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Christian Bruhn: 90th birthday in October 2024

Frankfurt am Main, October 23, 2024

On October 17, 2024, Christian Bruhn celebrated his 90th birthday. Of the thousands of melodies that the composer came up with, some have also been published by Melodie der Welt and the associated Super Top Musikverlag...

The most popular Schlager of all time

Frankfurt am Main, October 01, 2024

Schlager music is among the most popular musical genres in Germany. The German Federal Association of the Music Industry has compiled a ranking of the awards given after 1975, since then it has officially awarded gold and platinum awards for audio products...

Partner since 65 years: Bourne Co. and Melodie der Welt

Frankfurt am Main, September 20, 2024

The shared story began in September 1959 when MdW founder Johann Michel acquired “Yes Sir, That's My Baby” (Walter Donaldson/Gus Kahn) from the New York publisher Bourne Co. as a sub-publisher, thereby laying the foundation for what has been a success for over six decades ongoing cooperation...

The new album "Distortion" by FUTURE PALACE entered the charts at place 32

Frankfurt am Main, September 19, 2024

The third album DISTORTION by the trio, consisting of singer Maria Lessing, guitarist Manuel Kohlert and drummer Johannes Frenzel, is a surprise. The Berlin band, founded in 2018, moves musically between metalcore and post-hardcore...

THE DEAD DAISIES album "Light 'Em Up" entered the German album charts at place 26

Frankfurt am Main, September 19, 2024

In May of this year, THE DEAD DAISIES released the first single with the title song of the same name from the new album "Light 'Em Up". This track sets the tone for the new album - which entered the charts at place 26 in Germany - and the world tour...

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NB: Rights may also be held on a pro rata basis only. Third-party writers and third-party publishers can have entire works on LP's or a part share.

Abbreviation:
OV (Original-Publisher), CV (Co-Publisher), SV (Sub-Publisher), AD (Administration)

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    40. 31DoggerlandSantianoOV
    88. 70Die 30 besten Spiel- und BewegungsliederSimone Sommerland, Karsten Glück & Die Kita-FröschAD

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  • Compilation Charts

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    2. 3Schlager 2024 - Die Hits des JahresVarious ArtistsVARIOUS
    10. 10Ich find Schlager toll - Herbst/Winter 2024/25Various ArtistsVARIOUS
    15. 15Ballermann Hits 2024Various ArtistsVARIOUS
    19.REEGoldene Weihnachtshits (2024)Various ArtistsVARIOUS
    20. 13Schlager Hits 2024Various ArtistsVARIOUS
    23. 26Bääärenstark!!! WeihnachtszauberVarious ArtistsVARIOUS
    26.REEUltimate... Christmas HitsVarious ArtistsVARIOUS
    27. 24Die ultimative Chartshow - SchlagerVarious ArtistsVARIOUS

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ELECTRIC CALLBOY presents TEKKNO - LIVE IN EUROPE

Frankfurt am Main, October 22, 2024

After Electric Callboy won the Heavy Music Award 2021 in the BEST VIDEO category with their video for the song ‘PUMP IT’ from the album MMXX in 2021, nothing could stop them. The band landed at number 1 in the German album charts for the first time in 2022 with "TEKKNO", thus ascending to the music Olympus. It was definitely the year for the band from Castrop-Rauxel, as they had now won fans all over the world.

This was followed by an almost sold-out world tour, on which fans celebrated to hits such as "Hypa Hypa", "We Got The Moves", "Pump It" and "Spaceman". In 2023 and 2024, Electric Callboy was honoured with the Best International Live Band Award. The live spectacle was accompanied by a camera team. In addition to the best tour recordings from many European metropolises, live scenes from their own "Escalation Feast" in the Rudolf Weber Arena in Oberhausen will also be shown. Apart from the songs, which are basically "metal/transcore" but actually every song does what it wants, the guys in the band are super funny. Not only the music, but especially the music videos are fun and lift the mood. The band also delivers best entertainment and a carefree time in this production.

The premiere of the 90-minute cinema concert film was on March 19, 2024 in Essen and the film was then shown in just over a hundred cinemas in Germany and Austria. In April, cinemas in the UK and Ireland were also part. The film is also due to come to Japan in November and December. It will also be available on YouTube shortly.

Edition Lebenslinien und Melodie der Welt have copyright shares in the vast majority of the songs in the concert excerpts. Electric Callboy donates all proceeds from the cinema releases to their EC Music School for socially disadvantaged children.

"Im Schatten der Träume" - a documentary about the composer/lyricist duo M. Jary and B. Balz

Frankfurt am Main, October 22, 2024

The Swiss production company Contrast Film has produced a documentary in co-production with SRF and ZDF/arte, among others, about the great friendship between Bruno Balz (1902-1988) and Michael Jary (1906-1988), who helped shape German film and entertainment music for decades. The award-winning screenwriter and film producer Ivan Madeo and director Martin Witz are responsible.

“Im Schatten der Träume” (In the Shadow of Dreams) celebrated its world premiere on October 9, 2024 at the Zurich Film Festival. Bruno Balz and Michael Jary met in a notorious Berlin bar in the mid-1930s. Bruno Balz was already active in the gay movement as a teenager and published poems and texts in relevant magazines. Michael Jary was a regular topic in the gossip press, among other things because of his relationship with Zarah Leander, for whom he wrote almost all of the film music, and Evelyn Künneke's almost fanatical love for him, despite the fact that he was married.

Under the rule of National Socialism, Bruno Balz was arrested twice because of the so-called "gay paragraph" 175 (the paragraph was only deleted in 1994). After the second arrest, which could have led to deportation, Michael Jary intervened and explained to the Gestapo that he could not complete the songs requested by the President of the Reich Chamber of Culture, Joseph Goebbels, for the Zarah Leander film "The Great Love", which was intended to serve as a "contribution to the war effort", without Balz's help.

The film uses the music of the author duo to trace their biographical career. Descendants and contemporary witnesses (including Michael Jary's daughter, the writer Micaela Jary) also have their say. Many of the hits they wrote together are still being reinterpreted by chansonniers today, such as the former number 1 hit "Wir wollen niemals auseinandergehn", a symbolic title for the duo. Balz originally wrote the lyrics for Zarah Leander, but Jary had Heidi Brühl sing them. Paradoxically, the song led to the end of the collaboration.

Thirteen of the works heard in the film are published by Michael Jary Produktion, J. Michel GmbH & Co. KG., including "Das machen nur die Beine von Dolores" from the film "Die verschleierte Maja" (1951) and "Ich möcht' auf Deiner Hochzeit tanzen" from the film "Wie werde ich Filmstar" (1955), both huge and unforgettable successes.

Photo from left: Bruno Balz and Michael Jary, (C) Contrast Film / Lichtblick Film

George Clooney and Brad Pitt in WOLFS – a film with “Mr. Vain”

Frankfurt am Main, October 22, 2024

Hollywood stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt started the promotional tour for their new movie “Wolfs” at the Venice International Film Festival, which celebrated its premiere there. Both are not only the main actors, but also co-producers.

The action comedy is about two “cleaners” who cover up traces of crimes. They get in each other’s way and are forced to work together.

Originally planned for the cinema, the streaming service Apple TV+ added the film to its repertoire. Director Jon Watts had planned the work as a feature film, but it only came to US and Canadian cinemas for a short time.

The film music was composed by Theodore Shapiro, but one scene also featured the unforgettable chart-topper “Mr. Vain” by Nosie Katzmann, Jay Supreme and Stefan Zick, performed by Culture Beat (co-published between Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag, administered by MELODIE DER WELT, as well as Warner/Chappell). 

“Mr. Vain” in ABC’s series HIGH POTENTIAL

Frankfurt am Main, September 24, 2024

A single mother (Kaitlin Olson) with three children and an extraordinary mind helps solving an unsolvable crime by rearranging evidence during her shift as a cleaner in the police station. When they discover she has a knack for putting things in order due to her HPI (“High Potential Intellect”), she is brought in as a consultant to work with a seasoned detective (Daniel Sunjata) who works by the book, and together they form an unusual and unstoppable team. Based on the popular French series “Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (HPI)”. “High Potential” is produced by ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios.

In a club scene in episode 108, “Mr. Vain” (Nosie Katzmann; Stephan Zick; Jay Supreme - 25% Fenslau Musikverlag, 25% Get Into Magic, administered by Melodie der Welt) by Culture Beat can be heard. The track is currently enjoying extraordinary popularity in the USA and was used in an ABC program for the second time in a short period of time.

ABC News uses the song MR. VAIN as part of a two-hour special 20/20 about Fabio Sementilli

Frankfurt am Main, September 19, 2024

The true crime show "20/20" is about the murder of a celebrity hairdresser in January 2017, who was found stabbed to death on the patio of his California home. At first, police thought it was a botched burglary, but upon closer investigation they found that this was more likely a case of love that ended in murder. Fabio Sementilli's wife and her lover - her racquetball coach - were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and premeditated murder. The lover was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release.

In this documentary, "20/20" reports how the crime was planned and carried out. The show first aired in May of this year. At the time, the widow was still in prison because bail was denied. Her trial is expected to begin in December.

"Mr. Vain” (Writers: Nosie Katzmann, Stephan Zick and Jay Supreme – co-published between Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag – administered by Melodie der Welt – and Neue Welt Musikverlag) in the original version by “Culture Beat”, is used within the open/bumper/segments in the special broadcast.

The Black Keys "Beautiful People" in the Apple TV+ series WHERE'S WANDA?

Frankfurt am Main, September 13, 2024

On October 2, 2024, the time has come. Apple is releasing its first German-language series "Where's Wanda?". This black comedy tells the story of Dedo and Carlotta Klatt, who are desperately searching for their missing 17-year-old daughter Wanda. Wanda disappeared without a trace months ago and the police cannot find her. So the family takes up the trail themselves and this indicates their proximity. With the help of their tech-savvy son Ole, they first bug the neighborhood and then half of the suburb. It can be guessed that a lot is going on behind other people's doors that does not correspond to outward appearances.

The series is a commissioned production by UFA Fiction. The parents are played by Heike Makatsch and Axel Stein and other well-known German actors and actresses also appear in this series, which is broadcasted worldwide.

In a scene in episode 3, the song

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH)

Written by Beck Hansen, Daniel Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Matthew Mead, Daniel Nakamura

© 2024 by McMoore McLesst Publishing (admin. by Wixen Music, Inc.)

SP German-speaking territory: Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG, Frankfurt

40% copyright share

is played, which appeared on the album "Ohio Players" released this year.

Pina Bausch: "Lament of the Empress" back in cinemas upon request with Houdini's AFRICAN LOVE CALL

Frankfurt am Main, September 13, 2024

The work of the dancer, choreographer as well as founder and director of the Tanztheater Wuppertal, Pina Bausch (born 1940), who died in 2009, is still of interest and her work is kept alive by the Pina Bausch Foundation.

Now, her documentary film "Lament of the Empress" can be requested for re-release in arthouse cinemas from the Foundation at www.pinabausch.org. The film premiered in 1989 and was a German-French-British co-production. It is an idiosyncratic stylistic exercise and was created in collaboration with the Theater Stage in Wuppertal. Pina Bausch experimented here with the articulation of the movement of bodies and images. At the same time, she worked with the moods of the seasons, as the film was made between October 1987 and April 1988.

