Jo Blankenburg


Jo Blankenburg is a German composer based in Los Angeles. He writes music for film and motion picture advertising. His primary musical instrument is the piano.
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Early life and education

Blankenburg was born and raised in Munich, Germany. He has completed a Film Scoring and Orchestration course at Berklee College of Music.
He was trained to play organ.

Career

Blankenburg once won the MTV Europe Songwriting Contest.
Some of his most popular tracks have been used in the advertising campaigns of The Hunger Games, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, X-Men: First Class, and How To Train Your Dragon among many others.
A solo album Vendetta was released in 2011 by Position Music. This album's songs of have been used for the advertising campaigns of many major movies and television shows. Another solo album, Elysium, was recorded with Capellen Orchestra & Choir in Zlín, Czech Republic. The album was released in 2012 on Position Music.
Blankenburg's "Fearmonger" from his 2020 album Vanguard was chosen for the Netflix series Shadow & Bone soundtrack.

Personal life

Blankenburg resides in Los Angeles, but has also resided in New York City and Auckland, New Zealand.

Albums

''Floatovations''

Jo Blankenburg's debut album, Floatovations, published by Zero Latency, was released on January 9, 2007. The album comprised five meditative compositions with an ocean/sea theme.

''Vendetta''

An album composed by Jo Blankenburg for Position Music, released on March 21, 2011. Its songs were used for major motion advertising campaigns for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, X-Men: First Class and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn among many others.

''Elysium''

Elysium was released on July 31, 2012 by Position Music, following the success of Vendetta.

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Credits

  • 2005 – "Shortfilm: The World Beneath"
  • 2005 – "Documentary: Ticket"
  • 2006 – "Documentary: Poetry"
  • 2006 – "Feature Film: Stages"
  • 2007 – "Music Video: Vahveraasio"
  • 2007 – "Shortfilm: Omega99"
  • 2007 – "Music Video: Planet Earth Forever"
  • 2008 – "Shortfilm: Squalid"
  • 2008 – "Four orchestral pieces for Immediate Music
  • 2009 – "Music for Congolese opera"
  • 2009 – "Theme music for World of Wearable Art
  • 2010 – "Demo music for Dr. Grordbort, Weta Workshop "
  • 2011 – "Audio-visual project Oil Spill for Berlin International Film Festival showcase
  • 2011 – "Music for documentary The Human Experience"
  • 2011 – "Shortfilm: Anamnesis"
  • 2011 – "Music for Qtel commercial promoting the 2011 World of Wearable Art

Discography

  • 2007 – Floatovations
  • 2008 – The Feather Dance
  • 2008 – Squalid
  • 2010 – Vendetta
  • 2011 – The Human Experience
  • 2012 – Elysium
  • 2012 – The Rebirth
  • 2015 – Kaleidoscope
  • 2016 – Valkyrie
  • 2017 – Cronos
  • 2018 – Clandestine
  • 2018 – Cosmagora
  • 2018 – Stillness Speaks
  • 2019 – Rakasha
  • 2019 – Petrichor
  • 2019 – Sacrosanct
  • 2019 – Mile X Mile
  • 2019 – Eleomera
  • 2020 – Vanguard
  • 2020 – Hemispheres
  • 2020 – Ghost in the Machine
  • 2020 – Vandals
  • 2021 – Memoirs
  • 2021 – Sentience
  • 2021 – Unravel
  • 2022 – The World Is Waiting
  • 2022 – Clandestine II: Vespertine
  • 2022 – Clandestine III: Emanence
  • 2023 – Rust
  • 2023 - ''Vocalese''