What is Martin Böttcher?
[[File:Martin Boettcher.jpeg|thumb|200px|Böttcher in May 2002]] '''Martin Böttcher''' (17 June 1927 – 19 April 2019) was a [[Germans|German]] [[composer]], [[arranger]] and [[Conducting|conductor]]. He is best known for composing the [[Movie score|scores]] for the 1960s [[movies]] based on the [[Karl May]] books. His music is said to have helped [[inspire]] the [[Italy|Italian]] movie industry to make their own [[Western (genre)|Westerns]]. This created a new genre, [[Spaghetti Western]]s.<ref name=lastampa>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lastampa.it/2019/04/22/spettacoli/addio-a-martin-bottcher-la-sua-musica-da-derrick-ai-western-con-winnetou-RtXHNwkVg4IQR8tKlGxtCI/pagina.html|title=Addio a Martin Bottcher: la sua musica da Derrick ai western con Winnetou|language=it|date=22 April 2019|access-date=22 April 2019|work=La Stampa|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422132501/https://www.lastampa.it/2019/04/22/spettacoli/addio-a-martin-bottcher-la-sua-musica-da-derrick-ai-western-con-winnetou-RtXHNwkVg4IQR8tKlGxtCI/pagina.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In his career, he worked on more than 50 movies and 300 [[television show]]s. Böttcher was born in [[Berlin]]. He died on 19 April 2019, at the age of 91.<ref name=lastampa/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tt.com/ticker/15566866/winnetou-komponist-martin-boettcher-gestorben|title=Winnetou-Komponist Martin Böttcher gestorben|work=Tiroler Tageszeitung|language=de|date=22 April 2019|access-date=22 April 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.martin-boettcher.net/}} {{Small|{{in lang|de}}}} * {{IMDb name|0005989}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bottcher, Martin}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:German conductors]] [[Category:20th-century German composers]] [[Category:Musicians from Berlin]]