It is also a film about the traces of one's own and other people's history. Here she also used the "African Love Song" by artist Wilmoth Houdini (born 1895 as Frederick Wilmoth Hendricks in Trinidad, died 1973). Houdini became known in New York in the 1920s with his calypso music. In "African Love Call" (© Matluck Music (Calderwood, Inc.)/SP: Melodie der Welt for the German-speaking territory) he dealt with the feelings of the disillusioned followers of Marcus Garvey in the USA, whose Universal Negro Improvement Association was suppressed by the white US authorities in 1930.

© Pina Bausch Foundation, Foto: © L'Arche Éditeur

“Mr. Vain” in the Slovakian film “MIKI”

Frankfurt am Main, September 10, 2024

The Slovakian filmmaker Jakub Kroner, born in 1987, is launching a new film “MIKI”. Kroner is one of the most successful filmmakers in his home country.

“MIKI” is a Slovakian-Czech thriller that will only be shown in these countries for the time being. It tells the story of the notorious mafia boss Mikuláš Černák, based on true events from the 1990s. It is about greed, power, politics, loyalty and family in the post-communist country.

The “wild 90s” brought many opportunities, especially for those who navigated the chaos of change the fastest and lost their last moral inhibitions with growing success. Miki, a bus driver by profession, returns from abroad to his home village and takes advantage of his opportunities in the field of organized crime.

“Mr. Vain" was the best-selling single in Europe in 1993 and represents this decade like no other song. It is therefore often used in films. The "Culture Beat" project was founded in 1989 by DJ and producer Torsten Fenslau in Darmstadt. Songwriter Nosie Katzmann, who became one of the most successful Eurodance composers, joined the project on the first album. Jay Supreme joined and the song was created in collaboration. Melodie der Welt administers the shares of the publishers Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag.

Herrhausen - The Lord of Money // Four-part series with POPCORN by Gershon Kingsley dy Knote

Frankfurt am Main, July 26, 2024

The political thriller mini-series "Herrhausen - The Lord of Money" is a co-production by Gabriela Sperl with ARD Degeto, rbb, hr and SWR in collaboration with X Filme Creative Pool. The power entanglements between the state and the economy are shown against the backdrop of the planned German reunification, directed by Pia Strietmann.

Alfred Herrhausen was spokesman for the board of Deutsche Bank, who pursued the goal of making it a global universal bank including investment banking. In general, he was interested in the economy and socio-political systems and thus became the spokesman for "Deutschland AG", a network of large banks, insurance companies and industrial companies that supported each other financially and concentrated supervisory board mandates, trade unionists and politicians. In the late 1980s, he campaigned for reducing the credit burdens of highly indebted so-called developing countries. Herrhausen fell victim to a bomb attack by the Red Army Faction in Bad Homburg in November 1989, at the age of 59. To this day, the perpetrators of the assassination attempt on Herrhausen have not been identified, although the RAF claimed responsibility. The current global political developments give this series additional relevance. The four-part film describes how Herrhausen (played by Oliver Masucci) causes irritation in the USA, but also arouses suspicion in the GDR when he grants the USSR a loan to support Gorbachev's reform plans at the request of Chancellor Helmut Kohl. At this point, the secret services begin to take an interest in him. His opponents line up and he also has to bring his rivals in his own bank under control. In this series, facts and fiction are excitingly combined.

POPCORN by Gershon Kingsley (published by Bourne Co., sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT) is used in all four episodes, becoming a kind of signature music. The instrumental piece of the early synth pop era is characterized by its typical staccato sound. Keyboarder Stan Free made it an international hit in 1971 under the stage name "Hot Butter".

Dreamlight Labs social media campaign with DIE LEGENDE by Andy Knote

Frankfurt am Main, July 09, 2024

Five passionate anime fans had a vision. They wanted to bring the beauty of anime and gaming music live to the concert halls of Europe. At the beginning of the year they founded Dreamlight Labs GmbH and their performances immediately developed into one of the fastest growing concert series in Germany. They hired first-class pianists and brought their concerts to numerous atmospheric venues. The Dreamlight Concerts are primarily aimed at emotions and invite you to dream with a dreamlike backdrop and the most beautiful anime soundtracks.

With such rapid development, it makes sense to be even more active on social media. The Dreamlight Labs present their activities in the form of advertisements, reels and posts on their accounts. They have a special connection to the music DIE LEGENDE (Music: Andreas Knote & Noel Pix, Lyrics: Andreas Knote, © by Melodie der Welt & Edition Arts of Toyco, c/o Melodie der Welt and RTLII (@ Roba). DIE LEGENDE is a song by the Anime Allstars of 2003, which was released on the album "One Piece - The official soundtrack to the TV series". It is the first opening song of One Piece in the German version. The Anime Allstars have recorded numerous anime compositions of their own. All of them were broadcasted on German TV station RTLII and made a significant contribution to the popularization of anime music in Germany.

“I Think I Like It' by Fake Blood in an Indian TV commercial

Frankfurt am Main, July 03, 2024

“I Think I Like It” was the second single by British electronic musician Fake Blood (Theo Keating), in which he sampled the song “In the Heat of a Disco Night” (music: Jean Frankfurter, lyrics: John Möring, © by MELODIE DER WELT) by the 80s girl band “Arabesque”. The song stayed in the Dutch singles charts for nine weeks and also debuted in the top 100 of the British singles charts in 2009/2010.

The Indian manufacturer of electric two-wheelers “Ather Energy” released a TV commercial with the above-mentioned song on July 3, 2024, promoting the electric scooter “Ather 450”.

KLEO - Season 2 - with OMFO's "Neobiknovenije Glaza"

Frankfurt am Main, July 02, 2024

The German Netflix action thriller series KLEO, produced by Zeitsprung Pictures, is being continued. The series is about a former GDR contract killer who is put in prison under false pretenses and sits three years there until the end of the GDR. After her release, she begins a campaign of revenge that costs many of those involved their lives.

In the second season of the award-winning series, the hunt for Erich Mielke's legendary red suitcase continues, which is said to have contained explosive documents about GDR head of state Erich Honecker. Kleo is supposed to destroy it, but the contents could play a decisive role in the reorganization of Germany and Europe after the Cold War. The secret services of the major powers are after the suitcase and so the former Stasi killer also comes into their sights.

In one episode, the OMFO song “Neobiknovenije Glaza” (published by Edition Essay, c/o MELODIE DER WELT) is played. This is an originally Russian-Azerbaijani song that was released in 2006 in this remix by German Popov, OMFO’s real name. The Ukrainian DJ combines traditional melodies with electronic sounds in his music.

Reality series about the Kaulitz twins on Netflix – what does that have to do with Dieter Adam?

Frankfurt am Main, April 08, 2024

The reality series about the Kaulitz brothers shows exclusive excerpts from their private lives and is likely to be of particular interest to the large fan base. The documentary follows their life over eight months. The format “Kaulitz & Kaulitz” will start on Netflix from June 25th.

Bill and Tom Kaulitz grew up near Magdeburg and as teenagers co-founded the band “Tokio Hotel”, which became internationally popular. The twins have been living in Los Angeles for a long time.

But what does this have to do with Dieter Adam? Party singer Marc Eggers, who became known primarily through YouTube, released the song “Party, Palmen und Suff Suff” in 2023 (together with Stephan Gerick alias SteveG), which is a cover of the catchy tune “Quellkartoffel un Dupp Dupp” by Dieter Adam, who wrote it for his dance band “Adam and the Micky's” in the Hessian dialect. The original was published by SUPER-TOP-MUSIKVERLAG in 1978 and has cult status today.

You can see what this has in turn to do with the Kaulitz brothers in episode 4 of the documentary.

Das Wunder von Köpenick/ Die besten aller Tage - FC Union Berlin with EISERN UNION

Frankfurt am Main, April 05, 2024

Director Annekatrin Hendel accompanied FC Union Berlin for almost two years and the result can be watched in German cinemas now.

How did the club achieve promotion to the 1st Bundesliga in 2018, being the only club from the former GDR?

It was re-founded in Berlin-Köpenick in 1966 (based on SC Union Oberschöneweide, which had existed since 1906) and had been playing in the stadium at the Alte Försterei since 1920.

Today, the team enjoys absolute cult status and since 2021 they have experienced one success after another, first qualifying for the UEFA Conference League in 2021, then for the UEFA Europe League in 2022 and finally taking part in the UEFA Champions League last year.

The director, who made the film with her own film production company IT WORKS! (in co-production with the German broadcasting stations rbb and WDR), got an authentic look behind the scenes. For her it wasn't about looking through the keyhole, but rather about the culture of the team, its everyday inner life and its extremely loyal fans. They were the ones who saved their club millions of euros and largely remodeled the stadium themselves in 2008/09.

In earlier times, when there was no professional football in the modern sense, many players earned their money in iron processing. This is where the term “Eisernen” comes from and was used in the football anthem “Eisern Union” of 1998 (lyrics and music: Klaus Sperber, Andreas Caemmerer, published by Edition Peacelounge, administered by MELODIE DER WELT). In 1998, none other than Nina Hagen was invited to the stadium to perform the new club anthem in front of over three thousand fans. This was a successful coup by the then vice-president in order to get national attention for the club, which was in crisis at the time, through the famous singer.

Wie die Liebe geht (Die Liebe ist eine Baustelle) with “Mr. Vain”

Frankfurt am Main, March 22, 2024

The directors Judith Keil and Antje Kruska have been working together for many years and have also done this arthouse documentary. The film is a long-form documentary (How love goes /Love is a construction site) about four couples that began in 2016 and ended in 2023. All of these couples had decided to make a long-term commitment in some way, be it with a traditional wedding or by planning a child. How did they fare during these years, what happened to them?

This is what makes long-term observation so attractive: You can accompany the couples and their developments and significant events as an observer. And you can also explore the central questions of the myth of love. Where does it come from? What does it do to you? How can it be preserved? The documentary shows love in all facets, from falling in love to everyday life.

When women have a “girls’ night out,” a classic dance floor hit can’t be missed: “Mr. Vain” by Culture Beat (written by Nosie Katzmann, Jay Supreme and Stephan Zick – 50% copyright administered by MELODIE DER WELT o/b/o Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag).

The Lithuanian film “Southern Chronicles” including “Mr. Vain”

Frankfurt am Main, March 21, 2024

Lithuanian director Ignas Miškinis directed the coming-of-age drama “Southern Chronicles” (Pietinia kronikas), the film was produced by Lukas Trimonis (graduate of the National Film and Television School in Great Britain) via In Script, with the support of Lithuanian Film Center and the national broadcaster LRT. “Southern Chronicles” is based on the novel of the same name by Rimantas Kmita.

In the working-class district of the city of Šiauliai, a few years after Lithuania's independence was restored, the strong 17-year-old Rimants is more interested in rugby, listening to music and the black market trade than studying for school. Rimants is certain that physical strength and money will be crucial to success in the changing, competitive society. But when he falls in love with Monika, who is middle-class and interested in culture, his faith in love and the future is put to the test.

