Film Work
In the 1940s and 1950s he worked on many film scores. In 1958 he established his own studio at Mars film GmbH (4th incarnation) in Berlin. There he produced electronic soundtracks for such films as Veit Harlan’s “Das Dritte Geschlecht” (1957), Rolf Thiele’s “Das Madchen Rosemarie” (1959), and Fritz Lang’s "Das Indische Grabmal" (1959).
He created the non-musical soundtrack for Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds. He received many awards for his film scores, but never an Oscar. He also did much work on German commercials, most notably one referred to as HB's little man.
He was an honorary Senator of Berlin.
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