The Music
Creativity in teamwork
The music of Holy Spirit was developed in teamwork. The style of the music followed the suggestions of director Mike Baran but there was enough freedom for the creative ideas of five different composers. The main score was written and arranged by Richard Dana Laughlin who also was the musical director of the studio recordings.
The composers
Richard Dana Laughlin
Music – Score
Richard Dana "Rich" Laughlin was born in Minneapolis/USA. His musical career began in this city, where styles such as classical music, jazz, rock and funk mixed. Rich started playing the trumpet at the age of 12. Early influences were the trumpeter/composer Don Ellis and pop star Prince, a classmate whose path crossed with that of Rich. He founded his first jazz rock formation and played in the big band of Lionel Hampton's former drummer John Stafford.
Later Rich became the solo trumpeter and arranger of a US Air Force Band, which brought him to Europe. After his military service he stayed in Munich, where he became one of the most sought-after trumpeters. He played with Charlie Antolini, the style-forming salsa band Conexion Latina, Al Porcino and the legendary trumpeter Benny Bailey, for whom he also composed and arranged. Rich has worked for various plays and musicals, e.g. at the Theater des Westens/Berlin, the Deutsches Theater/ Munich and in New York on Broadway. He accompanied live concerts by Ute Lemper, Caterina Valente, Milva and Mercedes Sosa. Rich composed the score for Holy Spirit, including "Requiem in White" and the adaptation of the opera finale of "Falstaff".
CD recordings: "Old World – New World", "Benny Bailey – I remember Love" and many more...
Current bands: Melting Point, Rich Laughlin Ensemble, Duo Vadana
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Mani Gruber
Sound Design, Music
Mani Gruber is an original from Munich. In addition to his career as a sound engineer, he has also always worked as a musician, initially as the front man, singer and guitarist of the hard rock band "Boysvoice", later as a permanent member of the successful ABBA cover band "ABBA 99". In 2007 Mani founded the "Maniac Studios", an excellently equipped recording studio in which music productions of all kinds can be recorded. Compositions/arrangements, voice recordings and sound design are also part of Mani's program. Due to his many years of stage experience, Mani Gruber repeatedly made excursions into acting and took on smaller roles in musicals and short films.
Mani Gruber's Maniac Studios were the venue for most of Holy Spirit's recordings. Mani developed the complete sound design for the film, ensured clean voice recordings and mixed all audio tracks. He also composed and arranged several pieces of music such as the rock song "Screaming Heart".
Musicals: Rocky’s Crazy Horror Show, As Time Goes By
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Werner Bauer
Composer, Singer
Werner Bauer worked for 25 years as an actor and singer on the theater stages of cities such as Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Zurich before changing to directing. His activities led to collaboration with Roman Polanski and Ralph Siegel, among others. He has appeared on stage in well-known plays and musicals, such as "Harry and Sally", "Dance of the Vampires", "Der Schuh des Manitu", "Titanic" and "Disney's Beauty and The Beast" and is represented as singer and songwriter on numerous CDs and DVDs.
For several years Werner Bauer has mainly worked as a director and writer. His productions include the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" in Tecklenburg, endowed with awards and audience prizes, the world premiere of "Kopfstimme" and "Ein Stück vom Mond" at the Akademietheater at the Prinzregententheater in Munich. Werner Bauer also staged "Sugar - some like it hot" for the Thun Seespiele, as well as the world premiere of the musical "Luther, Rebell Gottes" at the Stadttheater Fürth. There he also staged Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder". Werner Bauer composed "Touch the Sky" for Holy Spirit and the final song "Holy Spirit", which he also interpreted himself.
Current production: "Monty Python's Spamalot" on the open-air stage Tecklenburg
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Marcus Lee
Composer/Arranger
Marcus Lee studied both piano and classical composition at the Munich Conservatory. He runs his own music production company "ml-productions" and works with various singers worldwide, from New York and London to Jamaica. He composes and arranges, his trademark are cross-genre productions mainly from the areas of rap, trap, blues, jazz and soul.
Together with Jon Falke he composed and arranged several titles for Holy Spirit, including "Lacrimosa (The Abuse)", "Wonder Waltz" and "Bless my Tristesse", which he recorded in the recording studio "Jon Ton".