31 years ago, the dance floor classic “Mr. Vain", performed by Culture Beat, was the best-selling single and just one of Nosie Katzmann's commercial worldwide successes (co-authors Jay Supreme and Stephan Zick, produced by Torsten Fenslau, who died in an accident in the same year - 50% copyright is administered by MELODIE DER WELT o /b/o Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag). The song stayed in the German charts for 33 weeks. It is still one of the top tracks that represent the music of the 1990s.

Documentary RISE UP – with “Solidarity” by Thomas Mensforth & Cowie Raymond If The Kids Are United

Frankfurt am Main, March 07, 2024

The documentary “RISE UP” (Haunted by Nightmares in Search of Dreamers), produced by Freischwimmer Film and leftvision, deals with five activists critical of capitalism from different countries.

Marco Heinig, Steffen Maurer, Luise Burchard and Luca Vogel report from the USA, where the focus of the featured activist and his cooperative is on racism and police violence. The history of the “United Democratic Front” is being told in South Africa. Judith Braband, formerly of the left-wing opposition in the GDR, describes the course of the protests in 1989. In Chile it is about one of the organizers of the feminist million demonstrations and general strikes. Last but not least, a supporter of the Kurdish movement in the war zones on the border between Syria and Iraq reports on her experiences.

The filmmakers are part of the “leftvision” collective, which works as a voluntary association and has been filming protests and movements for more than 10 years. The documentation is rounded off with the history of capitalism, wealth distribution and possible perspectives.

The song SOLIDARITY can be heard in the credits, originally by the punk band “Angelic Upstarts” and written by the band founders Thomas “Mensi” Mensforth (he died of Covid during the pandemic) and Ray “Mond” Cowie (released by Maxwood Music Ltd ., subpublished by MELODIE DER WELT for the German-speaking territory), here in a cover version by the band “Stage Bottles”. In the song, Thomas Mensforth tells his political views, about the workers, their struggles and their lives. The song was dedicated to the workers in Poland in 1983.

 

Documentary SCHLEIMKEIM – Otze and the GDR from below – with If The Kids Are United

Frankfurt am Main, Febuary 06, 2024

In his documentary, young director Jan Heck tells the tragedy of the GDR punk band SCHLEIMKEIM. This band, founded in 1980 by the brothers Dieter “Otze” and Klaus Ehrlich from near Erfurt, together with Andreas “Dippel” Deubach, did not bow to the system and was part of the musical underground during the dictatorship. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall, it played mainly in churches, but in 1982 it released its first songs on the LP “DDR von unten” (GDR from Below) and became an idol for all those East German young people who disliked state paternalism. The release led directly to the arrest by the Stasi, which focused particularly on Otze, with the result that he worked with the “K1” (criminal police, subordinated to the Ministry for State Security) as an informant for two years. At some point, however, he no longer adhered to the secrecy and sabotaged the informal meetings. He was then monitored and in 1986 the Ministry of State Security opened an “operational procedere” against him. After the reunion, founding member Dippel left the band, which finally broke up in 1996.

Dieter "Otze" Ehrlich died in 2005 at the age of just 41 from a heart attack (also told as "under unclear circumstances") in a psychiatric clinic where he was interned after killing his father with an ax - an act he committed under the influence of drugs – and had spent the last seven years of his life. His brother Klaus played in “Kollektiver Brechreiz” from 2000 to 2014.

Jan Heck tells the story of the career of this colorful and loud hardcore punk band, with a focus on frontman Dieter “Otze” Ehrlich. He presents contemporary documents and interviews with the remaining band members. Arsenal film distribution became aware of the film and, after viewing it, found it so good that they will bring it into arthouse cinemas.

The film begins with videos of well-known punk bands that the young people of those years in the GDR listened to secretly via medium radio waves on their radios, because everything from the West was forbidden and yet punk spread in the GDR like a virus. This also includes the song “If the Kids are United” (lyrics and music by Jimmy Pursey and David Parsons, © Maxwood Music Ltd., subpublished by MELODIE DER WELT) by Sham 69 - a TV recording of the BBC Top Of The Pops by 1978. The British band's song was written at the height of the street punk movement and, according to Jimmy Pursey, the band saw themselves as the "voice of the people". The song was often covered, including by “Die Toten Hosen”.

BALDIGA – Unlocked Heart – with the Rumba O JUANA

Frankfurt am Main, January 23, 2024

The documentary by director Markus Stein, produced by Hoferichter & Jacobs from Leipzig, around the Berlin artist and photographer Jürgen Baldiga, sheds light on queer life in Berlin during the 1980s and deals intensively with the effects of the AIDS pandemic on his and others life.

Jürgen Baldiga was born in 1959. In 1984 he learned that he had been infected with the HIV virus, which at the time meant a certain death sentence. The film tells how Jürgen Baldiga opposed the renewed stigmatization of gay lifestyles and he became a committed AIDS activist. He was a chronicler of the queer West Berlin subculture who portrayed “tunts” and AIDS activists in radical, realistic photographs. Baldiga died in 1993 at the age of just 34.

He left behind an extensive oeuvre, including thousands of photographs. The film tells his story using diaries, unsparing images and memories of companions. In the film, one of them is watching an old VHS recording on a television. There you can see her singing the song O JUANA from the film “Die Dritte von rechts” (The Third from the Right) on a stage at a young age.

The rumba was composed by Michael Jary with lyrics by Bruno Balz, published by MICHAEL JARY PRODUKTION, J. Michel. Jary was responsible for the film music of the German revue film of 1950. The film was a huge hit with audiences and so were its Schlager music.

The world premiere of BALDIGA will take place at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).

Genderqueer film THE COWARDLY BEAUTY with Sternberg’s Song FOR YOU

Frankfurt am Main, November 29, 2023

The final film “The Cowardly Beauty of the Self-Declared Losers” by students at the Babelsberg Konrad Wolf Film University and the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin is almost finished. The 90-minute drama was written by Saskia Benter Ortegas, directed by Moritz Krämer and produced by Jost Hering Films as part of a commissioned production with ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel.

The film tells the story of Kesse (they/them) and May (she/her), both twenty years old and newly in love - until Kesse accidentally pushes May's little brother off a wall to his death and they are excluded from the skater clique. One expects Kesse to be remorseful, but May and her mother are unwilling to forgive and even question Kesse's mental health. Nobody gives them absolution and Kesse has to gradually learn to accept the own guilt.

The film begins with a cheerful skater scene and you can see the couple Kesse and May almost kissing. The scene is accompanied by the song FOR YOU by Joanna Sternberg.

Joanna Sternberg's works are administered worldwide and exclusively by Wixen Music Publishing Inc. for Skunk Pig Ragtime Publishing and sub-published for the German-speaking area by MELODIE DER WELT. Joanna is not only a singer-songwriter, but also has a wide range of artistic talents (including visual arts) and plays numerous instruments. Joanna identifies as gender neutral and uses “they/them” pronouns, like the main character Kesse in the film.

The song FOR YOU is about being in a relationship with a narcissistic person who doesn't care about you. Joanna accompanies the voice with guitar and sings that they can't connect with the other person and doesn't know why. Despite the rather sad content, the melody appears musically happy.

Girl You Know It’s True – The Film – with “Let it Whip” (Dazz Band)

Frankfurt am Main, November 02, 2023

“Girl You Know It’s True” (director: Simon Verhoeven, production: Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann) is the German film adaptation about the rise and fall of pop duo “Milli Vanilli”, which will be released in cinemas on December 21, 2023.

Music producer Frank Farian (Matthias Schweighöfer) made the disco-pop duo “Milli Vanilli”, consisting of Fab Morvan (Elan Ben Ali) and Rob Pilatus (Tijan Njie), known worldwide at the end of the 1980s. In 1990 they won the Grammy Awards as Best New Artists and were six weeks the No. 1 on the US Billboard charts.

The huge success ended abruptly when it became known that the two artists had not sung any of the songs themselves, but simply moved their lips in sync during their performances. Their real job was their show and the perfectly choreographed dance performances. It was one of the biggest scandals in music history and destroyed the two dancers' illustrious careers.

In the film there is a scene in which Rob and Fab dance on the Odeonsplatz in Munich and do a photo shoot, which is musically accompanied by “Let It Whip” (© Ujima Music & Hey Skimo Publications, subpublished by MELODIE DER WELT in the German-speaking countries). The 1982 song is one of the biggest hits by the American R&B funk band “Dazz Band”. The song is timeless and still exciting and intoxicating today.

Wie kommen wir da wieder raus? (A Comedy and “Disko Boy”)

Frankfurt am Main, September 18, 2023

On November 30, 2023, the Austrian comedy “Wie kommen wir da wieder raus? (How do we get out of this again? aka “How do we deserve this 2”), produced by Mona Film, will be released in the cinemas. It's about the pandemic, general unreasonable expectations, vegan poultry and all sorts of other intolerances.

In her new film, Eva Spreitzhofer, who wrote the screenplay and also directed, has dedicated herself to a particularly difficult topic: Christmas. How do you celebrate the most harmonious feast of all time in the middle of the pandemic, especially as a patchwork family? What do you do if your daughter claims, out of provocation, that she is in the wrong body and is planning a reassignment? How many revealed secrets does it take for the most beautiful time of the year to completely escalate?

Shantel's "Disko Boy" fits perfectly into a comedy. The song, which was recorded together with the Bucovina Club Orkestar, puts you in a good mood. There is hardly anyone who doesn't think the sound is cool. The work is published by Edition Essay, c/o MELODIE DER WELT.

Haus Kummerveldt - a TV series by Goldstoff Filme with IDENTITY by X-Ray Spex

Frankfurt am Main, June 23, 2023

The story of the television series "Haus Kummerveldt", which was produced for ARD and Arte, takes place in the German Empire at the end of the 19th century. Luise (Milena Straube) lives with her father, Baron von Kummerveldt, in a moated castle in Münsterland. She is passionate about literature and dreams of becoming a famous writer. When her father dies, her younger brother Veit (Marcel Becker-Neu) becomes her guardian. Luise has no scope for action in the patriarchal, misogynistic world of Wilhelmine Germany.

"Haus Kummerveldt" is not only the first fictional history short form series in Germany, it is also characterized by black humor and it shows parallels to today's society in terms of sexism and racism.

In Episode 6, the conflict between the siblings escalates. Veit challenges Luise to a test of courage. If she passes, he will grant her independence, if not, then she must marry a count.

In this episode, the song IDENTITY by Marian Elliott-Said alias Poly Styrene (1957-2011) is played (© Maxwood Music Ltd., sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT for G/A/S). The singer was the figurehead of British punk band X-Ray Spex. The song of 1978 is about the "Identity" as a black woman in punk and as a woman in consumer society.

NACKT ÜBER BERLIN - Big city series by Axel Ranisch // Eisern Union

Frankfurt am Main, June 20, 2023

The adaptation of the novel NACKT ÜBER BERLIN (Naked on the heights of Berlin) by Axel Ranisch tells the story of two teenagers, Jannik (Lorenzo Germeno) and Tai (Anh Khoa Tran), who lock their school principal (Thorsten Merten) in his own four walls. Jannik is a music nerd with a sports fanatic father, while technical specialist Tai learned from his Vietnamese parents not to attract attention. One night they meet Jens Lamprecht, their drunken school principal. They lock him up in his smart apartment and Tai takes control of electricity, water and heating. He hacks into his notebook and the two set up cameras to watch him as Lamprecht desperately tries to find out who is holding him captive. The students come across a tragic conspiracy that led to the suicide of a classmate. But there is a plot twist that nobody expects.

