Florian Tessloff is a German composer and producer based in Hamburg,

whose work spans feature film, television, and documentary across Europe and the United States. His scores are shaped by a singular musical voice — one that seeks association with the real world, blending acoustic and electronic sound into something organic, layered, and distinctly his own.

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Trained in jazz, classical, and electronic music at the Hamburg Conservatory

and Berklee College of Music, Boston (B.M. Film Composition, 2001), Tessloff

spent his early career in Los Angeles working alongside composers Mark Isham, Richard Gibbs, and David Newman on major studio productions. Returning to Europe, he quickly established himself as one of Germany's most distinctive voices in screen music.His feature film work includes the Academy Award-nominated The Baader Meinhof Complex (dir. Uli Edel; nominated Best Foreign Language Film, 2009), Academy Award-nominated short Raju (dir. Max Zähle; Best Live Action Short, 2012), Matti Geschonneck's Boxhagener Platz, and Daphne Charizani's Sisters Apart (Berlinale 2020; Grimme Prize 2023). His television credits include Das Ende einer Nacht (German Television Award; Grimme Prize 2013), the political thriller series Bonn (ARD/WDR), and the miniseries Unbroken (ZDFneo).

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In 2024, Tessloff composed the score for Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny — a co-production of PBS American Masters, LOOKSfilm, SWR and RBB, directed by Chana Gazit and Jeff Bieber — which premiered nationwide on PBS and is currently available on Amazon in the United States.

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His current projects include the upcoming feature documentary by Bernadette Wegenstein, Max Zähle's television film Blackbird (ARD), and a true crime feature for ZDF/Arte. Tessloff was awarded the German Music Authors' Prize (GEMA Musikautorenpreis) in 2016.