Stephan Zacharias

Stephan Zacharias (born 20 October 1956) is a German music composer, who composed the music from the movie Downfall.

Stephan was born in the city of Hamburg, Germany. His father is the eminent violinist Helmut Zacharias, who is known primarily as a composer for films and television productions.

He studied at the Hochschule for Music in Hamburg. Later he worked with Jon Flemming Olsen in two band projects called "The Sirens" and "The Bietels". Olli Dittrich was the third Member of "Bietels". Since 1994, his work is limited almost exclusively to film scores.