Gerhard Narholz

Gerhard Narholz (6 June 1937 – current), was a prolific German composer known for his different compositions in his library music company, Sonoton. Although he was classically trained as a composer, he worked on different amounts of genres (easy listening, jazz, pop, etc.). From 1958 to 1965, he helped write songs for artists like Petula Clark, Heidi Bruhl, and Bill Ramsey, as well as composing film scores for different German films, and TV shows. While working on these songs, he had an idea to produce film and television music as library music. In order to hire more composers, he alongside his wife established Sonoton in 1965, reinventing library music in Germany. From the 70s-80s under Norman Candler, he composed many different LPS with The Magic Strings for Decca Records/Telefunken. He also composed various pop songs for Polydor's Germany and Tokyo divisions under Otto Sieben. His music is still used to this day in film, television, and video games.