FREDERIK
WIEDMANN
Biography
Emmy-award winning Frederik Wiedmann is one of the most diverse and cultivated composers working in motion pictures today. With over 150 titles to his name in all realms and genres, Wiedmann has established himself as an insightful artist with an enduring passion for storytelling.
Recently, Wiedmann composed music for Star Trek: Picard (Season 3) for Paramount+, and Monster Summer starring Mason Thames an Mel Gibson, which released theatrically in October of 2024. Some of his other recent credits include the thriller Alone (starring Donald Sutherland and Tyler Posey), Hangman (directed by Johnny Martin, starring Al Pacino, Karl Urban, Brittany Snow), Millennium Films’ Acts of Vengeance (featuring Antonio Banderas, Paz Vega and Karl Urban), and Day of the Dead: Bloodline (starring Sophie Skelton and Jonahon Schaech).His credits also include Universal’s Doom – Annihilation as well as the epic civil war drama Field of Lost Shoes (directed by Sean McNamara), Paul Schrader’s feature Dying of the Light, The Damned, Blumhouse’s hit horror anthology Into the Dark (for Hulu), and the Australian Sci-Fi hit Occupation: Rainfall (2021).
Currently Wiedmann is working on Amazon Prime Video’s highly acclaimed animated series Batman: Caped Crusader which will follow the hero’s mission against criminals in Gotham City. The series boasts a star studded cast with J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, and Bruce Timm set to executive Produce. Wiedmann promises to have multiple music genres featured in each episode harkening to a dark and mysterious score for the title character.
Wiedmann is the composer behind the hit Nickelodeon show Big Nate, as well as the critically acclaimed Netflix animated fantasy series The Dragon Prince, which is from the writers of the popular series Avatar: The Last Airbender, for which he earned an Emmy nomination in the original score category. In 2016, he won a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of “Outstanding Original Song” alongside lyricist Mitch Watson, for the song “True Bromance” from Dreamworks Animation’s Madagascar spinoff All Hail King Julien.
Wiedmann has been a mainstay in the DC cinematic universe, starting with his work on Green Lantern: The Animated Series, for which he earned two consecutive Annie Awards nominations. His success on the series led to further popular Warner Bros’ DC projects such as, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Son of Batman, Death of Superman, Justice League: Gods and Monsters, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight among others.
He currently lives in LA with his wife and two wonderful children.