Klaus Nomi(1944-1983)

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Composer

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The Nomi Song (2004)

Klaus moved to New York City in the mid-70s where he worked as a pastry chef and a night club singer. A performance of his was attended by 'David Bowie' who hired Nomi as backup for his Saturday Night Live (1975) performance.

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Known for

Suspiria

6.7

Soundtrack("Total Eclipse (Live Version)")

2018

Never Look Away

7.7

Soundtrack("The Cold Song")

2018

The New Girlfriend

6.5

Soundtrack("Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" (aria from "Samson and Delilah" opera by nm0006269))

2014

To Our Loves

7.1

Music Department

1983

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Klaus Nomi: Falling in Love Again
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- Klaus Nomi
- 1982
Klaus Nomi: After the Fall
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- Klaus Nomi
- 1982
Klaus Nomi: Nomi Song
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- Klaus Nomi
- 1982
Klaus Nomi: Lightning Strikes
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- Klaus Nomi
- 1982
Klaus Nomi: Simple Man
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- Klaus Nomi
- 1982
The Long Island Four
6.0
- 1980
Beauty Becomes the Beast
7.4
- 1979
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
4.9
- Opera Singer (uncredited)
- 1979
Ex und hopp
- 1972

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Composer

Trivia
Chose his stage name "Nomi" as an anagram of "Omni", a science fiction and science fact magazine that he was an avid reader of.

Quotes
The future is now. People are always waiting for the future to come. I think we start right now, at this moment. This is where the future is. The future has begun. (TV interview, 1981)