Gladiator, Pirates of The Caribbean and X-Men all share one thing, the music of KLAUS BADELT.

Klaus has worked with the best directors in the business from Ridley and Tony Scott and Kathryn Bigelow to Steven Spielberg, Sean Penn and John Woo.

Klaus was asked by the Chinese Olympic Committee to compose the music for the closing ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He tells us about the wild, unorthodox process that led up to that event.

We’ve included only a sliver of Klaus’ music.

A more complete sample is available through Klaus’ website: klausbadelt.com

Heather Ankeny joins Mark Thompson