Rolf Wilhelm is dead

He came to fame with his music to big budget epic Die Nibelungen (not Lang's film, of course – he was old, but not that old). Writing in the shadow of Richard Wagner, the project was called a "suicide mission".

His music to The Serpent's Egg paraphrased and quoted German music of the twenties, without Bergman knowing which music was which, as reported by Die Welt. WIlhelm also composed for In the From the Life of the Marionettes.

Rolf Wilhelm became 85 years old.