Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Known for
Sound
Born
March 31, 1685
Died
July 28, 1750 (aged 65)
Birthplace
Eisenach, Germany

Biography

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and over three hundred cantatas of which around two hundred survive. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.

Known For

Filmography

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In Solitude poster

In Solitude

Movie · Sound

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Metamorphosis: La vie misérable poster

Metamorphosis: La vie misérable

Movie · Sound

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JS Bach: St Matthew Passion poster

JS Bach: St Matthew Passion

Movie · Music

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Hombres de barro

Hombres de barro

Movie · Music

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London After Midnight poster

London After Midnight

Movie · Music

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Johann Sebastian Bach: St John Passion @ St Thomas Church, Leipzig poster

Johann Sebastian Bach: St John Passion @ St Thomas Church, Leipzig

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 The NDR Vocal Ensemble and Concerto Köln poster

Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 The NDR Vocal Ensemble and Concerto Köln

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Bach: Passion Oratorio - Il Gardellino Ensemble poster

Bach: Passion Oratorio - Il Gardellino Ensemble

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Choral Music, from Dutilleux to Poulenc Featuring Birds on a Wire and the Théâtre de Chaillot

Choral Music, from Dutilleux to Poulenc Featuring Birds on a Wire and the Théâtre de Chaillot

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
53 Sundays poster

53 Sundays

Movie · Music

2026
Vivaldi e Bach con Rinaldo Alessandrini poster

Vivaldi e Bach con Rinaldo Alessandrini

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Saburo Teshigawara, Sayaka Shoji, and Rihoko Sato @ Château de Champlâtreux - Sur Mesure poster

Saburo Teshigawara, Sayaka Shoji, and Rihoko Sato @ Château de Champlâtreux - Sur Mesure

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Expectorations Sacrées

Expectorations Sacrées

Movie · Music

2026
Bach: Short Masses @ Bachkirche, Arnstadt poster

Bach: Short Masses @ Bachkirche, Arnstadt

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Memory of a Sunset poster

Memory of a Sunset

Movie · Music

2026
Elegy For The Blind poster

Elegy For The Blind

Movie · Music

2025
Badineries poster

Badineries

Movie · Music

2025
Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry poster

Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
In Search of Bach II. Wedding Cantata poster

In Search of Bach II. Wedding Cantata

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom poster

Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
For When I Think, There is This Heaviness That I Would Rather You Not Carry poster

For When I Think, There is This Heaviness That I Would Rather You Not Carry

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Armonie di Speranza poster

Armonie di Speranza

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
The Trilogy poster

The Trilogy

Movie · Music

2025
Cristian Măcelaru & Julia Fischer  - Brahms, Debussy and Barraine poster

Cristian Măcelaru & Julia Fischer - Brahms, Debussy and Barraine

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Yerevan Youth Symphony Orchestra @ Young Euro Classic 2025 poster

Yerevan Youth Symphony Orchestra @ Young Euro Classic 2025

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Gravity Bach Complete performance of works for organ - Vol. 1 poster

Gravity Bach Complete performance of works for organ - Vol. 1

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Gravity Bach Complete performance of works for organ - Vol. 2 poster

Gravity Bach Complete performance of works for organ - Vol. 2

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Gravity Bach Complete performance of works for organ - Vol. 3 poster

Gravity Bach Complete performance of works for organ - Vol. 3

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
La Troisième Veille poster

La Troisième Veille

Movie · Music

2025
The Children are afraid poster

The Children are afraid

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Tabita Berglund and Julian Steckel poster

Tabita Berglund and Julian Steckel

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Lucas and Arthur Jussen play Bartók @ Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra poster

Lucas and Arthur Jussen play Bartók @ Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Shani Diluka - Renaissance Royal Abbey of Fontevraud poster

Shani Diluka - Renaissance Royal Abbey of Fontevraud

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025 poster

Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025

Movie · Music

2025
Four hands for Mendelssohn Lucas & Arthur Jussen with Andris Nelsons poster

Four hands for Mendelssohn Lucas & Arthur Jussen with Andris Nelsons

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Jenneba Kanneh-Mason @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025 poster

Jenneba Kanneh-Mason @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
OSN: Giulio Cilona dirige il tradizionale Concerto di Natale 2025 poster

OSN: Giulio Cilona dirige il tradizionale Concerto di Natale 2025

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Minasi/ Bach - Passione secondo Matteo poster

Minasi/ Bach - Passione secondo Matteo

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Sheku Kanneh-Mason - My Playlist poster

