Klaus Doldinger
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Klaus Doldinger

Born 12 May 1936 · Berlin, Germany · Died 16 October 2025

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Klaus Doldinger (born 12 May 1936) was a German saxophonist, especially well known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards. He died October 16, 2025 in Icking, Germany. Doldinger was born in Berlin, and entered a Düsseldorf conservatory in 1947, originally studying piano and then clarinet, graduating in 1957. In his student years, Doldinger gained professional performing experience, starting in 1953 in the German Dixieland band The Feetwarmers, and recording with them in 1955. Later that year he founded Oscar's Trio, modeled on Oscar Peterson's work.

Known for

The NeverEnding Story
Das Boot
Palmetto
Scene of the Crime
Salt on Our Skin
Polizeiruf 110
Baal
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
A Case For Two
The Swiss Conspiracy
Das doppelte Lottchen
Me and Him
Klaus Doldinger's Passport - Live in Leverkusen 2019
Das doppelte Lottchen
Udo Lindenberg: Stärker als die Zeit - Live
Der Bulle und das Landei - Tödliches Heimweh
Die Frau, die im Wald verschwand
Zimmer mit Frühstück
Василиса
Palmetto
Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann?
Salt on Our Skin
The Case of Mr. Spalt
Me and Him
A Father's Revenge
The NeverEnding Story
The Roaring Fifties
Love is Forever
Das Boot
The Fall
Black and White Like Day and Night
Moritz, Dear Moritz
The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
Paradiso
Four Against the Bank
The Swiss Conspiracy
To the Bitter End
The Net
One or the Other of Us
...But Johnny!
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Baal
Negresco
Klaus Doldinger · Midrow