In memoriam

[WSBG Returns Yet Again!]

Recently on July 11th of 2025, Raymond Guiot passed away. He did some work for a few labels, including most notably Telemusic (Some pieces from Telemusic were licensed to Audio BMP). Rest in peace.

[Lord Thames]

Oh no, that's a shame - anyone who watched BBC schools programmes in the 70s and 80s will have this permanently imprinted in their brain

[Mr]

I just learned that occasional MP 2000 producer and Janko Nilovic/Jean-Pierre Decerf collaborator Guy Szakolczay, better known as "Marc Saclays" left us in 2023. RIP.

[Eternas Ondas Musicales]

What a great loss... rest in peace.

[BlackwatchPlaid]

Klaus Doldinger passed away October 16, 2025. In addition to a long career with the jazz fusion group Passport, he also did a number of soundtracks and library releases. The most famous of his compositions would probably be The Neverending Story and Das Boot soundtracks. He's credited on a few Berlin and Bosworth records, although I'm not sure the level of his involvement with the records or if he is credited as songwriter.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/klaus-doldinger-dead-neverending-story-das-boot-composer-1236404591/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Doldinger

RIP

[digdeeper]

In Germany Klaus Doldinger is arguably most famous for his theme for the TV show Tatort from 1970 (Tatort: "crime scene", spelled Taht - Ort), which is still running.

Longer version:

[Mr]

I learned today that Matthias Holtmann, who played drums on a lot of German library recordings (Sonoton, Intersound, Selected Sound, etc.), passed away recently, November 9th.

I wasn't previously aware of this, but he was seemingly better remembered in his native Germany as a prolific radio personality.


RIP.


Obituaries:
https://www.swr.de/swr1/bw/radiolegende-matthias-holtmann-mit-75-jahren-gestorben-100.html (German)
https://www.popakademie.de/en/ueber-uns/news/popakademie-trauert-um-matthias-holtmann/u/1458/ (English)