In Episode 3 there is a small scene that serves as a homage to the East Berlin characters, who are of course Union Berlin football fans and naturally the song EISERN UNION should not be missing (lyrics and music: Klaus Sperber, Andreas Caemmerer, © Edition Peacelounge , c/o MELODIE DER WELT).

ONE FOR THE ROAD by Marcus Goller with "Couples Must Fight" by Jonathan Richman

Frankfurt am Main, June 19, 2023

When do you realize you have a real problem? In this emotional film, director Markus Goller tells the story of Mark (played by Frederick Lau), who celebrates his life between a major construction site in Berlin as a site manager, exuberant business lunches and rushing through the city's nightlife. One night, drunk, he wants to move his car and is promptly stopped by the police. The driver's license is gone and a medical-psychological examination is ordered. Mark bets with his best friend Nadim (Burak Yiğit) that he'll stay sober until he gets his driver's license back. In the MPU course he meets Helena (Nora Tschirner).

A beautiful film with lots of music. In one scene, Mark and Helena are seen eating, walking, etc. together in a montage while the song "Couples Must Fight" by Jonathan Richman plays in the background (© Rockin' Leprechaun Music (SP: Wixen Music Publ. Inc. / Ruminating Music , subpublished by MELODIE DER WELT). The ironic song is from the album "Her Mistery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow" from 2001. In the USA Jonathan Richman is a star, here he is appreciated by connoisseurs.

THE SWEET EAST with "Mr. Vain”

Frankfurt am Main, June 06, 2023

The new movie “The Sweet East”, directed by Sean Price William (known as a cinematographer for indie films) and written by film critic Nick Pinkerton, is meant to be wild, maybe you could even say weird. It stars some very famous underground greats, including actors Earl Cave, Jacob Elordie, Simon Rex, singer Gibby from the Butthole Surfers and comedian Andy Milonakis.

The film is about a picaresque journey through America today. Lilian gets separated from her classmates on a class trip. A number of gatekeepers want to win her over, so they grant her access to strange sects and cults that are spreading across the land.

It's a journey that captures the spirit of turn-of-the-century melodramas like D.W. Griffith merged with science fiction, with each episode being a journey into a new universe (one of many alternate realities).

The director and his team were very fond of “Mr. Vain" (originally by Culture Beat, written by Nosie Katzmann, Stephan Zick and Jay Supreme, half published by Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag - both administered by MELODIE DER WELT). The music is used in the scene when Lilian is being held captive in a barn and is watching from the window men dancing.

The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

German Lidl commercial with Helene Fischer and a new instrumental of TAKE A BREATH

Frankfurt am Main, May 24, 2023

The new Lidl commercial on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the food manufacturer caused a stir, as you can see Helene Fischer shopping in a Lidl supermarket while her backup dancers dance around her. In the background you can hear an instrumental arrangement with powerful bass beats of "Take a Breath" by Kristina Bach, without vocals, because Helene Fischer isn't at Lidl to sing after all.

Everyone knows the song "Take a Breath" (Atemlos durch die Nacht) in Germany, which is why it is also recognizable in this version. Ten years after its release, the hit is still to hear at every Schlager party. The song by Kristina Bach was produced by Jean Frankfurter and is co-published with EMI Music under the lead of music publisher Franky Boy.

"The Sheikh" on Paramount+ with "Waitin' Around To Die" by Townes Van Zandt

Frankfurt am Main, May 22, 2023

The Swiss director Dani Levy tells the story of Ringo (Björn Meyer), a clumsy guy from the Black Forest, who becomes an impostor because he just can't say no. So he gets the bag of two crooks from a robbery without worrying about the contents. The 100k EUR in it gets things rolling. Actually, Ringo should only give the money back, but he no longer has it, because somehow it happens that he meets the real estate agent Urs (Philippe Graber) and introduces himself to him as the son of the Emir of Qatar. Out of this lie comes a great deceit. Ringo buys a villa at Lake Zurich, founds a shell company and hires people for it. He never puts a cent on the table. Instead, he is courted by the bigwigs.

The story is inspired by the true case of an unskilled worker from the Black Forest, who posed as the King of Arabia in Switzerland and robbed some wealthy people of their money before the impostor was exposed.

In Episode 2 "The Flowering Moor", they use the song "Waitin' Around To Die" by Townes Van Zandt (© 1968 Silver Dollar Music Inc - administered by Wixen Music Publ., sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT), performed by The Be Good Tanyas of 2003. This is an excellent cover version that gives the original another perspective.

 

The Women's Museum in Hittisau (Austria) uses "Das bisschen Haushalt" in an exhibition

Frankfurt am Main, May 19, 2023

The municipality of Hittisau is located in the Bregenz district and has something that is unique in Austria: a women's museum - it exists there since twenty years. They show exhibitions that are dedicated to women-specific topics from cultural, social, art or architectural history.

From July 1, 2023 to October 27, 2024, the museum is showing the exhibition “BLITZBLANK! From cleaning inside, outside, everywhere”. Among other things, role models and assignments play a central role. In the cultural-historical part, the song "Das bisschen Haushalt" (Housework is a breeze) by Henry Mayer and Hans Bradtke (MELODIE DER WELT, 1977), originally sung by Johanna von Koczian, can be heard over headphones. The hit title is still used as a dictum today and ironically shows the male view of the traditional distribution of roles in housework.

Hammer Hard Boys - A Next Generation Teen Comedy

Frankfurt am Main, May 16, 2023

It's been 23 years since "Harte Jungs" (Hard Boys) with Axel Stein hit the German cinemas. The main point was that Florian's (played by Tobias Schenke) "most precious piece" suddenly spoke to him. Two years later, a second part was released in cinemas.

While every generation of teenagers goes through new things, some things never change. And when the genitals suddenly start talking, it's a challenge for both man and woman. This film sequel, which will be broadcasted on Netflix, stars Charly (Tobias Schäfer plays the son of Rudolf "Red Bull", played by Axel Stein) and Paula (Cosima Henman, who embodies the daughter of Maja Paradis from the second part of the film trilogy) in the centre. The chaos is inevitable.

In the film, the scene in which Charly catches his new girlfriend with her ex is accompanied by the acoustic ballad LITTLE BLACK SUBMARINES (Auerbach/Burton/Carney) by the Black Keys (66.67% McMoore McLesst Publ. – sub-released by MELODIE DER WELT ). The song got gold status in the US.

 

Let's Swing / Jazzfieber - A documentary about German jazz

Frankfurt am Main, April 13, 2023

A documentary by Reinhard Kungel will be released in German cinemas at the beginning of September. Danceable jazz, i.e. dances such as jive, lindy hop or electro swing, are popular again today. But how did jazz music come to Germany and how did it spread here? How did the style survive the times of National Socialism? The documentary investigates this with interviews and original concert recordings as well as some archive material that has never been shown before.

In 1954 Horst Heinz Henning composed the song DER MANN AM KLAVIER (The man at the piano), with Christine Neuhausen co-writing the lyrics (published by MELODIE DER WELT). The song was recorded by Paul Kuhn. The title became his synonym. The hit became so successful that even Edith Piaf covered it under the title "L'homme piano".

MANTA MANTA 2 with "Inside Out" and "The Other Side Of Me" by Culture Beat

Frankfurt am Main, April 13, 2023

That's where nostalgia comes in. 30 years after the successful film "Manta Manta" Til Schweiger brings a "second part" into the cinemas.

Bertie (Til Schweiger) gave up his racing career some time ago and now runs a car repair shop with a go-kart track attached. When the bank threatens to foreclose on his property, Bertie comes up with the plan to win the prize at a big 90s race on the Bilster hill. In the following month he not only has to get his old Opel car into shape, his ex-wife Uschi (Tina Ruland) also demands that he takes care of their son Daniel (Tim Oliver Schultz). His adult daughter (played by Schweiger's daughter Luna) still lives with him too. Of course, his best friend Klausi (Michael Kessler) is at his side.

When it comes to the 1990s, the sound should not be missing. Thus, two songs by the German Eurodance band Culture Beat were used in the Constantin film. The first song is "Inside Out", written by Nosie Katzmann, Jay Supreme and Doug Laurent (25% Get Into Magic, 25% Fenslau Musikverlag, both administrated by MELODIE DER WELT). The song was a hit in most European countries in 1995. It reached #2 on the RPM Dance Music chart in Canada and #15 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the US. The second song is the culture beat ballad "The Other Side Of Me" by Nosie Katzmann, Torsten Fenslau and Peter Zweier (published as above).

Kaufland x Mickie Krause "Aprés-Ski Revival 2023" with I SING A LIAD FÜR DI

Frankfurt am Main, March 06, 2023

A medley with Mickie Krause was re-recorded for the new Kaufland campaign, whereby all lyrics of the works used were changed. In the song "I sing a Liad für di" by Andreas Gabalier (EDITION STALL, c/o MELODIE DER WELT & BMG Klanggold), the excerpt was changed to "I goa' n Knödel für di".

Winter is still here and the Schlager singer delivers a fun feel-good video. In it, he praises the retailer's wide range, because the great joker knows what it needs for a proper après-ski party. For this he sings various party hits, each of which underscore a new scene. For "I goa' n Knödel für di" he even warms up Germknödel (yeast dumplings).

Within a short time, the promotional video had over two million clicks on YouTube alone.

YOU FLEXY THING - McDonald's brings McPlant to Germany

Frankfurt am Main, March 03, 2023

McDonald's approaches flexitarians now, launching meatless nuggets and hamburgers. The successful German DJ and producer "Alle Farben" was hired for the Germany-wide campaign, which will also be running in Luxembourg, and has covered the top song "You sexy thing" by Errol Brown (originally published by RAK London, sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT) as "You flexy thing". The TV commercial was conceived by Scholz & Friends agency and presents the new McPlant products, which serve as a plant-based alternative to the conventional offers of the hamburger chain.

German Crime Story: CHAINED - The new Amazon Prime series produced by Neue Bioskop

Frankfurt am Main, January 26, 2023

Neue Bioskop is an independent film production company in Munich and has produced the new Amazon series CHAINED now. In 2010 the Edition Neue Bioskop was founded by MELODIE DER WELT publishing company and their film scores are therefore administered by MdW.

In case of the new crime series, there was the specialty that one of the songs used in episode 4 was published by KROKODIL MUSIK, which is part of the Melodie der Welt publishing group: STERNENHIMMEL (Music: Hubert Kemmler / Ulrich Herter, Lyrics: Hubert Kemmler / Claus Zundel).

The six-part series is inspired by the true criminal case of a German serial killer who became known as the so-called "Acid Killer". In this fictional story, he is given the name Raik Doormann (played by Oliver Masucci), who terrifies Hamburg and the surrounding area in the early 1980s and 1990s. He kidnaps, tortures and brutally kills women in his own nuclear bunker. Victim counselor and later homicide detective Nela Langenbeck (Angelina Häntsch) finds hints and clues about the crimes, but in the male-dominated police department, she encounters unbelieving amazement. Despite all resistance, she finally gets on the track of the murderer and his deeds. The series is not for the faint-hearted.

