Ralf is a producer
and film composer with a style shaped by his eclectic
background as by his classical education in piano and composition and his obsession for electronic music.
In the 90's he collaborated with Sven Väth on Sven's major albums, released countless club classics and founded his electronic live-project Earth Nation. He also toured across Europe, playing at the Montreux Jazz Festival, London's Brixton Academy, Tribal Gathering Universe and others.
In that time, Ralf also produced remixes for artists such as Anne Clark, Robert Palmer, Enigma and Yello. He was awarded with the "Viva Comet" as Best Producer from Germany's music TV channel VIVA and his soundtrack for the movie "Hommage á Noir" received the golden medal at the New York Festivals in 1996.
At the end of the 1990's started a time of new directions and Ralf began to focus on artist-related productions and songwriting. With the production-company "SCHALLBAU", co-founded with A.C. Boutsen and Stevie B-Zet (†2023), he produced and co-wrote for the likes of Laith Al-Deen, Yvonne Catterfeld, Simon Collins (son of Phil) and others. During that time Ralf archived several top ten entries and was awarded with numerous gold and platinum records.
Since 2010 he has been focusing on film music and worked on various feature movies and series such as the awarded "Vincent will meer" ("Deutscher Filmpreis", 2012) and international productions such as the limited series "Maltese" (RAI), "Supersex" (Netflix) or "Everbody Loves Diamonds" (Amazon Prime Originals).
The soundtrack for the short movie "Momentum" (by Boris Seewald) received various awards such as "Cinedans" and a nomination for best music at the "Newport International Film Festival" in the UK in 2014. In 2017 he won the "Goldene Reiter" at the esteemed Filmfest Dresden for his score for the movie "A Pine Tree Villa".
Ralf lives and works in Frankfurt/Main.
In the 90's he collaborated with Sven Väth on Sven's major albums, released countless club classics and founded his electronic live-project Earth Nation. He also toured across Europe, playing at the Montreux Jazz Festival, London's Brixton Academy, Tribal Gathering Universe and others.
In that time, Ralf also produced remixes for artists such as Anne Clark, Robert Palmer, Enigma and Yello. He was awarded with the "Viva Comet" as Best Producer from Germany's music TV channel VIVA and his soundtrack for the movie "Hommage á Noir" received the golden medal at the New York Festivals in 1996.
At the end of the 1990's started a time of new directions and Ralf began to focus on artist-related productions and songwriting. With the production-company "SCHALLBAU", co-founded with A.C. Boutsen and Stevie B-Zet (†2023), he produced and co-wrote for the likes of Laith Al-Deen, Yvonne Catterfeld, Simon Collins (son of Phil) and others. During that time Ralf archived several top ten entries and was awarded with numerous gold and platinum records.
Since 2010 he has been focusing on film music and worked on various feature movies and series such as the awarded "Vincent will meer" ("Deutscher Filmpreis", 2012) and international productions such as the limited series "Maltese" (RAI), "Supersex" (Netflix) or "Everbody Loves Diamonds" (Amazon Prime Originals).
The soundtrack for the short movie "Momentum" (by Boris Seewald) received various awards such as "Cinedans" and a nomination for best music at the "Newport International Film Festival" in the UK in 2014. In 2017 he won the "Goldene Reiter" at the esteemed Filmfest Dresden for his score for the movie "A Pine Tree Villa".
While working on international films and limited series he also
collaborated with Chris Liebing on several
albums on Mute Records as well as producing remixes for the likes of Depeche Mode
and Goldfrapp.
Ralf lives and works in Frankfurt/Main.