Sheku Kanneh-Mason - My Playlist

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
The First Stage poster

The First Stage

Movie · Music

2025
CITY THE ANIMATION poster

CITY THE ANIMATION

TV · Music · 1 ep

2024
A Dance poster

A Dance

Movie · Music

2024
Francesco Tristano: Oscillate - Ruhr Piano Festival 2024 poster

Francesco Tristano: Oscillate - Ruhr Piano Festival 2024

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Bach & Zelenka Easter Oratorio & Easter Mass poster

Bach & Zelenka Easter Oratorio & Easter Mass

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Alexandre Tharaud and Chun Wing Lam Paris Sur Mesure poster

Alexandre Tharaud and Chun Wing Lam Paris Sur Mesure

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Bach's St John Passion Sasha Waltz poster

Bach's St John Passion Sasha Waltz

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
In Search of Bach I. Welt, Gute Nacht poster

In Search of Bach I. Welt, Gute Nacht

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
In Search of Bach III. Actus Tragicus poster

In Search of Bach III. Actus Tragicus

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
In Search of Bach IV. Missa Brevis poster

In Search of Bach IV. Missa Brevis

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Iveta Apkalna The 140th Anniversary of the Riga Cathedral Organ poster

Iveta Apkalna The 140th Anniversary of the Riga Cathedral Organ

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Milano poster

Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Milano

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Andris Poga dirige Mozart et Bruckner Avec David Fray poster

Andris Poga dirige Mozart et Bruckner Avec David Fray

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Peace Project With Patricia Kopatchinskaja poster

Peace Project With Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Bertrand Chamayou & Leif Ove Andsnes @ Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2024 poster

Bertrand Chamayou & Leif Ove Andsnes @ Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2024

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Hayato Sumino performs Chopin, Ravel, and Brahms  @ Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo poster

Hayato Sumino performs Chopin, Ravel, and Brahms @ Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Keys to the Heart poster

Keys to the Heart

Movie · Music

2023
Ulises (C) poster

Ulises (C)

Movie · Music

2023
Two Men on Train and Someone Else poster

Two Men on Train and Someone Else

Movie · Music

2023
Good evening, we're from Barcelona poster

Good evening, we're from Barcelona

Movie · Songs

2023
Avi Avital and his Mandolin poster

Avi Avital and his Mandolin

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
La Belle Dame Sans Merci poster

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Movie · Music

2023
Daniil Trifonov - Thanks to the Music poster

Daniil Trifonov - Thanks to the Music

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Opéra de Paris : Hommage à Patrick Dupond poster

Opéra de Paris : Hommage à Patrick Dupond

Movie · Sound

2022
Bleat poster

Bleat

Movie · Music

2022
The Big Tree poster

The Big Tree

Movie · Music

2022
Dialogue avec Bach poster

Dialogue avec Bach

Movie · Sound

2022
Astrakan poster

Astrakan

Movie · Music

2022
Bach's Sacred Music Nativity | Passion | Resurrection poster

Bach's Sacred Music Nativity | Passion | Resurrection

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
The Perfect Number poster

The Perfect Number

Movie · Music

2022
Concert in solidarity with Ukraine  - Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin poster

Concert in solidarity with Ukraine - Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Hope for Peace Concert from the Frauenkirche - Dresden poster

Hope for Peace Concert from the Frauenkirche - Dresden

Movie · Music

2022
Eu Odeio Poeira poster

Eu Odeio Poeira

Movie · Music

2022
Sting, Daniel Hope & Freunde in Berlin Mit Golda Schultz, Bruce Liu u.v.m.

Sting, Daniel Hope & Freunde in Berlin Mit Golda Schultz, Bruce Liu u.v.m.

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
La Fura dels Baus : Free Bach 212 poster

La Fura dels Baus : Free Bach 212

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Der Untergeher poster

Der Untergeher

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Gregorio poster

Gregorio

Movie · Music

2021
Presences Festival 2023 Bach / Lacôte / Chin / Robin poster

Presences Festival 2023 Bach / Lacôte / Chin / Robin

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Ton Koopman a L'Aquila poster

Ton Koopman a L'Aquila

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Dancing Nation poster

Dancing Nation

TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep

2020
Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon Tribute concert poster

Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon Tribute concert

Movie · Music

2020
Happy Ending poster

Happy Ending

Movie · Other

2020
Stories In Place: Plante. poster

Stories In Place: Plante.

