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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''German Film Orchestra Babelsberg''' (also known as '''''Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg''''' or '''DFOB''' in [[German language|German]]) is a [[Orchestra|symphony orchestra]] and music studio based in [[Potsdam]], [[Germany]].<br />
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It was founded in 1918 as Ufa-Sinfonieorchester and was re-established in 1993 by Klaus Peter Beyer under its current name. The orchestra derives its name from the legendary [[Babelsberg Studios]] in [[Potsdam-Babelsberg]], a city part of [[Potsdam]] today, where notable films such as ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'', ''[[Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler|Dr. Mabuse]]'' and ''[[Der blaue Engel|The Blue Angel]], [[Inglourious Basterds|Inglorious Basterds]]'' or [[Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]] were produced<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us {{!}} Filmorchester Babelsberg|url=https://www.filmorchester.de/en/page/dfob|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.filmorchester.de}}</ref><br />
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The Film Orchestra frequently presents live performances of silent films and other concerts and is very active in recording music for the television, gaming, music and film industries. Additionally, the orchestra has collaborated over 800 times collaborates with prominent artists in popular and jazz music on crossover projects. It has worked with artists like [[Shania Twain]] ([[Up! (album)|Up!]]), [[Celine Dion]] ([[A New Day Has Come]]) and [[Bryan Adams]] ([[Colour Me Kubrick]]). It appeared on several albums the German Metal Band [[Rammstein]], like "[[Mutter (album)|Mutter]]" (2001), "[[Reise, Reise]]"(2004) and "[[Liebe ist für alle da]]" (2009), and several [[Max Richter]] Albums. It has also worked with the German Progressive Rock Band [[Karat (band)|Karat]] on its 1997 album "Balance" and its live album "25 Jahre Karat" (25 Years of Karat, 2001). In 2012 the Orchestra took part in creation of sixth [[Avantasia]]'s studio album "[[The Mystery of Time]]". In 2015 it backed [[Ronan Harris]] on [[VNV Nation]]'s [[Resonance: Music For Orchestra Vol. 1]], which was a No. 7 hit in Germany, on the mainstream [[GfK Entertainment Charts]].<ref>http://www.swisscharts.com/album/VNV-Nation-und-Das-Film-Orchester-Babelsberg/Resonance-Music-For-Orchestra-Vol.1-274533</ref><br />
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The German Film Orchestra Babelsberg appears on more than 1.000 film productions, such as "[[Arlo the Alligator Boy]]", "[[Ad Astra (film)|Ad Astra]]" , "[[Tides (film)|Tides]]", "[[Love, Death & Robots]]", "[[Sleepless (2017 film)|Sleepless]]", "[[Timeless (TV series)|Timeless]]", "[[Alone in Berlin (film)|Alone in Berlin]]", [[Hitman: Agent 47]]", [[Escobar: Paradise Lost]]", "[[Hector and the Search for Happiness (film)|Hector and the Search for Happiness]]", "[[The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (film)|The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared]]", "[[The Congress (2013 film)|The Congress]]", "[[Anonymous (2011 film)|Anonymous]]", "[[Little Big Panda]]", [[Ninja Assassin]]", [[Laura's Star|Laura´s Star]]" and "[[Snow White: The Fairest of Them All|Snow White]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Credits {{!}} Filmorchester Babelsberg|url=https://filmorchester.de/en/page/credits|access-date=2021-03-25|website=filmorchester.de}}</ref><br />
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The orchestra also produces music for computer games, like "[[Balan Wonderworld]]" and "[[Final Fantasy]]: Brave Exvius".<br />
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From 1993 the studios of the orchestra were located in the former radio quarters of the GDR, at Nalepastraße in Oberschöneweide, Berlin. In December, 2007 the orchestra was able to move "back to the roots" in Babelsberg, into a building in the area of Film Studio Babelsberg.<br />
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The German Film Orchestra's current Chief Conductor is [[Scott Lawton (conductor)|Scott Lawton]], who assumed his post in 1999. The former conductor was [[Frank Strobel]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Radio orchestra]]<br />
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[[Category:German symphony orchestras]]<br />
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