Gennady Gladkov

Gennady Gladkov
Геннадий Гладков
Born	Gennady Igorevich Gladkov (1935-02-18)18 February 1935 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	16 October 2023(2023-10-16) (aged 88) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Occupation(s)	Composer, musical pedagogue, singer
Years active	1953–2023
Title	People's Artist of Russia (2002)
Awards	Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (4th class)

Gennady Igorevich Gladkov (Russian: Геннадий Игоревич Гладков; 18 February 1935 – 16 October 2023) was a Soviet and Russian composer. He composed music for some of the most famous Soviet movies and cartoons, most notably The Bremen Town Musicians.

Biography

Gladkov was born in Moscow. He was a People's Artist of Russia (2002).^[1] Commander of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class.^[2]

From 2019, he had been reissuing his catalogue — for example, he had released soundtracks for the "Til'" performance, for "Separated" cartoon,^[3] the An Ordinary Miracle, as well as symphonic pieces, music for theater and cinema,^[4] etc.

Gladkov died on 16 October 2023, at the age of 88.^[5]

Filmography

Soundtrack

• Most, Most, Most, Most (Самый, самый, самый, самый, 1966)
• Junior and Karlsson (Малыш и Карлсон, 1968)
• The Bremen Town Musicians (Бременские музыканты, 1969)
• Karlsson has Returned (Карлсон вернулся, 1970)
• The Blue Bird (Синяя птица, 1970)
• Gentlemen of Fortune (Джентльмены удачи, 1971)
• Train Stop – Two Minutes (Стоянка поезда — две минуты, 1972)
• Point, Point, Comma... (Точка, точка, запятая…, 1972)
• On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians (По следам бременских музыкантов, 1973)
• Well, Just You Wait!, eighth episode (Ну, погоди!, 1974)
• Til', (Тиль, 1974)^[6]
• New Year Adventures of Masha and Vitya (Новогодние приключения Маши и Вити, 1975)
• Blue Puppy (Голубой щенок, 1976)
• The Twelve Chairs (12 стульев, 1976)
• The Dog in the Manger (Собака на сене, 1977)^[7]
• An Ordinary Miracle (Обыкновенное чудо, 1978)
• Robbery, ... Style (Ограбление по..., 1978)
• Very Blue Beard (Очень синяя борода, 1979)
• Life and Adventures of Four Friends 1/2 (Жизнь и приключения четырех друзей 1/2, 1980)
• Life and Adventures of Four Friends 3/4 (Жизнь и приключения четырех друзей 3/4, 1981)
• The Vacancy (Вакансия, 1981)
• I Don't Want to Be an Adult (Не хочу быть взрослым, 1982)
• The House That Swift Built (Дом, который построил Свифт, 1982)
• Formula of Love (Формула любви, 1984)
• After the Rain, on Thursday (После дождичка в четверг, 1985)
• Joys of the Youth (Забавы молодых, 1987)
• A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Человек с бульвара Капуцинов, 1987)
• To Kill a Dragon (Убить дракона, 1988)
• Two Arrows. Stone Age Detective (Две стрелы. Детектив каменного века, 1989)
• Crazies (Чокнутые, 1991)
• Breakfast with a View to the Elbrus Mountains (Завтрак с видом на Эльбрус, 1993)
• Don Quixote Returns (Дон Кихот возвращается, 1997)
• The New Bremen Town Musicians (Новые бременские, 2000)
• Carmen (Кармен, 2003)

Voice acting

• On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians – The King
• Formula of Love – Semyon Farada's singing voice
• The New Bremen Town Musicians – The Cat, the robbers

References

1. Почётное звание присвоено Указом Президента РФ № 116 от 31 января 2002 года Archived 31 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
2. Награждён Указом Президента РФ № 199 от 15 февраля 2011 года
3. "Геннадий Гладков. «Разлученные». Музыка к мультфильму. 2020". Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.. In Russian
4. "Геннадий Гладков: «Тоже, в общем, случайность»". July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.. In Russian
5. Умер композитор Геннадий Гладков (in Russian)
6. "ВИА Темп-77 «Тиль» (2019)". Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2022.. In Russian
7. Cast (IMDb)

External links

• Gennady Gladkov at IMDb
• Геннадий Гладков — Official Site
• Gennady Gladkov discography at Discogs