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Klippningen poster

Klippningen

Movie · Music

2020
Who We Go Why

Who We Go Why

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Chaconne supra a sciara poster

Chaconne supra a sciara

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
The Red Scarf poster

The Red Scarf

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
La Femme qui pleure dans les nuages poster

La Femme qui pleure dans les nuages

Movie · Music

2019
Ricercar poster

Ricercar

Movie · Music

2019
La Messa di Bach poster

La Messa di Bach

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 poster

Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Le Prochain poster

Le Prochain

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
The Piano Forest poster

The Piano Forest

TV · Music · 1 ep

2017
Johannes-Passion poster

Johannes-Passion

Movie · Sound

2017
Charpentier: Te Deum, Bach: Magnificat poster

Charpentier: Te Deum, Bach: Magnificat

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla

Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla

TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep

2016
Ever Forward poster

Ever Forward

Movie · Music

2016
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street poster

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

Movie · Music

2016
La Passione : Bach / Castellucci poster

La Passione : Bach / Castellucci

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
Roger D'Astous poster

Roger D'Astous

Movie · Music

2016
OSN: Biondi-Pergolesi-Bach poster

OSN: Biondi-Pergolesi-Bach

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem poster

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

Movie · Music

2015
Un

Un

Movie · Music

2015
Andrea Bacchetti in Concert poster

Andrea Bacchetti in Concert

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Piedad: una roca va al psiquiatra poster

Piedad: una roca va al psiquiatra

Movie · Music

2015
OSN: La Messa in si minore di Bach con Ottavio Dantone poster

OSN: La Messa in si minore di Bach con Ottavio Dantone

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
OSN: Dantone-Bach poster

OSN: Dantone-Bach

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Sciarrino - Bach poster

Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Sciarrino - Bach

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Bach: St. John Passion poster

Bach: St. John Passion

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio poster

J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili poster

Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili

Movie · Music

2013
Father and Son on a Journey

Father and Son on a Journey

Movie · Music

2012
Christmas Oratorio poster

Christmas Oratorio

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
András Schiff plays Bach poster

András Schiff plays Bach

Movie · Music

2011
Corelli Bach Haendel poster

Corelli Bach Haendel

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
Bach: St. Matthew Passion poster

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
The Destiny poster

The Destiny

Movie · Music

2009
Concerto diretto da John Axelrod poster

Concerto diretto da John Axelrod

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Notes on an American Film Director at Work poster

Notes on an American Film Director at Work

Movie · Music

2007
Lapsus poster

Lapsus

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
Revisiting Solaris poster

Revisiting Solaris

Movie · Music

2007
Cyber

Cyber

Movie · Music

2007
Fermat's Room poster

Fermat's Room

Movie · Music

2006
A View from Space With Heavenly Music poster

A View from Space With Heavenly Music

Movie · Music

2006
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time poster

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Movie · Music

2004
Three Leaders poster

Three Leaders

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend poster

J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend

Movie · Music

2003
Saraband poster

Saraband

Movie · Music

2003
Slow Bistro poster

Slow Bistro

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Uto Ughi - Bach poster

Uto Ughi - Bach

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
With Closed Eyes poster

With Closed Eyes

Movie · Music

2000
The Ninth Hour poster

The Ninth Hour

Movie · Music

1999
Pozo de zorro

Pozo de zorro

Movie · Music

1998
Invention in A Minor for Two Voices

Invention in A Minor for Two Voices

Movie · Music

1997
Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht: The Kaffee Kantate - Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir poster

Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht: The Kaffee Kantate - Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir

Movie · Music

1996
Christmas poster

Christmas

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Christophe Coin, le musicien poster

