Gerhard Daum

Gerhard Daum is a German composer specialising in film scores, musician and music producer. Gerhard Daum, born on September 30, 1956, in the southern German city of Freiburg im Breisgau, developed an interest in music early in his childhood. He began playing the trumpet in his youth and performed with several brass bands. As a teenager, he also learned to play the guitar and piano before starting his studies in music. Daum attended the University of Music in Karlsruhe, where he graduated with a music diploma, with classical guitar as his main instrument. His studies included a semester at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz, Austria, where he focused on jazz and improvisation.

Following his studies, Daum worked as a guitar teacher at the renowned Jazz & Rock School Freiburg from 1985. During this time, he also toured through Europe with his own jazz and rock ensemble, the Gerhard Daum Quartett, performing in Germany, France.., Switzerland and Austria. He later founded the music publishing company Gerhard Daum Music Edition in 1993 and his label ToneWork Records in 1995.

His focus switched to film music after the Bayerischer Rundfunk offered him a job in Munich. Inspired by the scores of Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrmann, John Barry, and John Williams, among others, Daum began composing scores for German films and TV series, including Tatort

To further his knowledge, Daum moved to Hollywood in 1997. He took Music Ethnology classes at CSUN and participated in the film music master class at UCLA. Daum gathered international experience and composed scores for productions such as Sony's Felon.

He currently lives in Berlin, where he continues to compose for a variety of productions.