CD releases: "Introduction" (2018), "A New Beginning" (2019), "ShowDown" (2019)
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Jon Falke
Composer/Arranger
Jon Falke has been playing keyboards since his youth and was an active musician in the rock band "S.N.O.B.". During this time his instrument was the synthesizer and he wrote his first arrangements. Today he owns a recording studio and has mainly focused on composing. Under his own label "Jon Ton Musik" he works as a singer/songwriter, whereby his special interest is the experimental compilation of new sounds and samples and he mixes different styles like jazz, rock, blues and rap.
In collaboration with Marcus Lee, Jon composed and arranged the titles "Lacrimosa (The Abuse)", "Wonder Waltz" and "Bless my Tristesse" for Holy Spirit. The titles were recorded by them together in the recording studio "Jon Ton".
CD release: "Are you talking to me?"
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The performers
Matthias Kostya
Actor and singer
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Jenny Evans
Singer
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Rickie Kinnen
Singer
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Stefanie Derner
Singer
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The score musicians
Mani Gruber (guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards)
Armin Woods (keyboards)
Fabian Beck (bass trombone)
Leo Gmelch (bass trombone)
Jon Falke (keyboards, programming)
Marcus Lee (keyboards, programming)
Felix Bronner (piano)
Sebastian Lumpe, Franziska Woell
(background vocals)
All music titles of the film (titles included in the official soundtrack are marked with *)
*On Thin Ice
Music: Mani Gruber
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
You Came a Long Way from St. Louis
Music/Lyrics: Sidney Keith Russell/John Benson Brooks
Performed by Della Reese
© Jewel Music Pub Co Inc.
Courtesy of
TJ Musicservice GmbH, Hamburg
*The Mysterious Walk
Music: Mani Gruber
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
Isarmärchen
Music: Ludwig Prell
Arranged by Richard Dana Laughlin
© Verlag Johann Dennerlein KG
Einzug der Gladiatoren
Music: Julius Fuçík
Arranged by Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
Pomp and Circumstance
Music: Edward Elgar
Arranged by Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Party and Pain
Music: Jon Falke/Marcus Lee
© Jon Ton Musik
*A Brand New Start
Music: Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Rag Tag
Music: Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
Hava Nagila
Music: DP, arranged by Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Sambal Oh Leck
Music: Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Slow Down Baby
Music: Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
Macht hoch die Tür
Music: Johann A. Freylinghausen
Arranged by Felix Bronner
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Der Engelschor
Music: Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*The Silencers
Music and Lyrics: Elmer Bernstein, Mack David
Vocals: Jenny Evans
© COLGEMS-EMI MUSIC INC.
Courtesy of
EMI Music Publishing Germany GmbH
*Screaming Heart
Music: Mani Gruber
Lyrics: Karin Lüders and Mike Baran
Vocals: Matthias Kostya
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Western Moments
Music: Mani Gruber
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Touch the Sky
Music and lyrics: Werner Bauer/Mani Gruber/
Richard Dana Laughlin
Vocals: Ricarda Kinnen
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Illuminating
Music: Jon Falke/Marcus Lee
© Jon Ton Musik
Aber heit is koit
Music: DP, arranged by Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Requiem in White
Music: Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Mystic Tubes
Music: Mani Gruber
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
Buddha‘s Delight
Music: Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Lacrimosa (The Abuse)
Music: Wolfgang A. Mozart
Arranged by Marcus Lee
© ml-productions
Armies In The Fire
Music: Jon Falke/Marcus Lee
© Jon Ton Musik
*Tutto nel mondo è burla (Falstaff)
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Arranged by Richard Dana Laughlin
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
In-a-Gadda-da-Vida
Music and Lyrics: Doug Ingle
Performed by Iron Butterfly
(P) 1968 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Courtesy of WARNER MUSIC Group
Germany Holding GmbH
A Warner Music Group Company
*Wonder Waltz
Music: Jon Falke/Marcus Lee
© Jon Ton Musik
*Holy Spirit
Music: Werner Bauer/Richard Dana Laughlin/
Mani Gruber
Lyrics: Werner Bauer
Vocals: Werner Bauer
Background vocals: Mani Gruber, Tom Schuster,
Karin Lüders, Sebastian Lumpe, Franziska Woell
© Don’t Tell Mama e. V.
*Bless my Tristesse
Music: Jon Falke/Marcus Lee
© Jon Ton Musik
*Andá a saber
Music: Mauricio Jost
Performed by Sexteto Milonguero
www.sextetomilonguero.com.ar
© Sexteto Milonguero
Soundtrack at Freibank Music Publishing