Christophe Coin, le musicien

Movie · Music

1995
Vibrating String – Chordophone poster

Vibrating String – Chordophone

Movie · Music

1994
Toccata in D minor poster

Toccata in D minor

Movie · Music

1994
The Saint Matthew Passion

The Saint Matthew Passion

Movie · Music

1993
Cage

Cage

Movie · Music

1993
Ein Moment - Vorbei - Ein Film

Ein Moment - Vorbei - Ein Film

Movie · Music

1993
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero poster

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

Movie · Music

1993
Oh, Woe Is Me poster

Oh, Woe Is Me

Movie · Music

1992
Benny's Video poster

Benny's Video

Movie · Music

1991
100 Days Before the Command poster

100 Days Before the Command

Movie · Music

1991
Es wäre gut, daß ein Mensch würde umbracht für das Volk

Es wäre gut, daß ein Mensch würde umbracht für das Volk

Movie · Music

1990
Variationen 1

Variationen 1

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Variationen 2

Variationen 2

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train poster

One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train

Movie · Music

1990
Auf dem Weg poster

Auf dem Weg

Movie · Music

1990
Postadresse: 2640 Schlöglmühl poster

Postadresse: 2640 Schlöglmühl

Movie · Music

1990
Mozart, Handel, Bach poster

Mozart, Handel, Bach

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Sonata for Hitler

Sonata for Hitler

Movie · Music

1989
2 Variationen

2 Variationen

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Badinerie poster

Badinerie

Movie · Music

1989
J'écris dans l'espace

J'écris dans l'espace

Movie · Music

1989
De l'autre côté poster

De l'autre côté

TV · Music · 1 ep

1988
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · Music

1988
The Last Word poster

The Last Word

Movie · Music

1988
The Power of Speech poster

The Power of Speech

Movie · Music

1987
Teufelszeug

Teufelszeug

Movie · Music

1987
Inner Life poster

Inner Life

Movie · Music

1987
Love Conquers All poster

Love Conquers All

Movie · Music

1985
J. S. Bach Koncert E dur pro housle a smyčcový orchestr

J. S. Bach Koncert E dur pro housle a smyčcový orchestr

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Kinderfilm poster

Kinderfilm

Movie · Music

1985
Hail Mary poster

Hail Mary

Movie · Music

1985
Soldiers Without Guns poster

Soldiers Without Guns

Movie · Music

1984
The Bear poster

The Bear

Movie · Music

1983
The Sheik of Araby

The Sheik of Araby

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
The Selfish Giant poster

The Selfish Giant

Movie · Music

1982
The Man Who Saved the World poster

The Man Who Saved the World

Movie · Music

1981
The Cosmic Machine poster

The Cosmic Machine

Movie · Music

1981
Katso ihmistä

Katso ihmistä

Movie · Music

1981
Obscene: The Case of Peter Herzl poster

Obscene: The Case of Peter Herzl

Movie · Music

1980
The Encounter

The Encounter

Movie · Music

1980
El tigre

El tigre

Movie · Music

1979
Tale of Tales poster

Tale of Tales

Movie · Music

1979
The Hunt poster

The Hunt

Movie · Music

1978
The Left-Handed Woman poster

The Left-Handed Woman

Movie · Music

1978
The Dead Are Not Silent poster

The Dead Are Not Silent

Movie · Music

1978
A Declaration of Love poster

A Declaration of Love

Movie · Music

1977
Fraude matrimonial poster

Fraude matrimonial

Movie · Music

1977
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Gabriel poster

Gabriel

Movie · Music

1976
To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream poster

To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream

Movie · Music

1976
Convicted poster

Convicted

Movie · Music

1975
J. S. Bach: Koncert d moll pro dvoje housle a smyčce

J. S. Bach: Koncert d moll pro dvoje housle a smyčce

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
An Imperial Message poster

An Imperial Message

Movie · Music

1975
Mirror poster

Mirror

Movie · Music

1973
Opis obyczajów poster

Opis obyczajów

Movie · Music

1972
Pilate and Others poster

Pilate and Others

Movie · Music

1972
Dear Janice poster

Dear Janice

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
Temptation of Eros poster

Temptation of Eros

Movie · Music

1971
Eros Schedule Book: Female Artist poster

Eros Schedule Book: Female Artist

Movie · Music

1970
Adelheid poster

Adelheid

Movie · Music

1970
Migration poster

Migration

Movie · Music

1969
The Dependent poster

The Dependent

Movie · Music

1969
Umano Non Umano poster

Umano Non Umano

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
A Random Bomb poster

A Random Bomb

Movie · Music

1969
The Last Summer poster

The Last Summer

Movie · Music

1969
Spheres poster

Spheres

Movie · Music

1967
Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung

Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung

Movie · Music

1967
The Great Rehearsals: When a Man Dedicates His Life to Music poster

The Great Rehearsals: When a Man Dedicates His Life to Music

Movie · Music

1967
Bach to Bach poster

Bach to Bach

Movie · Music

1967
Resan poster

Resan

Movie · Music

1966
Love Stories of the Pale Night poster

Love Stories of the Pale Night

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
Master poster

Master

Movie · Music

1965
J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor poster

J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor

Movie · Music

1964
Sabath poster

Sabath

Movie · Music

1964
Rachunek sumienia poster

Rachunek sumienia

Movie · Music

1963
Tales for Grown Ups poster

Tales for Grown Ups

Movie · Music

1963
A Long Silence

A Long Silence

Movie · Music

1962
Los 4 Golpes

Los 4 Golpes

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
Passion

Passion

Movie · Music

1961
Accattone poster

Accattone

Movie · Music

1957
Deseo de Cristal poster

Deseo de Cristal

Movie · Music

1955
Eine Melodie - vier Maler

Eine Melodie - vier Maler

Movie · Original Music Composer

1952
Young Chopin poster

Young Chopin

Movie · Music

1948
Romance sin palabras poster

Romance sin palabras

Movie · Original Music Composer

1946
Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

Movie · Music

1941
Anton Ivanovich Gets Angry poster

Anton Ivanovich Gets Angry

Movie · Music

1940
Fantasia poster

Fantasia

Movie · Music

1937
Escape (Synchronomy No. 4) poster

Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

Movie · Original Music Composer

1932
The Stone Wonders of Naumburg

The Stone Wonders of Naumburg

Movie · Original Music Composer