Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Schnittke

Known for
Sound
Born
November 24, 1934
Died
August 3, 1998 (aged 63)
Birthplace
Engels, ASSR nemtsev Povolzhya, RSFSR, USSR [now Engelsskiy rayon, Saratovskaya oblast, Russia]

Biography

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Soviet composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail."

Known For

Filmography

2025
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass poster

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Hope for Peace Concert from the Frauenkirche - Dresden poster

Hope for Peace Concert from the Frauenkirche - Dresden

Movie · Music

2021
Four Roads poster

Four Roads

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
B-1 poster

B-1

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

Movie · Music

2015
Harm poster

Harm

Movie · Music

2014
Maria's House poster

Maria's House

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
The Master and Margarita poster

The Master and Margarita

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
After poster

After

Movie · Music

2006
Мастер и Маргарита poster

Мастер и Маргарита

TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps

2004
The Ninth Day poster

The Ninth Day

Movie · Music

2003
Thorsten Flinck's Pariah poster

Thorsten Flinck's Pariah

Movie · Music

1998
Ivan Marchuk: "The voice of my soul" poster

Ivan Marchuk: "The voice of my soul"

Movie · Music

1997
Sky. Last Dream poster

Sky. Last Dream

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Adam and Eve. Liberation From Original Sin poster

Adam and Eve. Liberation From Original Sin

Movie · Original Music Composer

1996
Chornobyl. Epilogue poster

Chornobyl. Epilogue

Movie · Music

1993
Your Fingers Smell Like Incense poster

Your Fingers Smell Like Incense

Movie · Music

1993
Presence poster

Presence

Movie · Music

1993
Saint Vladimir poster

Saint Vladimir

Movie · Music

1992
Mr. Sobchak In His Shirt-Sleeves

Mr. Sobchak In His Shirt-Sleeves

Movie · Music

1991
Theory of Sets

Theory of Sets

Movie · Music

1991
Ward No. 6 poster

Ward No. 6

Movie · Music

1990
Lyuba poster

Lyuba

Movie · Music

1990
The Wild One poster

The Wild One

Movie · Music

1990
Sphinx poster

Sphinx

Movie · Music

1990
School of Fine Arts. Return

School of Fine Arts. Return

Movie · Music

1990
School of Fine Arts

School of Fine Arts

Movie · Music

1990
Swan Song poster

Swan Song

Movie · Music

1990
Dina poster

Dina

Movie · Music

1989
A Visitor to a Museum poster

A Visitor to a Museum

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
...And This Happened in Vichy poster

...And This Happened in Vichy

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
The Different One poster

The Different One

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
The Light Shines in the Darkness poster

The Light Shines in the Darkness

Movie · Music

1988
Maria poster

Maria

Movie · Music

1987
My Favorite Time poster

My Favorite Time

Movie · Music

1987
School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape poster

School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape

Movie · Music

1986
Life of Klim Samgin poster

Life of Klim Samgin

Movie · Music

1984
Dead Souls poster

Dead Souls

TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps

1983
Farewell poster

Farewell

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
The Story of the Voyages poster

The Story of the Voyages

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
Big Boy poster

Big Boy

Movie · Music

1982
Autumn poster

Autumn

Movie · Music

1982
Rubber and Pencil poster

Rubber and Pencil

Movie · Music

1982
Faratyev's Fantasies poster

Faratyev's Fantasies

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin poster

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
Don Carlos

Don Carlos

Movie · Music

1981
Falling Stars poster

Falling Stars

Movie · Original Music Composer

1980
Larisa poster

Larisa

Movie · Music

1980
With You I Am Again... poster

With You I Am Again...

Movie · Sound

1980
Air Crew poster

Air Crew

Movie · Original Music Composer

1980
Little Tragedies poster

Little Tragedies

TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps

1978
Father Sergius poster

Father Sergius

Movie · Original Music Composer

1978
The Captain's Daughter poster

The Captain's Daughter

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
The Ascent poster

The Ascent

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Clowns and Children

Clowns and Children

Movie · Music

1976
The Adventures of Travka poster

The Adventures of Travka

Movie · Original Music Composer

1976
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi poster

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Movie · Original Music Composer

1976
The White Ship poster

The White Ship

Movie · Original Music Composer

1976
The Blackamoor of Peter the Great poster

The Blackamoor of Peter the Great

Movie · Original Music Composer

1976
Story of an Unknown Actor poster

Story of an Unknown Actor

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
Choice of Purpose poster

Choice of Purpose

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
Trainers poster

Trainers

TV · Original Music Composer · 7 eps

1974
And Still I Believe poster

And Still I Believe

Movie · Music

1974
Autumn poster

Autumn

Movie · Original Music Composer

1974
The Little House in Kolomna poster

The Little House in Kolomna

Movie · Music

1974
Tanya poster

Tanya

Movie · Original Music Composer

1974
The Cities and the Years poster

The Cities and the Years

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
Right to Jump poster

Right to Jump

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
In the World of the Fables poster

In the World of the Fables

Movie · Music

1972
Butterfly poster

Butterfly

Movie · Music

1972
The Seagull poster

The Seagull

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
The Hot Snow poster

The Hot Snow

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
About Crank Little Frog poster

About Crank Little Frog

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
Past and Thoughts poster

Past and Thoughts

TV · Music · 16 eps

1971
Byelorussian Station poster

Byelorussian Station

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
You and Me poster

You and Me

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
Our Gagarin poster

Our Gagarin

Movie · Music

1971
The Last Flight of the 'Albatross' poster

The Last Flight of the 'Albatross'

TV · Music · 4 eps

1970
Sport, Sport, Sport poster

Sport, Sport, Sport

Movie · Original Music Composer

1970
Armoire poster

Armoire

Movie · Music

1970
Night Call poster

Night Call

Movie · Sound

1970
Uncle Vanya poster

Uncle Vanya

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
Ballerina on the Boat poster

Ballerina on the Boat

Movie · Music

1969
Вальс poster

Вальс

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
We Are Taking All The Fire poster

We Are Taking All The Fire

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
The Glass Harmonica poster

The Glass Harmonica

Movie · Music

1968
The Sixth of July poster

The Sixth of July

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
The House and the Host poster

The House and the Host

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
The Commissar poster

The Commissar

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
Adventures of a Dentist poster

Adventures of a Dentist

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
Beginning of an Unknown Era poster

Beginning of an Unknown Era

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
A Joke poster

A Joke

Movie · Music

1966
The Stars of the Day poster

The Stars of the Day

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Call Fire for Ourselves poster

Call Fire for Ourselves

TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps

1962
Introduction to Life poster

Introduction to Life

Movie · Original Music Composer