In 2023 he was honoured with an Academy Award and a BAFTA in the Best Score category for his work on All Quiet on the Western Front (directed by Edward Berger). Bertelmann’s latest project is Conclave for which he collaborated with director Edward Berger again. The film garnered critical acclaim at the Telluride and Toronto International Film Festivals, securing Volker Bertelmann an Academy Award Nomination for the Best Music (Original Score) category, a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Original Score –Motion Picture, a Critics Choice Awards nomination in the Best Score category, and a BAFTA Nomination for Original Score. His most recent projects are the prequel series Dune: Prophecy (HBO Max), the Peacock series The Day of the Jackal, and the documentary Hollywoodgate. His score to Garth Davis’ Oscar-nominated film Lion, which he composed in collaboration with Dustin O’Halloran, was nominated for multiple awards: Oscar for Best Original Score, Golden Globe for Best Original Score, Best Score at the Critics’ Choice Awards, and for Best Film Music at the BAFTAs. Bertelmann has provided music for several leading films and television series. He composed the score for Patrick Melrose, The Old Guard, Stowaway, the episode “Beyond The Sea” from Black Mirror, and Life After Life for BBC. He also composed film scores for Adrift, the 2018 romantic drama directed by Baltasa Kormákur, and, again in collaboration with O’Halloran, for Ammonite, which was short-listed for The Academy Awards in 2020. In 2022, he scored War Sailor, which was an official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival. His film One Life premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. His most recent film work was on Lionsgate’s The Crow which premiered this summer. Bertelmann, who in his solo work goes by the name Hauschka, is a uniquely innovative pianist; he is renowned both for his trademark sound, which he achieves by preparing the piano with various small objects, and his ability to improvise entire performances. His output is prodigious: he tours extensively, and has produced over twenty albums and EPs, both solo and in collaboration with others. He has worked, among many others, with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he was the artist in residence, with Múm, the Icelandic experimental musical group, and with the Grammy-winning violinist Hilary Hahn. Bertelmann is an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.