Claudius Brüse is a composer and sound designer born in Bonn. After a composition scholarship at the Cornish Institute in Seattle (from 1978) he studied jazz composition and arranging in Cologne in 1981/82, composition at the Folkwangschule Essen with Nicolaus A. Huber from 1982 and, from 1984, additionally electronic and computer composition with Dirk Reith. In 1987 he completed his studies with the Folkwang-Preis. While still a student he wrote the music for the German pavilion at the EXPO 1986 in Vancouver. His work encompasses concert music from the solo piece to large orchestral scoring as well as music for film, television and media; he contributed to film scores by Hans Zimmer, among them those for “Pirates of the Caribbean” (parts 2–4), “The Dark Knight” and “Inception”, in the field of sample development. On the Cybele album ex machina Vol. 5 – The Eighties (2001) he is represented as composer and performer.
Claudius Brüse
Composer