Photo: Oliver Masucci © Neue Bioskop Television

Love Addicts – Young urbanites, love and Disco Partizani

Frankfurt am Main, January 05, 2023

"Love Addicts" is the new comedy series on Amazon Prime with Annette Frier as a therapist for various love addicts in their mid-twenties in Hamburg. Photographer Zoé messes up shootings because of her sex escapades, Ben is addicted to sex and incapable of relationships, Nele is addicted to romance and Dennis is the unhealthily submissive guy who doesn't dare to leave his dominant girlfriend.

In Season 1 Episode 7, Ben moves in with Dennis and they throw a huge housewarming party, which spirals out of control. Nele is drunk and starts stripping which makes Ben shocked and jealous so he stops her. The scene is accompanied by "Disko Partizani" by Shantel (© Edition Essay, c/o MELODIE DER WELT), a world-famous song and a beat sensation of Balkan pop.

Based on a true story: Wochenendrebellen

Frankfurt am Main, November 02, 2022

Mirco (Florian David Fitz) is rarely home due to work and his wife Fatime (Aylin Tezel) has her hands full with family organization. Not only baby Lucy has to be taken care of, but also ten-year-old Jason (Cecilio Andresen). Jason is autistic and needs a fixed daily rhythm. At school, however, Jason encounters a lack of understanding and is eventually recommended for a special needs school. Now Mirco has to get involved and he makes a pact with Jason. If he tries to stick to his school with his support, then he will find a favorite football club with him, because all his classmates are football fans. A football marathon begins, because before he decides, Jason has to see all 56 teams in all three leagues. Jason sets specific rules. The club must not have a silly mascot, must be sustainable, must have disabled toilets and no Nazis among the fans. The football weekends become a special escape from everyday life and a great adventure for father and son.

The film is based on Mirco von Juterczenka's extraordinary book "Wir Wochenendrebellen” (We Weekend Rebels). In it he tells his story with his son, who was born in 2005 and has Asperger's autism, with whom he has been on a ground hopping tour through the football stadiums in Germany and neighboring countries since he was six.

On their tour they also examine 1. FC Union Berlin and of course the club anthem "Eisern Union" (Lyrics and Music: Klaus Sperber, Andreas Caemmerer) should not be missing as background music (published by Edition Peacelounge, c/o MELODIE DER WELT) . Since Nina Hagen sang her "Eisern Union" for the first time on November 14, 1998, it has become the club's anthem and is one of the best anthems in German football ever.

IWC Schaffhausen advertises with freestyle skier and model Eileen Gu

Frankfurt am Main, October 20, 2022

Luxury watch manufacturer IWC has launched a new social media advertising campaign featuring Eileen Gu in China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan. In addition to the presentation of the high-quality watch models, the song “Chequered Love” by Marty & Ricky Wilde, sung by Kim Wilde, also shines for the campaign. It was her second single released in 1981 after her successful debut with “Kids in America”. "Chequered Love" (© by RAK Publ. Ltd., SP: MELODIE DER WELT) was also very successful, selling over a million copies worldwide.

The Italian Sky Original TV series IL GRANDE GIOCO

Frankfurt am Main, September 30, 2022

Èliseo Entertainment has produced a new TV series (directed by Fabio Resinaro, Nico Marzano) in eight episodes for Sky, which will be premiered in Italy in November but can be streamed worldwide on NOW. The transfer market is one of the most exciting areas of football and its golden and ruthless world is now - for the first time - the focus of a TV series. It's about the work of sports prosecutors, economic and political interests, and how their work and the transfer of a footballer can help an entire team to succeed.

The series revolves around the life of Corso Manni, who dedicated his life to soccer and was a luminary in this world as a football prosecutor. It was clear that he was married to the beautiful Elena, daughter of Dino Di Gregorio, a magnate with the most powerful football agency in Italy. But then Corso's life collapsed. Lies, intrigue and an alleged connection to secret bets led to a conviction - he lost everything, his career, his relationship with his father, who testified against him, and his marriage. That's ten years ago now.

All he had left was his best friend Federico, who was also his brother-in-law and who never believed the allegations. He wanted to start a school for young players with Corso. When Di Gregorio wants to give up the scepter for his company for reasons of age, he chooses Federico and not his daughter Elena, who would actually have been the better candidate for the successor. Federico, on the other hand, is not up to the task, registers management failures and finally takes his own life.

Now alone, Corso must face the truth about the past and enemies old and new. He gets help from the young Marco Assari, who dreams of a career as a prosecutor, and from Valeria, Di Gregorio's ex-lover, who is by no means just an it girl. They promote Antonio Lagioia, a young football talent who never left Milan, and fight against the Di Gregorios for the authority of champion Quintana. With the arrival of ruthless Russian prosecutor Sasha Kirillov, an unexpected game of alliances and betrayal takes shape once again.

Will Corso be able to change his destiny and rewrite his history?

In the scene where Corso tries to talk football player Quintana into a new deal at a party at his mansion, the hip hop track THE HORNS by Katch 22, C. Bauss, J.W. Bowman and F.B. Walcher is played in the background, in which Edition Altkönig, c/o MELODIE DER WELT has shares.

With YOU'RE THE VOICE, Telekom calls for more cohesion against hatred on the internet

Frankfurt am Main, September 12, 2022

German Telekom is campaigning for solidarity instead of hate on the Internet with a moving commercial. The focus is on the phenomenon of a vocal minority spreading hate online and thus dividing society. The large, mostly silent majority of users should be encouraged to take active action against hate speech, bullying and insults on the Internet and thus make a positive difference in the online world. The spot will be shown on TV and social media, as well as played on the radio and in cinemas.
 
The impressive commercial shows a group of five people on a street who start to sing. But instead of singing the original lyrics to the song “You're The Voice”, originally a hit by Australian singer John Farnham, they sing hate speech. More and more people join, forming a larger choir and singing the real lyrics of the song by Keith Reid, Maggie Ryder, Antony Qunta and Christopher Thompson (25% Copyright by Meteor Musik/Ralph Siegel Musikverlage, administered by MELODIE DER WELT). Gradually, the choir of 95 people drowns out the hate lines of the 5 individuals until the climax sounds at the end: "You're the voice, try and understand it | Make a noise and make it clear.”
 
The Gemeinsam #GegenHassImNetz campaign has been running in Germany since July 2022 and is now being extended to Austria.
Johnny Logan's songs HOLD ME NOW and WHY ME in the Swiss drama "Laissez-moi"

Frankfurt am Main, September 09, 2022

Johnny Logan's ballad "Hold Me Now" (© 1987 by Union of the Heart Music, administrated by MELODIE DER WELT), which he wrote and sang himself, was the winning song of the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest in Brussels.

"Why Me", also composed by Johnny Logan (© 1992 by Shake It Easy, sub-published by Union of the Heart Music, administrated by MELODIE DER WELT for the German-speaking countries), was performed by Northern Irish singer Linda Martin for Ireland at the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and she won the contest.

Until today, Johnny Logan is the only person to have won the competition singing a song composed for him, then winning it singing an own song and then again composing a winning title.

Both songs are used in the Swiss feature film "Laissez-moi". The debut film by Swiss director Maxime Rappaz tells the story of single mother Claudine, who entrusts her disabled son Baptiste to a neighbor every Tuesday while meeting different men passing by in a mountain hotel in the Swiss canton of Valais, in order to satisfy her sexual desires. One day she meets the scientist Michel, with whom she begins a passionate relationship and for the first time she begins to dream of another life.

The film was produced by Swiss Golden Egg Production together with French Paraiso Production.

Monday um Zehn is entitled now DA KOMMT NOCH WAS

Frankfurt am Main, August 24, 2022

“Monday um Zehn” (Monday at Ten) is a drama produced by BerghausWöbke film production company in Munich and that wowed at festivals. Now the film will finally be screened in the cinemas under the new title DA KOMMT NOCH WAS (There’s still a lot to come).

It's about 62-year-old Helga, who is abandoned by her husband after 39 years of marriage and who doesn't get along with her two daughters. In addition, she has no friends, only acquaintances with whom she meets now and then. When her cleaning lady goes on vacation, she sends a replacement in form of the older Polish man Ryszard. He too is disappointed in his wife and therefore left his home.

In a romantic scene between Helga and Ryszard, “Mr. Vain" is to hear, the unforgettable top Eurodance song, published partly by Get Into Magic Music Publ. and Fenslau Musikverlag, both administered by MELODIE DER WELT.

Bastian Schweinsteiger sings MR. VAIN

Frankfurt am Main, August 23, 2022

The advertising agency Scholz & Friends has created a new, funny autumn campaign for 2022 for the Toom hardware store. Bastian Schweinsteiger and ex-tennis pro Ana Ivanović are testimonials for Toom. "You can argue about taste. Not about sustainability," is the motto of the advertising.

The ex-soccer star sings in the shower (among other things, the energy-saving shower head is advertised) the super hit of the Frankfurt Eurodance band Culture Beat "Mr. Vain” (Lyrics: Jay Supreme & Nosie Katzmann, Music by Nosie Katzmann and Stephan Zick, 50% copyright o/b/o Get Into Magic Music Publ. and Fenslau Musikverlag, administered by MELODIE DER WELT).

Bastian Schweinsteiger sings the song with devotion and anyone could sing along. However, his wife's enthusiasm for her husband's singing skills is limited. This 30-second spot is the heart of the German campaign, which also contains the online spots “Heating” and “Comfort Switch”.

Das bisschen #Haushalt - Campaign of the German Minijob-Center

Frankfurt am Main, August 18, 2022

The Minijob-Center is Germany's central collection and registration office for all marginal employment, the so-called minijobs.

Families and seniors can tell how difficult it is to find a suitable domestic help these days. A campaign was therefore developed to draw attention to the household job exchange.

Das bisschen Haushalt (Housework is a breeze) (Music: Henry Mayer, Lyrics: Hand Bradtke, © 1977 by MELODIE DER WELT) is a classic song that is always used when domestic work is disregarded. In the campaign, this statement is turned into a positive one and the engagement of household helpers is promoted.

WALLA WALLA BING BONG

Frankfurt am Main, August 17, 2022

Bing Bong is a German gaming platform that is ready to start now. Due to the legal restrictions for online casinos in Germany, advertising has been a problem so far. In the course of this, the question arose again and again as to whether casino advertising is allowed at all and how the world of online casinos in Germany will change after the conclusion of a new gambling treaty. According to that, gambling is possible in every German federal state without restrictions now.

Bing Bong celebrates this freedom of legal online gambling with the song "Witch Doctor" (lyrics and music by Ross Bagdasarian, © 1963 by Bourne Co. New York for the world, sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT). The commercial is as cheerful as the song.

"Rex Gildo - The Last Dance" - A docudrama by Rosa von Praunheim

Frankfurt am Main, August 16, 2022

Schlager singer and actor Rex Gildo (1936-1999) was a big star in the German entertainment industry especially in the 1950s and 60s.

With a mixture of enacted scenes, interviews and archive footage, the film by Rosa von Praunheim traces the true story of the man who was successful as "Rex Gildo" and increasingly gave up his personality to be so. Set up and promoted to the end as a heartthrob, "Sexy Rexy" could only live his homosexuality in secret. At the end of his life, increasingly made into a parody of himself by the media, he threw himself out of his apartment window at the lowest point in his career. To this day it is not clear whether it was a tragic accident or a suicide.

