Bio and Background

My name is Max and I'm a composer, sound engineer and video artist based in Germany. 
I do music and sound for short films, create videos for YouTube, provide music licenses and take part on movie productions.

Over 20 years ago I had my first contact with piano followed by a 10 year classical education. In that period I fell in love with movie scores and was fascinated by the work of Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Howard Shore, Harry Gregson-Williams, Klaus Badelt and John Powell to name just a few. With Cubase 5 in 2009 and after Cubase SX 2 I changed from simple software to proper music production. Ever since I have been expanding my instrument resources and musical repertoire from electronic beats, acoustic music to big film scores. Besides working digitally my collection of real instruments and microphones keeps on growing. Therefore I taught myself how to play guitar, violin, harmonica and percussions. Over time I have gained knowledge in mixing and mastering as well as experience in several recordings, including a full length album with a punk rock band.

My interest in making movies lead to participations in film projects as boom operator and later as sound engineer on set working with professional actors and crew. Recently I was steadicam operator during a project. For my own video projects I film, edit and design learning new techniques every day.

None the less composing music engages me the most. I have done custom scores for videos and short movies, produced music for my YouTube channel and an album collaboration.
There are always new ideas, techniques, styles and projects to discover! 

Skills and Gear

  • Cinematic/electronic/acoustic music
  • Composing film music
  • Soundscapes and Atmosphere
  • Recording acoustic instruments
  • Mixing/Mastering
  • Sound-Design and Audio Postproduction
  • Visual Effects and Designs
  • Cubase Pro 9, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40, Yamaha HS 5
  • Sample Libraries from Steinberg, Native Instruments, Heavyocity, 8Dio, Auddict, ImpactSoundworks, SampleTraxx
  • Real instruments: stratocaster, electric bass, classical guitar, violin, mandolin, harmonicas, djembe, darbuka, baroque flutes and more
  • microphones from AKG, Shure and T-Bone

Projects and Credits

"World Zero" (Album, 2017) - 1 Track for Terra Music (+cover design)
"Consolidation" (Album, 2016) - 5 Tracks for Terra Music (+cover design)
"Kartenspiel" (short, 2016) - Score
"Emilia" (short, 2016) - Score & Sound
"Brandtstifter" (movie, 2016) - Sound Engineer
"Die Vierte Gewalt" (feature film, 2012 ) - Boom Operator