Damian Scholl | Music
Trial of Hein (Der Heimatlose)
Opening film Berlinale Perspectives Competition 2026
written and directed by Kai Stänicke
A man returns after 14 years to his remote island home only to find that the close-knit community no longer recognizes him. Suspected of being an imposter, he is put on trial to prove who he really is — a haunting exploration of identity, memory, and belonging.
“A film of great formal beauty and thematic riches… Rising above this soundscape in short, cadenced bursts, Damian Scholl’s enjoyably spare and sometimes just a little arch soundtrack lays melancholy bowed violin and viola notes over pizzicato cello.” — Screen Daily
Der Komponist Damian Scholl.
Deutschlandfunk, by Leonie Reineke
Pain that Comes in Waves
Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2025
Experimental short film by Irem Schwarz (19 min.)
Pain that Comes in Waves uses stock footage to examine social narratives surrounding pregnancy and motherhood. The film maker’s personal experience clashes with the hyper-positive media imagery.
The universe, the supermarket.
Signs in the sky, culture in delusion.
The roles are clear, but the play doesn’t work.
This is not my voice speaking.
These are not my images.
My baby grows in a garden of blood and love.
Am I god?
Nature knows no morals, the pain comes in waves.
1st Prize at Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition 2025
- LOVE SONGS for piano eight-hands
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My first solo album Till the Sun Breaks Down is released on all platforms.
An instrumental, handmade sequence of distinct, yet texturally related songs rooted in an acoustic landscape of minimal music, enriched with ambient sounds.
New York Times Critic's Pick
...bristles with the excitement of discovery…It refreshes the eyes and the mind.
(A.O.Scott, NY Times)
One of the best aspects of the documentary is the beautiful and stirring score by Damian Scholl. (Fiona Underhill, Moviejawn)
Mon rêve familier
This work for singing Cellist written for Janina Ruh is released on CD by SWRmusic.
Spielerepublik Deutschland in ARD Mediathek
Since the mid-1990s, German board games like Catan, Agricola, and Exit have become international hits. But why did this success start in Germany, and who are the inventors behind it?
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Berlinale Talents
Portait produced by Deutsche Welle
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Whale Song for Orchestra
commissioned and performed by WDR Funkhausorchester, conducted by Frank Strobel.