The docudrama is based on the biography of the singer and its interpretation by the film maker. It premiered on June 30, 2022 at the Munich Film Festival. The film is primarily about the social context of gay oppression at the time.

In the enacted scenes, newcomer Kilian Berger shines as young Rex Gildo and he was nominated for the New German Cinema Award for this performance. Kai Schumann plays the older Rex Gildo and Ben Becker his first manager Fred Miekley, who was his great love and who at the same time built up his image as mother-in-law favorite. Rex Gildo never managed to overcome Fred’s death in 1988 and after that his decline began.

The song “Wer das verbietet” (Whoever forbids) is used in the film, composed by Henry Mayer with lyrics by Fini Busch (© 1968 by MELODIE DER WELT), and also in the trailer for the film. With this song he took 5th place at the German Schlager Festival in 1968. One could interpret the lyrics as a song of longing for the singer: "Whoever forbids knows nothing about love ... I kiss you in the middle of the city, even if a thousand people see us ...

We’re not looking for the dark.
We don’t beliebe in secrecy.
For a look, for a kiss
is an opportunity everywhere.
Let the world see
that we two understand each other.“

Sébastien Lifshitz tells the story of Casa Susanna

Frankfurt am Main, August 04, 2022

Cross dressing has a long tradition. The Casa Susanna was a small wooden house with a barn at the foot of the Catskill Mountains, a low mountain range in the US state of New York. This is where the first secret organization of male cross dressers hid. Diane and Kate are 80 years old today and they were part of it. In this documentary they tell of the beginnings of transidentities in the 1950s and 60s.

Casa Susanna was managed by Humberto Arriagada (alias Susanna). For many years, Susanna had dreamed of living a double life, dressing and living as a woman and creating a home for like-minded friends. She created the first transgender network in American LGBTQ history.

French director Sébastien Lifshitz has received the French film award "César" several times for his documentaries. In two moments in the film he uses the composition "Tango Poesie" by Joe Rixner of 1947 (West Ton Verlag for Germany, Turicaphon for RoW).

The film will be premiered during the « Giornate degli Autori » at the Venice Film Festival, from August 28, 2022 on.

Movie about GDR fashion by Grimme Prize winner Aelrun Goette

Frankfurt am Main, July 20, 2022

Aelrun Goette wrote the book and directed the film “In a Land from long time Ago”, which has an excellent cast. The film was produced by Tanja Ziegler (Ziegler Film) and will be released in cinemas on October 6, 2022.

The protagonist is the schoolgirl Suzie, who was expelled from school in East Berlin shortly before reunification and is discovered by chance as a model on her way to work. So she enters the fashion world of the magazine "Sibylle" and the manufacturer VEB Exquisit and escapes a life as a factory worker. At the same time, she also experiences the glittering subculture of fashion, where design is primarily created from imagination and passion. She falls in love with a mysterious photographer and learns what true friendship is from the homosexual designer Rudi. The three experience a very special summer. In the end, Suzie has to make a decision. Does she choose her home or career, friendship or love?

The song "Every 1's a Winner" performed by HOT CHOCOLATE (composed by Errol Brown, published by RAK Publ. Ltd. in London and sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT) was used in the film at the end of a fashion show.

 

 

KILLING EVE - The Fourth Season

Frankfurt am Main, May 10, 2022

“Killing Eve” is a British TV series for BBC America based on the Luke Jennings thriller novels “Villanelle”. Jodie Comer plays international assassin Villanelle and Sandra Oh her antagonist, British agent Eve Polastri.

Polastri is the first to recognize that it is not a man but a woman who is responsible for some contract killings across Europe. She leads a secret undercover unit that wants to find and arrest this killer in order to get to the people behind. During the game of cat and mouse, the two women develop an obsession for each other.

In Episode 5 of Season 4, titled "Don't Get Attached," Villanelle meets assassin Gunn (played by Marie-Sophie Ferdane), who is even more troublesome than she is. The scene is accompanied by the song "Tzigane" by Hans Blum (MELODIE DER WELT) of 1968, in Dalida's version. For the French version, Blum was assisted by Parisian songwriter Franck Gérald.

Midday Hour (Mittagsstunde) by Lars Jessen

Frankfurt am Main, April 05, 2022

The film adaptation of Dörte Hansen's bestselling novel "Mittagsstunde" (Midday Hour) emotionally and thus vividly describes the development of many German villages. The story is set in the fictional village Binkebüll. Ingwer Feddersen (Charly Hübner) returns after many years and little is as it once was. There is no longer a school, no bakery, the beautiful avenue of chestnut trees has disappeared, as have the storks, only corn grows in the fields now and what has become of the holy midday hour, this daily calm phase when everyone had to be quiet? His grandfather continues to run the village pub, while his grandmother is increasingly losing her mind. But when did this decline begin? In the 1970s, when after the land consolidation, wild plants and birds were blocked out and the big farms let the small ones die? During this time, Ingwer went to Kiel to study and now, after his return, he no longer really knows where his place is. He couldn't really make the city his home either. He turns his back on his professorship at the University of Kiel and faces his past.

The charm of the film, produced by Florida Film (director: Lars Jessen) in cooperation with ZDF, lies in the view of the different times. It takes place in 1965 (before Ingwer was born), in 1975 and in the present. It is also a recollection and a bit of nostalgia may arise when Heidi Brühl's “Wir wollen niemals auseinandergeh’n” (We never want to separate) sounds in a scene. The slow waltz was composed by Michael Jary, the lyrics co-written by Bruno Balz with Gloria de Vos (published by Michael Jary Productions, J. Michel). It was awarded a gold record in 1960 and sold over a million copies in Germany alone.

The theatrical release of "Mittagsstunde" is planned for autumn 2022.

The new Belgian series DES GENS BIEN

Frankfurt am Main, March 03, 2022

The new French-language series "Des gens bien" is being produced jointly by RTBF and Arte. The RTBF/Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Series Fund was established in 2013. Its goal is to produce high-quality prime-time series for public broadcasters. Hélicotronc in Belgium and Unité in France are shooting the drama series.

It tells the story of Tom and Linda Leroy, a debt-ridden couple in their 30s who decide to commit a life insurance fraud to get money and start a new life. It's also the story of Philippe, a policeman who could have stopped everything but accidentally dies. It also tells the story of Cathy, an insurance broker who investigates against all odds. And it's the story of a small border community left behind by the modern world. It's the story of good people who meant no harm to anyone.

The song Mr. VAIN by Nosie Katzmann, Stephan Zick and Jay Supreme (administered by MELODIE DER WELT for the shares, published by Get Into Magic Music Publ. and Fenslau Musikverlag) fits into the vibe of the series and is used repeatedly in different scenes.

ALLE WOLLEN GELIEBT WERDEN (All Want To Be Loved)

Frankfurt am Main, January 31, 2022

The German Film and Television Academy Berlin, Zeitgeist Film Production and state broadcaster ZDF are jointly producing the project “Alle wollen geliebt werden” for the “ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel” (The little TV-play) section. It is a tragic comedy about work, relationships, family and women, written (together with Florian Plumeyer) and directed by Katharina Woll.

It's an oppressive summer's day when psychotherapist Ina (played by Anne Ratte-Polle) realizes that something is wrong with her. But she's too busy to think about it. She has to take care of her clients, the daughter rebels, her boyfriend wants to emigrate and the mother demands support on her 70th birthday. Just the normal life of a working mother, whose own needs always take second place.

The song YOU SEXY THING by Errol Brown (RAK Publ. Ltd., sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT for the German-speaking countries) is used at the protagonist's maternal birthday party. We won't reveal how, just this much, the original beneficiaries said: „It’s quite a funny scene!“

Picture Copyright DFFB / Zeitgeist / Elisabeth Börnicke

ZWÖLFERLEITN - A medium-length feature film by Fentje Hanke

Frankfurt am Main, January 28, 2022

The young filmmakers Fentje Hanke (director and screenplay), Nina Reichmann (camera), Andrea Kuehnel (producer) and Manuel Mairhofer (producer and leading actor) shot the short film "Zwölferleitn" about love and forgiveness for Toreslas Film with great dedication. In it they pay tribute to the German version of the song "Honey" by Bobby Russell of 1968 (© Russell-Cason Music, Bibo Music Publ., German sub-publisher MELODIE DER WELT also in charge for EMI Phoenix), which was loved by a whole generation and threatens to disappear from the collective memory with the disappearance of this generation.

The film is about a young man who travels to the home of his deceased mother in Tyrol. Here he tries to persuade his grandmother, who has dementia, to move into a retirement home. He is convinced that she is co-responsible for his mother's death, which puts a strain on his relationship with her. Meanwhile, his uncle wants to renovate the former guest house where she lives, and for that the old lady has to be out of the way. But she lives in her own world and imagines that the guest house is still in operation. The relationship between grandmother and grandson relaxes through the music and they get closer again.

The film location Sautens, at the entrance to the Ötztal, has some special features and developed its own traditions due to the earlier cut-off, especially in regard of carnival. In reality, the big pension is waiting for demolition. The special atmosphere of the guest house, which in real life belonged to Manuel Mairhofer's grandfather, and the place itself inspired the team to create the film. The "Zwölferleitn" is the beginning of the carnival, punctually at 12 o'clock, when the parade starts moving.
Picture ©Nina Reichmann (Toreslas Film)

 

 

THE LAST NAME

Frankfurt am Main, January 04, 2022

"The Last Name" is the sequel to the comedy of manners "The First Name" in which a couple, to the horror of their relatives and friends, wants to name their son Adolf.

After the Berger / Böttcher family heatedly discussed the (supposed) first name of the upcoming offspring in Part 1 at home, they end up for a weekend trip in Lanzarote/Spain two years later in Part 2.

On her finca there, mother Dorothea (Iris Berben) has a big announcement for her children Elisabeth (Caroline Peters) and Thomas (Florian David Fitz) as well for their better halves Stephan (Christoph Maria Herbst) and Anna (Janina Uhse).

However, those who come to visit are also struggling with their very own problems - whether it is being a parent, in marriage or at work.  So it doesn't take long before the tensions at the family gathering rise once more and well-kept secrets are brought to light again.

"Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)" - By Steve Harley, © RAK Publ. Ltd. London / SP: MELODIE DER WELT, was used in the credits in the first part and opens the new film in the first scenes.

 

Bitburger Brewery extends advertising contract

Frankfurt am Main, May 26, 2021

The Bitburger brewery is one of the largest German beer breweries. Since 2012 WAITING IN THE WINGS by the Fog Joggers has been the promotional song for the market leader in draft beer.

Fog Joggers is an indie rock band from Krefeld that was founded in 2007. WAITING IN THE WINGS, co-published between MELODIE DER WELT and EDITION GUTER TON, is their greatest commercial success. Their songs are down to earth, in a good mood and simply beautiful.

 

TO THE NORTH - Film debut by documentary filmmaker Mihai Mincan

Frankfurt am Main, April 29, 2021

Romanian director Mihai Mincan, previously known for his documentaries, is making his first feature film, TO THE NORTH. It is one of the largest co-productions in Romania to date, in which other production companies from Greece, France, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic are involved.

