Rasmus Borowski

Rasmus Borowski

Borowski in 2014
Background information
Born (1974-05-21) May 21, 1974
Hamburg, Germany
Genres Film score
Occupation(s) Composer, singer, actor
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1998-present
Website www.borowskimusic.com

Rasmus Borowski (born May 21, 1974) is a German composer, singer, and actor.

Early life and education

Rasmus Borowski was born in Hamburg in 1974. His parents, recording engineer Richard Borowski and singer Gabi Borowski, often took him to the cinema, where Rasmus discovered his passion for films and music. At the age of four, Rasmus performed his first voice recording in a studio. When he was seven, he started taking guitar lessons.[1] Around this time, he also started making his first short films with his father's Super 8mm film camera. In 1985 he and his mother moved to Brunswick and then, in 1988, to Zimbabwe, where Rasmus went to a boarding school. In 1990, Rasmus returned to Brunswick to finish school in Germany.

After his Abitur, Rasmus took guitar lessons with Andreas Becker (Fee, Peter Maffay), singing lessons with Jane Comerford (Texas Lightning), lessons in orchestral composing and arrangement with Matthias Petereit, as well as acting and voice over lessons with Prof. Marianne Bernhardt at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.

In 1998/2002, Rasmus successfully completed the Kontaktstudiengang Popularmusik (Popkurs) at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. He attended master classes for composing with Academy Award winner Jan A.P. Kaczmarek and Japanese Academy Award winner Shigeru Umebayashi. In 2006, Rasmus successfully completed the Filmmasters Program at Universal Studios in Los Angeles.[2]

Rasmus Borowski lives and works in Hamburg and Berlin.

Band work, acting and directing

Bands

From 1996 to 1998, Rasmus Borowski was the songwriter and guitarist of the alternative rock band "Out". From 1998 to 2006, he was the singer and songwriter of the rock band Lust as well as the pop project Borowski & Drusell.[3]

Dubbing actor, audio drama actor and film actor

Rasmus Borowski has been working as a dubbing actor in Germany since 2000, dubbing stars such as Luke Evans, Martin Compston, Tom Burke or Jim Watson. [4]

For the German version of the BBC-Series Line of Duty, he dubbed Martin Compston in his role as Steve Arnott.[5]

Rasmus' voice can also be heard in audio dramas such as Die drei ???, TKKG and the German version of The Famous Five ("Fünf Freunde").[6]

Since 2011, Rasmus is the voice of the Sith Warrior in the German version of the online roleplay game Star Wars: The Old Republic.[7] Rasmus has played numerous roles as an actor in short films and on stage.[8]

Films

In 2004 Rasmus Borowski produced, wrote and directed the acclaimed short film Der Beste (The Old Pro) together with illustrator and director Arne Jysch.[9]

Der Beste received numerous awards, including the Shocking Shorts Award of the TV channel 13th Street in 2006, whereupon Rasmus was invited to Universal Studios in Los Angeles to attend the Filmmasters Program.[10]

Film and television scoring

Inspired by the film score composers of his childhood days, Rasmus Borowski composed his first score for the short film Der Beste, recording with a string ensemble and several solo instruments. Several scores followed, including the soundtracks for the short films Meat the Campbells, The Dead Meat and Todd und der Tod.

Teacup Travels

In 2014 Rasmus Borowski composed the film score for the cbeebies-Series Teacup Travels together with Alexius Tschallener. They composed over 350 minutes of music for a total of 25 episodes of the drama series, which is produced by Plum Films in Edinburgh. The classical orchestra music to be heard in Teacup Travels was recorded in October 2014 with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nic Raine at Smecky Music Studios in Prague.[11] [12]

Teacup Travels is Rasmus' second collaboration with producer Micky MacPherson and director Simon Hynd for whom he wrote the score to the short film Meat the Campbells in 2005.[13]

Other orchestral work

In 2008 and 2009 Rasmus recorded his own compositions for orchestra with the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw.[14]

Awards & Nominations

Filmography (selection)

Composer

Director

Actor

Voice Actor

Dubbing actor for games (German)

Dubbing actor (German)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rasmus Borowski.

References

  1. ↑ "Rasmus Borowski - Vita".
  2. ↑ "Biography of Rasmus Borowski".
  3. ↑ "Lust - Rockband".
  4. ↑ "German Dubbing Database".
  5. ↑ "Line of Duty - German Dubbing Base".
  6. ↑ "Radioplay Land".
  7. ↑ "Star Wars - The Old Republic at IMDb".
  8. ↑ "Rasmus Borowski at IMDb".
  9. ↑ "The Old Pro - short film".
  10. ↑ "Shocking Shorts Award".
  11. ↑ Teacup Travels (engl. WP)
  12. ↑ "Accorder Music".
  13. ↑ "Meat the Campbells".
  14. ↑ "Orchestral Works".
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