05.11.2026
New series to premiere in spring 2027 on ZDF!
I just finished a great project which will be broadcasted in spring 2027.
Stay tuned everybody!
Franziska May
Komponistin / Composer
2024
Fiktional/Spielfilm, ARD/Degeto
Duc Ngo Ngoc, Ozan Mermer, Anta Helena Recke, Raquel Stern
2022
Animation
Anne Isensee
2022
Sitcom, 8 Folgen à 20', ZDFneo
Natascha Beller
2021
Spielfilm, 90', SWR/ARD/Zeitsprung
Regie: Holger Haase
2021
Spielfilm, 90', ZDF
Regie: Holger Haase
2021
Kurzfilm, experimentell/dokumentarisch, 13'
Regie: Max Kerkhoff
2020
Spielfilm, 21', ZDF
Regie: Christina Ebelt
2020
Spielfilm, 21', ZDF
Regie: Christina Ebelt
2020
Animation, 5‘
Animation: Anne Isensee
2020
Dokumentarfilm, 84‘
Regie: Rocco Di Mento
2020
Spielfilm, 90‘, ZDF
Regie: Holger Haase
2020
Kurzfilm, fiktional, 25'
Regie: Duc Ngo Ngoc
2019
Kurzfilm, fiktional, 19'
Regie: Bernadette Kolonko
2018
Kurzfilm, dokumentarisch, 17‘
Regie: Ksenia Ciuvaseva
2017
Kurzfilm, fiktional, 30‘
Regie: Max Hegewald
05.11.2026
I just finished a great project which will be broadcasted in spring 2027.
Stay tuned everybody!
04.10.2024
The six-part series “MADE IN GERMANY” is now in the ARD media library. It tells the story of friends Ani, Zehra, Jamila, Mo, Coumba and Nikki. The six are in their early 20s and are the second generation to grow up in Berlin. They all have a different ethnic background, but they have one thing in common: none of them want to accept that there are still doors that remain closed to them. And so they struggle to find their place in society and their families while pursuing their own dreams, reflecting on their identity and confronting life's questions.
I composed the music for the parts “Ani", “Zehra” and "Djamila".
Thanks to @ARD_Degeto @hyperboletv and @Studio_Zentral. ©ARD Degeto/Studio Zentral).
04.10.2024
The six-part series “MADE IN GERMANY” is now in the ARD media library. It tells the story of friends Ani, Zehra, Jamila, Mo, Coumba and Nikki. The six are in their early 20s and are the second generation to grow up in Berlin. They all have a different ethnic background, but they have one thing in common: none of them want to accept that there are still doors that remain closed to them. And so they struggle to find their place in society and their families while pursuing their own dreams, reflecting on their identity and confronting life's questions.
I composed the music for the parts “Ani", “Zehra” and "Djamila".
Thanks to @ARD_Degeto @hyperboletv and @Studio_Zentral. ©ARD Degeto/Studio Zentral).
28.09.2024
It’s done!
The trailer for the Kurzfilmtag 2024 is ready.
Thanks to all you wonderful people, who made it possible, cause it’s always team-and familywork ❤️❤️❤️
Idee, Regie, Animation:
Anne Isensee
Komposition, Aufnahme, Sound Design, Mix: Franziska May
"Kammerchor":
Jakob Hammerschmidt, Anne Isensee, Jana Wulff-Troeger, Felipa Rodriguez, Franziska May, Joahnnes Hammerschmidt, Sid Padture
Barrierefreie Fassung:
Kinoblindgänger gGmbH, Speaker Search
11.08.2024
Recording session for our mushroom choir!
With Anne Isensee, animator and director, friend and ice cream lover!
21.04.2024
It was such an important project for me last year. I am very grateful to give some musical input together with my dear colleague Marcus Sander.
Diverse stories, diverse series, diverse team!
08.12.2023
I had the honor to compose the music with my very dear colleague Marcus Sander for ARD-Series „Made in Germany“. We are nominated in the official selection @ Filmfestival Max Ophüls 2024. Congrats to the whole team!
07.08.2023
I am looking forward to be part of this great project: MADE IN GERMANY! I will compose the music together with my dear colleague Marcus Sander. New ARD Degeto series production for ARD Mediathek:/"Made in Germany" (AT) tells authentic stories about second-generation postmigrant young Berliners.
29.09.2022
What does it mean to make an animated film accessible to people with impaired vision? Can audio description convey what’s happening on the screen and what is, especially in animated film, often entirely a product of the imagination?
"Intro" is in German Competetion Short Film @ DOK LEIPZIG 2022.
I am very grateful and happy to be part of this project! Again it was a great collaboration again with animator Anne Isensee. Thx.