Mincan's story centers on a religious Filipino sailor who works on a transatlantic cargo ship and Dumitru, a young Romanian stowaway. The two protagonists are played by the Filipino actor Soliman Cruz and the German-Romanian actor Niko Becker. The film is inspired by real events. It is expected to be released in 2022.

One or two scenes in the film will accompanied by MR. VAIN composed by Nosie Katzmann, Stephan Zick and Jay Supreme. This song is co-published between the publishers Get Into Magic and Fenslau (administered by MELODIE DER WELT) and Warner / Chappell.

WICKED GAMES

Frankfurt am Main, March 30, 2021

“Wicked Games” is a narrative film by Ulrich Seidl, a well-known Austrian documentary filmmaker. The film is about two grown brothers who come to Lower Austria to bury their mother. Both men return to their own lives, one to Romania, the other to Rimini. But both are forced to deal with their past.

In one scene, Richie Bravo (Michael Thomas) sings to the original recording of SCHWARZE MADONNA (Music: Henry Mayer, Lyrics: Günther Behrle) - published in 1973 by MELODIE DER WELT - which can be heard from a juke box in his father's cellar.

"Wicked Games" is an Austrian / German / French co-production by Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion, Essential Filmproduktion and Société Parisienne de Production as well as ORF, BR and Arte.

 

Steve Harley - Make Me Smile in BMW's Mini Big Love 2021 advertising campaign

Frankfurt am Main, February 23, 2021

A new commercial for the MINI John Cooper Works will start on March 1st, 2021. The special feature: The spot is used internationally and is part of the “Mini Big Love 2021” campaign.

Background-music of the film is “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)” by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel of 1975. The romantic glam rock song is characterized by an creative arrangement and a wonderful acoustic guitar solo.

The spot shows the MINI JCW where it belongs, on a rally. What is happening there? Check out the entertaining commercial for yourself.

 

GOLDJUNGS (Golden Boys) - film adaptation of the collapse of the Herstatt-Bank

Frankfurt am Main, November 13, 2020

The bankruptcy of the Cologne bank I.D. Herstatt was the most spectacular in German history. In the years between 1956 and 1973 the Herstatt Bank had grown breathtakingly, but in 1974 the banking supervisory authority withdrew the license from the private bank.

The catastrophe started with six young foreign exchange traders in their early twenties juggling futures contracts. Herstatt proudly called them his "golden boys". Each of them had a trading limit, but they did not stick to it. This was made possible by other employees of the bank who acted as front men and signed contracts. The “golden boys” gambled away with their forecasts for the dollar to such an extent that almost 90 percent of the bank’s equity was used up.

The state did not come to the rescue. As a consequence of this sensational bankruptcy, which deeply unsettled bank customers, the German banking industry's deposit protection fund was founded.

Zeitsprung Pictures started a satirical film adaptation of this story in autumn 2020, which is told from the perspective of the fictional character Marie Breuer (Michelle Barthel). The film is expected to be broadcast on ARD in spring 2021.

In one scene, Marie is sitting on a roof and talking to another woman about the crash. "En d’r Kaygass" by Hermann Kläser and Wilhelm Herkenrath underlines the scene. The song is a timeless declaration of love to the city of Cologne, published by Otto Kuhl Musikverlag by MELODIE DER WELT.

HANDBOOK FOR A PRIVILEGED EUROPEAN WOMAN

Frankfurt am Main, November 13, 2020

Two songs by Errol Brown are used in the student short film “Handbook for a Privileged European Woman”: “Everyone’s A Winner” is the intro song and “You Could've Been A Lady” shall be the outro song (both songs published by RAK, London, sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT).

The film is produced by Alma Buddecke, Stella Markert and Felix Schreiber from the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy. They are producing the film for the program “Europe in Film”, commissioned by the Foreign Office, in cooperation with the German Film Academy.

“Handbook for a Privileged European Woman” deals with the current situation of women's rights in Europe and tells in a sarcastic and humorous how-to guide, how women can survive a patriarchal society.

The film is drastic, ironic, and very funny.

 

 

 

IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD

Frankfurt am Main, September 08, 2020

Koryphäen Film in Germany is releasing the comedy "It's For Your Own Good" in October 2020. The plot is known from the Spanish hit movie "Es por tu bien". Marc Rothemund directed the funny concept with Heiner Lauterbach, Hilmi Sözer and Jürgen Vogel.

Brothers-in-law Arthur, Yussuf and Bernhard don’t like their future sons-in-law, for good reasons: One is a revolutionary, the other is a lazy man and has contact with drug dealers and the third is a no longer young nude photographer. They team up to get rid of their daughters chosen men.

In one scene, the whole family is having a barbecue. Everyone enjoys it, only the men don't. The scene is musically accompanied by the song LONELY BOY by The Black Keys (McMoore McLesst Publishing 66.67% copyright - SP: Wixen Music, in this country sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT), a song that no one can resist and one of the most successful by the American rock band.

 

WERNER REINCKE Documentary

Frankfurt am Main, August 13, 2020

Radio listeners of the baby boomer generation in the Rhine-Main area do not need an introduction of moderator Werner Reinke from Hessischer Rundfunk. If you mention his name, everyone just sighs: "Oh yes ... Hitparade International ... recording on cassette (just press the recording in time) ... every Thursday". His voice is unmistakable, arouses childhood memories and a longing for the good old radio days, when you listened to certain programs and looked forward to them all week (transfigured in memory).

Andreas Heller shot a documentary entitled “The old love or why Mr. Reinke went to the radio”, in which there are also many rare excerpts from radio programs. The documentary is not only about Werner Reinke himself, but also shows the development of German radio based on his career.

That includes good, old songs. Two sub-published works by MELODIE DER WELT are included in the documentary, produced by Creative Motion Film + Fernsehproduktion: A TOUCH OF VELVET (A STING OF BRASS) of 1978 and LIKE A ROCK by Bob Seger of 1986.

WALKING AND (WHILE) FALLING

Frankfurt am Main, July 30, 2020

The American performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson has a fascinating voice, which is well expressed in the work "Walking & Falling". It is published by Difficult Music, sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT.

Elisabeth Jakobi, who studies at the Film University in Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, has hand-drawn an experimental animated film entitled "Walking while Falling" with Laurie Anderson’s piece as background music. The artist watched the film about a woman who is desperately trying not to fall against all odds and commented: "I like it!".

The short film is to be shown at international festivals from November 2020.

(C) Elisabeth Jakobi

„The Last Word”: Original Netflix series with Anke Engelke

Frankfurt am Main, July 02, 2020

The fantastic comedian, actress, presenter and entertainer Anke Engelke leads a German six-part Netflix original series as a funeral eulogy speaker, who loses both control over her family and faith in her job after her husband’s death. In this tragicomedy there is everything like real life, exaggerated of course.

Why in this series the club anthem of 1. FC Union Berlin can be heard (once legendarily sung by Nina Hagen with the title EISERN UNION, published by Edition Peacelounge, c/o MELODIE DER WELT) can be seen on Netflix in episode 3.

ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? in "Nightlife" (Simon Verhoeven)

Frankfurt am Main, June 10, 2020

In February 2020 "Nightlife" with Elyas M’Barek, Palina Rojinski and Frederick Lau was released. An amusing film in which nocturnal Berlin is the theme. From romance to crime, everything is included.

"Are You Lonesome Tonight” by Roy Turk, Lou Handman, in the German version by Kurt Feltz (copyright by Bourne Co., sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT – proportianal shares in German-speaking countries), accompanies a scene in the Maratonga Bar which Sunny (P. Rojinski) visits. Old couples dance to the singing of Peter Alexander, who covered the pop ballad in German in 1960.

"Nightlife" became the top-selling film in the German cinema charts right after the first screening weekend.

 

 

DEEZER YOURS – TV-Spot with MR. VAIN

Frankfurt am Main, April 29, 2020

The Deezer TV commercial “Let’s Party” has been running since October 2019 and has now been extended again. Here you see a young man on a construction site fence shaking his head in time with a vibrating device. Shortly after, he takes out his smartphone and dances to the Euro dance classic “Mr. Vain” (each 25% copyright administered by Melodie der Welt for Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag).

 

DIE MUSIFANTEN – In einer kleinen Konditorei

Frankfurt am Main, March 18, 2020

In the animated mini-series “Musifanten”, produced by Ahoi-Film (co-produced with children-channel KIKA and the broadcaster RBB) for the "Sandmännchen"-series (Sandman – TV series for infants), the retired fat circus elephant Grandpa Günter and his grandson Charlie make musical trips to the 1920s and 1930s.

“In einer kleinen Konditorei ("In a small pastry shop") Grandpa Günter sings wistfully of his old love, with whom he always went to the same pastry shop. His grandson Charlie is less interested in the story, but he enjoys the clumsy waiter penguin. The song, which is best performed in this lovingly designed story, is a successful tune by the Viennese composer Fred Raymond from 1928. Originally published by Edition Scala in Vienna, the copyright passed to the music publisher MELODIE DER WELT in 1958.

The premiere of "In einer kleinen Konditorei" by the Musifanten in the KiKA is on Friday, March 20, 2020 at 09.10 am.

"In einer kleinen Konditorei" will be shown in the programme "Sandmann" on Friday, May 29, 2020 in rbb, MDR and KiKA.

HELMUT NEWTON – Documentary on occasion of his 100th birthday

Frankfurt am Main, January 24, 2020

Helmut Newton, born on October 31, 1920 and deceased in Los Angeles in 2004, is a legend. The cosmopolitan lived a life like in the film and this is now told by the well-known director Gero von Boehm in his 90-minute cinema documentary "Helmut Newton - The Bad and the Beautiful".

Helmut Newton was best known for his provocative acts. He broke taboos as early as the 1950s and 1960s. Photos for well-known fashion magazines, but mainly for "Vogue", contained an erotic imagery that also included fetishism and SM. He also photographed for "Playboy" magazine. After many years as a fashion photographer, Newton concentrated on nude photography from the late 1970s. This made his art controversial and a political issue for feminists. Newton was also known for his artistic portrait photos. The documentary is in the selection for the German Film Award.

Steve Harley's MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME), published by RAK London and sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT, runs through the documentary, can be heard in several scenes and in the credits. It is an unforgettable glam rock song from 1975.

Lindenberg! Do your thing

Frankfurt am Main, November 27, 2019

Udo Lindenberg does his own thing until today and survives all time as an icon of German rock history.

On January 16, 2020, the biographical feature film "Lindenberg! Do your thing" will be released in the cinemas. It relates the story of Lindenberg's childhood in Westphalian city Gronau, from his beginnings as a jazz drummer as well as his first major stage appearance in 1973, where he experienced his breakthrough.

A companion of his life was the music of his time, including the songs "Gamblers Guitar" (1957 Frederick Music via WEST TON VERLAG, sung in the German version by Fred Bertelmann, to be heard from the jukebox in a bar scene in Gronau) and "Judy, I Love You" by Chris Andrews (1971 MELODIE DER WELT, sung by Bata Illic, to be heard in a scene in a pub on the Hamburg Reeperbahn).

