witteman
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem ... (Music)
Piedad: una roca va al psiquiatra ... (Music)
Andrea Bacchetti in Concert ... (Original Music Composer)
OSN: La Messa in si minore di Bach con Ottavio Dantone ... (Original Music Composer)
Un ... (Music)
Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Sciarrino - Bach ... (Original Music Composer)
OSN: Dantone-Bach ... (Original Music Composer)

2014

Bach: St. John Passion ... (Original Music Composer)
J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio ... (Original Music Composer)

2013

Father and Son on a Journey ... (Music)
Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili ... (Music)
Christmas with Johann Sebastian Bach ... (Compositors)

2012

Christmas Oratorio ... (Original Music Composer)
Bach Matthäus-Passion ... (Compositor)

2011

András Schiff plays Bach ... (Music)
Corelli Bach Haendel ... (Original Music Composer)

2010

Bach: St. Matthew Passion ... (Original Music Composer)
The Destiny ... (Music)

2009

Concerto diretto da John Axelrod ... (Original Music Composer)

2008

Notes on an American Film Director at Work ... (Music)

2007

Fermat's Room ... (Music)
Revisiting Solaris ... (Music)
Lapsus ... (Original Music Composer)
Bach The Cello Suites ... (Compositor)
Cyber ... (Music)

2006

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time ... (Music)
A View from Space With Heavenly Music ... (Music)

2004

Three Leaders ... (Original Music Composer)

2003

Saraband ... (Music)
Slow Bistro ... (Original Music Composer)
J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend ... (Music)
Uto Ughi - Bach ... (Original Music Composer)

2000

The Ninth Hour ... (Music)
With Closed Eyes ... (Music)

1999

Pozo de zorro ... (Music)

1998

Invention in A Minor for Two Voices ... (Music)

1997

Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht: The Kaffee Kantate - Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir ... (Music)
Badinerie z II Suity orkiestrowej h-moll BWV 1067 ... (Music)

1996

Christmas ... (Original Music Composer)

1995

Christophe Coin, le musicien ... (Music)

1994

Toccata z Fugi i Toccata d-moll BWV 565 ... (Music)
The Saint Matthew Passion ... (Music)

1993

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero ... (Music)
The End of the World ... (Additional Music)
Cage ... (Music)
Ein Moment - Vorbei - Ein Film ... (Music)

1992

Benny's Video ... (Music)

1991

100 Days Before the Command ... (Music)

1990

One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train ... (Music)
Auf dem Weg ... (Music)
Postadresse: 2640 Schlöglmühl ... (Music)
Variationen 1 ... (Original Music Composer)
Variationen 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
Mozart, Handel, Bach ... (Original Music Composer)

1989

De l'autre côté ... (Music)
J'écris dans l'espace ... (Music)
Sonata for Hitler ... (Music)
2 Variationen ... (Original Music Composer)

1988

King Lear ... (Music)
The Power of Speech ... (Music)
The Last Word ... (Music)

1987

Inner Life ... (Music)
Teufelszeug ... (Music)
Love Conquers All ... (Music)

1985

Hail Mary ... (Music)
J. S. Bach Koncert E dur pro housle a smyčcový orchestr ... (Original Music Composer)
Soldiers Without Guns ... (Music)
Kinderfilm ... (Music)

1984

The Bear ... (Music)

1983

Bach Brandenburg Concertos & Coffee Cantata ... (Compositors)
The Sheik of Araby ... (Original Music Composer)

1982

The Man Who Saved the World ... (Music)
The Selfish Giant ... (Music)

1981

Obscene: The Case of Peter Herzl ... (Music)
The Cosmic Machine ... (Music)
Katso ihmistä ... (Music)

1980

The Encounter ... (Music)
El tigre ... (Music)

1979

Tale of Tales ... (Music)
The Hunt ... (Music)

1978

1977

Fraude matrimonial ... (Music)
Gabriel ... (Music)
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach ... (Original Music Composer)

1976

To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream ... (Music)
Convicted ... (Music)

1975

Mirror ... (Music)
J. S. Bach: Koncert d moll pro dvoje housle a smyčce ... (Original Music Composer)
An Imperial Message ... (Music)

1973

Opis obyczajów ... (Music)

1972

Temptation of Eros ... (Music)
Pilate and Others ... (Music)
Dear Janice ... (Original Music Composer)

1971

Eros Schedule Book: Female Artist ... (Music)

1970

Adelheid ... (Music)
Migration ... (Music)

1969

The Dependent ... (Music)
Umano Non Umano ... (Original Music Composer)
Spheres ... (Music)
A Random Bomb ... (Music)
The Last Summer ... (Music)

1967

Resan ... (Music)
Bach to Bach ... (Music)
The Great Rehearsals: When a Man Dedicates His Life to Music ... (Music)
Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung ... (Music)

1966

Master ... (Music)
Love Stories of the Pale Night ... (Original Music Composer)

1965

J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor ... (Music)
Le testament de Mr Breggins ... (Compositor)

1964

Rachunek sumienia ... (Music)
Sabath ... (Music)

1963

Tales for Grown Ups ... (Music)
A Long Silence ... (Music)

1962

Los 4 Golpes ... (Original Music Composer)

1961

Accattone ... (Music)
Passion ... (Music)

1957

Deseo de Cristal ... (Music)

1955

Eine Melodie - vier Maler ... (Original Music Composer)

1952

Young Chopin ... (Music)

1948

Romance sin palabras ... (Original Music Composer)

1946

Henri Matisse ... (Music)

1941

Anton Ivanovich Gets Angry ... (Music)

1940

Fantasia ... (Music)

1937

Escape (Synchronomy No. 4) ... (Original Music Composer)

1932

The Stone Wonders of Naumburg ... (Original Music Composer)