12.09.2022
The sitcom Ruby can be seen in advance in the ZDF-Mediathek
01.08.2022
For a short time I have been working collectively with my very esteemed composer colleague. We compose film music together- feel free to look and listen on our website.
13.04.2022
I just came back from the MCM with lots of new experiences, Marseille is a very vibrant city - still a gate to the world! I heard wonderful film scores during the week and met great composers from all over the world. Merci Marseille et je reviendrai.
13.04.2022
You can now watch the animation "DIESER FILM HEISST AUS RECHTLICHEN GRÜNDEN BREAKING BERT" (2020, Anne Isensee) in the Mediathek of MDR/ARD.
19.03.2022
"Familienerbe" will run on 6.4.2022 at 20:15 on the ARD and is already seven days before in the ARD-Mediathek available. With Ulrike C. Tscharre, Torben Liebrecht, Christina Hecke, Ivy Quainoo, Anne-Marie Lux, Lucas Prisor, Sabine von Maydell, Walter Kreye, Florian Kleine, Hajo Fiete Haase, Jo Jung, Franz-Xaver Zeller and Ralph Hönicke.
04.02.2022
The short documentary "A Day's Work" (Max Kerkhoff) is in competition at the Marseille Film Festival. The experimental sound-based music was composed by Isacco Chiaf and myself.
18.01.2022
I just finished my work on a Sitcom for ZDFneo, which will be released and broadcasted this year.
Last year I was part of the Female Film Composer Class. 8 Women, including me, are preparing to work in a collective, that is working on an album. Very exciting!
In March I will be part of the Jury for "Jugend Musiziert" (category Composing for Film) and I am very curious about the young composers!!
30.11.2021
25.11.2021
"The focus on women film composers is very welcome and appreciated. It's a great thing." (Rachael Portman, oscar winner)
This year I was part of the "Female Film Composer Class" at this year's edition of SoundTrack_Cologne. I enjoyed the programm with great composers, musicians, producers, sound designers.
23.11.2021
You can now watch the beautiful documentary "The Blunder of Love" @ dafilms.
Music composed by Franziska May
Music, Lyrics, Vocals, Keys - Franziska May
Guitars - Enrico Antico
Bass/Doublebass - Joe Hammerschmidt
Drums - Tim Sarhan
Orchestra - Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
Mixing - Samuel L. Schwenk
23.09.2021
16.09.2021
A big part of the team came together!
24.08.2021
Zwei neue ELLA SCHÖN-Filme mit Musik von mir werden an folgenden Terminen ausgestrahlt:
03 + 10 OKT 21 // 20:15 Uhr // ZDF...
Ab 25 SEP 21 vorab in der ZDF-Mediathek...
Parallel wird der Soundtrack mit Musikstücken aus den Folgen 5-8 auf Spotify veröffentlicht.
19.07.2021
The nominated films were selected by Doc Alliance, the association of seven key European documentary film festivals: CPH:DOX, doclisboa, DOK Leipzig, FIDMarseille, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Millennium Docs Against Gravity and Visions du Réel. For more information, visit docalliance.org
15.06.2021
Im Rahmen der 14. Filmmusiktage Sachsen-Anhalt 2021 gibt es ein Panel zum Thema „Genie oder Handwerk - Kann man das Komponieren von Filmmusik lernen?“ /// Gäste: Christine Aufderhaar, Micki Meuser, Prof. Ulrich Reuter, Freya Arde, Franziska May /// Wann: Freitag, 25. Juni 2021 / 18 bis 20 Uhr
22.02.2021
The short movie A DAY'S WORK (shot in Myanmar) is screened at the TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL in March.
06.12.2020
Die X-mas-Edition von "Liebe.Jetzt" ist in der Mediakthek verfügbar. Zu den Folgen "Rosa" und "Ungelegte Eier" habe ich die Musik geschrieben.
08.10.2020
Der 90-minütige Dokumentarfilm THE BLUNDER OF LOVE von Rocco Di Mento feiert auf dem Dok Leipzig Premiere. Dafür habe ich Songs und Score komponiert.
02.10.2020
Ella Schön (Teile 5+6) werden ausgestrahlt! So, 25.10. + 01.11.2020, jeweils 20:15 Uhr auf ZDF.
29.09.2020
02.09.2020
20. Filmfest FrauenWelten // Sehsüchte // Film Without Borders // Achtung Berlin Filmfestival // Filmfest Dresden // First Steps // Der neue Heimatfilm, Freistadt, Austria
05.06.2020
22.04.2020
29.02.2020
DEINE SCHÖNE GESTALT (R: Bernadette Kolonko) wird auf dem Filmfest Dresden Premiere feiern.
22.02.2020
Publikumspreis beim Max Ophüls Filmfestival für TRADING HAPPINESS (R: Duc Ngo Ngoc)
