Quick Facts
Biography
Jo Blankenburg (born March 18, 1972) is a German composer based in Los Angeles. He writes music for film and motion picture advertising. Some of his most popular tracks have been used in the advertising campaigns of The Hunger Games, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, X-Men: First Class, and How To Train Your Dragon among many others.
A solo album Vendetta for Position Music was released in 2011, the songs of which have been used for the advertising campaigns of many major movies and television shows. He also made another solo album for Position Music called Elysium, it was released in 2012.
Albums
Vendetta
An album composed by Jo Blankenburg for Position Music, released on March 21, 2011. Its songs were used for major motion advertising campaigns for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, X-Men: First Class and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn among many others.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dystopic" | 2:24 |
| 2. | "Satorius" | 2:09 |
| 3. | "Imperatix Mundi" | 2:59 |
| 4. | "Juggernaut" | 2:53 |
| 5. | "Hymn Of The Apocalypse" | 2:51 |
| 6. | "Praetorian Guards" | 2:32 |
| 7. | "Lament For Cherubin" | 2:56 |
| 8. | "Knights Of Palmyra" | 2:33 |
| 9. | "Vendetta" | 2:12 |
| 10. | "Conquest Of Antaria" | 2:20 |
| 11. | "Enamorus" | 3:25 |
| 12. | "Kingdom of Avilion" | 2:42 |
| 13. | "Chimeran Empire" | 2:39 |
| Total length: | 34:35 | |
Elysium
Following the success of Vendetta, another album, Elysium, was composed by Jo Blankenburg for Position Music, and was released on July 31, 2012.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Garador's Flight" | 2:49 |
| 2. | "Ascencia" | 2:08 |
| 3. | "Gryphonheart" | 2:39 |
| 4. | "Illumielle" | 2:41 |
| 5. | "Terra Mirus" | 3:11 |
| 6. | "Leaving Lemuria" | 2:58 |
| 7. | "Zephyrus" | 2:39 |
| 8. | "Arion" | 2:23 |
| 9. | "Voyage Dans La Lune" | 2:34 |
| 10. | "Empyrea" | 3:27 |
| 11. | "Theogony" | 2:35 |
| Total length: | 30:04 | |
Trailer Music
- 2009 - The Wolfman
- 2009 - How To Train Your Dragon
- 2009 - FlashForward
- 2011 - Dystopic for Featurette X-Men: First Class
- 2011 - "Satorius" for TV Spot Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- 2011 - "Conquest of Antaria" for Featurette Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- 2011 - "Juggernaut" and "Satorius" for America's Got Talent
- 2011 - "Vendetta" and "Satorius" for TV Spot The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
- 2011 - "Vendetta" for Home Video Trailer Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- 2011 - "Enamorus" for Far Cry 3
- 2012 - "Apophis" for TV Spot The Hunger Games
- 2012 - "Illumielle" for the official Christmas television advert for British department store Debenhams
- 2013 - "Imperatrix Mundi" for 300: Rise of an Empire
- 2016? - "Garador's Flight" for ABC News (radio) intro music at 05:30 for the switchover from BBC World Service
Credits
- 2005 - "Shortfilm: The World Beneath"
- 2005 - "Documentary: Ticket"
- 2006 - "Documentary: Poetry"
- 2006 - "Feature Film: Stages"
- 2007 - "Music Video: Vahveraasio"
- 2007 - "Shortfilm: Omega99"
- 2007 - "Music Video: Planet Earth Forever"
- 2008 - "Shortfilm: Squalid"
- 2008 - "Four orchestral pieces for Immediate Music
- 2009 - "Music for Congolese opera"
- 2009 - "Theme music for World of Wearable Art
- 2010 - "Demo music for Dr. Grordbort, Weta Workshop (Lord of the Rings)"
- 2011 - "Audio-visual project Oil Spill for Berlin International Film Festival showcase
- 2011 - "Music for documentary The Human Experience"
- 2011 - "Shortfilm: Anamnesis"
- 2011 - "Music for Qtel commercial promoting the 2011 World of Wearable Art
Discography
- 2007 - Floatovations (Solo album)
- 2008 - The Feather Dance (Solo album)
- 2010 - Vendetta (for Position Music)
- 2011 - The Human Experience (for Grassroots Films)
- 2012 - Elysium (for Position Music)
- 2015 - Kaleidoscope (for Position Music)
- 2016 - Valkyrie (for Position Music)