Media Expert Poland advertises with ELOY song

Frankfurt am Main, November 05, 2019

The Polish electronics retailer Media Expert launches a long-term campaign with the song "Time To Turn" by German artrock band Eloy. For this purpose, the lyrics have been changed and the song newly covered.

"Time To Turn", published by Edition Rock-Melody at MELODIE DER WELT, is one of Frank Bornemann's most successful songs from the early 1980s. It was covered in the late 80s by the rock band Budka Suflera in Poland and is still popular today.

Mein Lotta-Leben (Lotta’s life)

Frankfurt am Main, October 29, 2019

The book stories about the eleven-year-old Lotta and her chaos life are very popular and were filmed with a story of its own by the children's film-experienced director Neele Leana Vollmar this year.

The film was awarded with the Guild Film Award 2019 by the Association of repertory cinema operators in the category "Best Children's Film" in September.

Included in it is the "Sonnengruss Remix" of the song "Begging" by Lions Head aka "Iggy" Uriarte (MELODIE DER WELT, Edition DeTeCe at MdW and Tanzdichglücklich at Universal). "Begging" was one of the most-clicked tracks in spring 2015.

Der letzte Bulle (The last cop) - from TV to cinema

Frankfurt am Main, October 28, 2019

On November 7, 2019, the movie "Der letzte Bulle" premieres. Henning Baum plays his parade role for the big screen this time. It tells the same story as in the crime series that was broadcasted by Sat1, in condensed form. It is about a police officer who was in a coma for 25 years because of a head shot and suddenly wakes up. No longer up to date, he returns to the police service and works smart and macho-like in an old school manner. His handling of the sensitivities and the everyday life of the 21st century brought the character dream quotas already on television.

In one scene, the song MR. VAIN by Nosie Katzmann, Stephan Zick and Jay Supreme is to be heard on the radio, which was a number one hit in 1993 by the band Culture-Beat, became the best-selling single in Europe and made it to # 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The piece is published by the publishers Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag, both administered by MELODIE DER WELT, as well as Neue Welt Musikverlag.

Munich was my first love by John Miles

Frankfurt am Main, October 11, 2019

There’s hardly anyone who doesn’t know it, the world hit “Music” by John Miles of 1976 (published by RAK, London, sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT). The public utility company in Munich (Stadtwerke München) had the idea to ask the British singer and composer to re-sing his song for them with a lyric change: Music became Munich.

And indeed, the famous musician was ready to personally pick up the microphone. "When I was approached by Stadtwerke to record my song 'Music Was My First Love' but using 'Munich' instead of 'Music' it was an easy decision. I have always loved performing in Munich and such a lovely city to visit. There are so many interesting places and can always be assured of a warm welcome." (John Miles)

The result is an emotional commercial with Munich as the protagonist.

The Components of Love

Frankfurt am Main, August 28, 2019

At the latest when love has become a burden and finally breaks, it is time for an inventory. In fragmented scenes, the film "The Components of Love" draws the elliptical portrait of a modern family. It is a serious breakup comedy with singing elements. The film has been produced by Clemens Köstlin as a student graduation film for the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. It premiered at the Berlinale Section Perspektive on February 12, 2019. Quickly a distributor was found and so the film came into German cinemas on 22 August.

The music runs like a red thread through the film. However, it is a very specific kind of music: old German Schlager. The songs form the meta-level to the film plot, a self-deprecating commentary - because the film characters sing the songs themselves. In one scene Georg sings for Sophie's baby “Am Golf von Biskaya” ("On the Bay of Biscay"). This was originally a shanty song “Fahr mich in die Ferne mein blonder Matrose” ("Sail me faraway, my blond sailor") by Jakob Pfeil – a durable melody of the 1930s, published by West Ton Verlag (publisher affiliated with MdW).

Photo: Sophie (Birte Schnöink) and Georg (Ole Lagerpusch)

Rotkäppchen Night of the Choirs 2019 with Michael Patrick Kelly

Frankfurt am Main, August 20, 2019

The champagne brand Rotkäppchen-Mumm will host the "Night of the Choirs" competition this year again. Music producer Dieter Falk will set up a new choir with applicants who are applying and coaches them. The goal is to make a real community out of 33 singers who have never sung together in just 24 hours. The choir, along with the three winning choirs, will perform together with successful musician Michael Patrick Kelly on November 30, 2019, singing his songs, among others

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Lyrics and Music: Michael Patrick Kelly & Clayton Damoy Morrison
© CLAYBEAT MUSIC PUBLISHING (SP: Wixen Music UK Ltd.)
Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG, Frankfurt / Main for G/A/S
(55% copyright)

Michael Patrick Kelly is godfather of the Rotkäppchen Night of the Choirs in 2019. The final concert will take place on the stage of the Lichthof of Rotkäppchen champaign factory in Freyburg (Unstrut).

German Celebrity Big Brother 2019

Frankfurt am Main, August 16, 2019

The summer celebrity hype starts on 9th August 2019 again and Sat.1 launches a campaign before. You can see glittering game booths, rides and food stalls as well as dolls that may have something to do with the celebrities who will be in the Big Brother house this time. The spot is musically framed with the song "Moviestar" by Harpo (RAK Publ., London, sub-published by MdW).

 

RED BAND SOCIETY - HOW EVERYTHING BEGAN

Frankfurt am Main, April 11, 2019

The German version of the story of Leo, Jonas, Emma, Alex, Toni and Hugo touched an audience of millions. After the unique success of the German VOX series fans can now see them again in the cinema: In the film, which is based as well as the series on the experiences of Albert Espinosa, we learn what happened before the start of the first season.

Thoughtful, humorous and warm-hearted, the film tells the stories of the six main characters who end up in a great friendship: The RED BAND SOCIETY.
We are happy that our sub-publishing work VULTURES, interpreted by Jeremy Loops, was used in one scene (RAK Publ. among others).

Icarus. Legend of Mietek Kosz

Frankfurt am Main, March 22, 2019

ICARUS is a biopic about Mieczysław "Mietek" Kosz, a Polish jazz musician, who went blind at a very young age. Sadly, his brilliant career was cut short: tormented by demons and loneliness, Kosz died at the age of 29 in 1973.
 
The song HOTTA CHOCOLOTTA by Vic Mizzy and Milton Drake (subpublished by H/B Webman Co. / Musikverlag JOHANN MICHEL) will be played in four different scenes, sometimes on a harmonica, sometimes on the piano, always with great passion.
 
The film shall be released at the end of the year.

(C) Photo: Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Next Film, Sielsia Film, Canal+ Polska, Mazowiecki Fundusz Filmowy, Poslki Instytut Sztuki Rimowei, Telewizja Polska

The Real Ghostbusters of PLAYMOBIL return

Frankfurt am Main, March 03, 2019

On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the movie "Ghostbusters", PLAYMOBIL is releasing a remake of the intro featuring characters and original song for the cult series "The Real Ghostbusters" of 1986 in the Playmobil style. The series was based on the feature film original of 1984. The title song by Ray Parker Jr. (© Raydiola Music, sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT, and EMI) won a Grammy in 1985.einen Grammy.

Family comedy: TANGO SHALOM

Frankfurt am Main, February 14, 2019

Joel Zwick, director of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", is producer of a new comedy with a beautiful message about tolerance and love. The Stars in the movie include academy nominated actress Renee Taylor from the TV show "The Nanny", Emmy award winning Joseph Bologna and Lainie Kazan from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". TANGO SHALOM is about a Rabbi and amateur dancer who wants to save the Hebrew school of his community in Brooklyn from bankruptcy. For this purpose he thinks about to participate at a TV Tango contest with a beautiful female Tango Dancer. There is only one problem, due to his religious beliefs, he is not allowed to touch a woman. This puts him at odds with his wife, his family and the Grand Rabbi. The film is in the post-production now and will be released soon. The song PAPA CHAJES with the Amsterdam Klezmer Band (© Edition Essay, c/o MELODIE DER WELT) will be heard in it.

The Golden Glove

Frankfurt am Main, January 30, 2019
 
Internationally renowned director Fatih Akin will present his new film "The Golden Glove" at the Berlinale in February. It is a kind of horror film about the murderer Fritz Honka from the Hamburg redlight district in the 1970s. The Reeperbahn pub "The Golden Glove" plays a central role in the history and the jukebox plays songs from those years, such as our titles "The Heart of St. Pauli" (Michael Jary production, J. Michel) and "Black Madonna" (Melodie der Welt).

Biopic „Der Junge muss an die frische Luft"

Frankfurt am Main, December 01, 2018
 
Two songs from affiliated publishers of MELODIE DER WELT are used in the film, which is based on Hape Kerkeling's eponymous autobiographical bestseller: TRIZONESIEN SONG (Karl Berbuer) and AM ROSENMONTAG BIN ICH GEBOREN (Charlie Niessen / Franz Rüger).

The Best in McDonald's Thank You Spot

Frankfurt am Main, November 01, 2018
 
In his social media ad, McDonald's shows a member of the management team who praises an employee by singing "The Best" (Chapman / Knight) in a flash mob style, and says Thank You.

Movie „Never Look Away"

Frankfurt am Main, November 01, 2018

The German movie "Never Look Away" premiered in September 2018 as part of the 75th Venice International Film Festival. It was directed by Oscar® winner Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The song "A Thousand Mandolins Should Sound Today", published by MELODIE DER WELT, was written by the librettist Walter Brandin, with music by Willy Mattes and sung by Vico Torriani in 1954. It can be heard in four scenes. "Never Look Away" has been chosen as the German entry for the Academy Awards 2019 in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" and was released on October 3, 2018 in German cinemas.

SO MUCH TIME - film adaptation of the novel by cult author Frank Goosen

Frankfurt am Main, October 10, 2018

"So much time" is a story set in the Ruhr area, its characters living by a loveable mixture of tough exterior and inner warmth. The movie is brutal, funny and sad at the same time. A movie with a popular cast consisting of Jan Josef Liefers, Jürgen Vogel, Matthias Bundschuh, Ritchie Müller and Armin Rohde, that has to maintain a delicate balance between fun and gravitas at all time. MAKE ME SMILE by Steve Harley (© 1975 by TRIGRAM, c/o RAK PUBLISHING Ltd., sub-publisher MELODIE DER WELT) describes Harley's feelings after the split of his band and fits in well with the concept of the film.

Everlasting Love in kinder Riegel TV-spot

Frankfurt am Main, 01.08.2018
 
The song from the Kinder Riegel advertisement with the spot title "Quirks" is a cover version of "Everlasting Love". Ferrero tells different stories of the love relationship between Milky and Schoki for years already. This time it's about the little quirks that creep in with a couple over time.

First Name – Film after the play „Le Prénom" by La Patellière and Delaporte

Frankfurt am Main, October 10, 2018

Sönke Wortmann shows in his remake of the French comedy two couples and one single who meet for what is supposed to become a cosy dinner-date. Thomas (Florian David Fitz) and his wife Elisabeth (Janina Uhse) are expecting a baby-boy, and, when he is pressed for their choice of name by his friend Stephan (Christoph Maria Herbst), Thomas announces, that their son will be called "Adolf". This gag sets in motion an evening rich of emotional discussion and in-fight. MAKE ME SMILE by Steve Harley (© 1975 by TRIGRAM, c/o RAK PUBLISHING Ltd., Subverlag MELODIE DER WELT) accompanies the last scene.

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