Classical music, contemporary electronics, myths and archetypes – composer Martina Eisenreich lets them resonate in a distinctive musical voice. Her music reaches audiences in concert halls, cinemas, and intimate art spaces alike.
Her most notable film compositions include the scores for Herrhausen - The Banker and the Bomb, nominated for the 2025 International Emmy Awards and honored with the German Television Award for Best Music, and for the Paramount series One Trillion Dollars. Her offbeat, darkly whimsical fairy-tale operetta Aschenbrödels Traum recently entered the repertoire of the Vienna Volksoper.
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She was the first woman ever to win the German Film Music Award, for her score to Tatort - Waldlust, directed by Axel Ranisch, and later composed the music for his opera feature film Orphea in Love, which won the Grand Prix Golden Prague. Their first joint opera work is currently running in Vienna, with more in development. Eisenreich is a multiple nominee and two-time German Film Music Award winner, most recently for the international series One Trillion Dollars, released by Lakeshore Records.
Today, her work focuses on combining orchestral writing with contemporary electronic music, spanning film scores, opera and concert works, aiming to unite artistic relevance and entertainment into powerful impact.
Her more classical film scores include Herrhausen and Bach - A Christmas Miracle, recorded with the St. Thomas Boys Choir of Leipzig, countertenor Andreas Scholl, leading European baroque ensembles and contemporary electronics.
Earlier in her career, she toured extensively across Europe with her own ensemble. Her fascination with the archaic sounds of her native Upper Bavaria was kindled in early childhood.
At fifteen she began studying composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, later specializing in film scoring, sound design and contemporary music in Munich and Ludwigsburg, where she deepened her passion for dramaturgical work in film, opera and music theatre.
Martina Eisenreich is listed among the most frequently performed composers in German orchestral concert series. She has received numerous honors, including the German Record Critics’ Award, the Upper Bavarian Culture Award, a German Music Authors’ Prize nomination, several nominations for the German Television Award for Best Music, and the Rolf Hans Müller Prize for Film Scoring. Two student films featuring her early film scores earned Student Academy Award nominations and wins, and her first symphonic score, Moonman, was immediately adopted into the concert repertoire of the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg.
AWARDS
DEUTSCHER FERNSEHPREIS "Beste Musik" | GERMAN TELEVISION AWARD "Best Music" 2025
Martina Eisenreich: Herrhausen - The Banker and the Bomb
BR-KLASSIK OPERETTENFROSCH 2025
Martina Eisenreich & Axel Ranisch: Aschenbrödels Traum, Vienna Volksoper
DEUTSCHER MUSIKAUTOR*INNEN PREIS | German Music Authors’ Prize 2026 - Nominee
Martina Eisenreich (Kategorie Audiovisuelle Medien)
DEUTSCHER FILMMUSIKPREIS | GERMAN FILM MUSIC AWARD "Best Original Score" 2024
Martina Eisenreich & Michael Kadelbach: One Trillion Dollars (Eine Billion Dollar)
DEUTSCHER FILMMUSIKPREIS | GERMAN FILM MUSIC AWARD "Best Original Score" 2022 – Nominee
Martina Eisenreich: Lost in Fuseta
OBERBAYERISCHER KULTURPREIS | UPPER BAVARIAN CULTURE AWARD - 2022
Martina Eisenreich
DEUTSCHER FERNSEHPREIS "Beste Musik" | GERMAN TELEVISION AWARD "Best Music" 2020 – Nominee
Martina Eisenreich: Spreewaldkrimi - Zeit der Wölfe
DEUTSCHER FERNSEHPREIS "Beste Musik" | GERMAN TELEVISION AWARD "Best Music" 2020 – Nominee
Martina Eisenreich: Endlich Witwer
DEUTSCHER FILMMUSIKPREIS | GERMAN FILM MUSIC AWARD "Best Original Score" 2018
Martina Eisenreich: Tatort Waldlust
ROLF HANS MUELLER AWARD FOR FILM MUSIC | ROLF-HANS MÜLLER PREIS FÜR FILMMUSIK | “Best Film Score” 2014, Fernsehfilmfestival Baden-Baden
Martina Eisenreich: Be My Baby
GERMAN RECORD CRITICS' AWARD | PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK 2014
Martina Eisenreich: November 1918
Arts & Culture Award – Kulturpreis des Landkreises Erding 2013
Martina Eisenreich
Creole - Audience Award | Publikumspreis der Süddeutschen Zeitung
Lauschgold
Student Academy Award – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2007
Foreign Film Award: Nevermore (Nimmermeer)
Student Academy Award – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2007 - Nominee
Foreign Film Award: Milan
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