Fritz Ostermayer

Fritz Ostermayer (born 1956 in Schattendorf, Burgenland) is an Austrian author, radio presenter, DJ, musician and cultural journalist. He is associated with his long-standing work for the Austrian public broadcaster ORF and the radio station FM4, especially the programme Im Sumpf, which he has presented together with Thomas Edlinger.

Life and career

Ostermayer studied theatre studies and electroacoustic music. He worked as a music and cultural journalist for publications including Der Standard, profil and Falter. According to the City of Vienna, he first worked as a cultural editor at Falter and as a music editor at Der Standard before becoming active as a radio maker for ORF programmes such as Die Musicbox, Diagonal and Kunstradio. Pitchfork described the album as combining Ostermayer's roles as a broadcaster, author, DJ and musician with elements of electronic music, torch song and musique concrète.

Film music

Ostermayer has contributed music to several films, including:

Ternitz, Tennessee (2000) Normale Zeiten (2001) Rimini (2022), with Herwig Zamernik Sparta (2022), with Herwig Zamernik

For Ulrich Seidl's Rimini, Ostermayer and Herwig Zamernik wrote and composed songs performed by the film's fictional schlager singer Richie Bravo. They received the 2022 ROMY award for Best Music for their work on the film.

Publications

Gott ist ein Tod aus der Steckdose. Edition Selene, Vienna, 1994. ISBN 3-85266-014-9. Fritz Ostermayer and Hermes Phettberg: Hermes Phettberg räumt seine Wohnung zamm. Edition Selene, Vienna, 1995. ISBN 3-85266-019-X. Fritz Ostermayer and Thomas Edlinger: Die Sumpfprotokolle. Edition Selene, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85266-061-0. Fritz Ostermayer and Thomas Edlinger: Die Gutmenschenprotokolle. Edition Selene, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 3-85266-152-8. Fritz Ostermayer, Thomas Edlinger and Johannes Grenzfurthner: Wer erschoss Immanenz? Zur Dynamik von Aneignung und Intervention bei Georg Paul Thomann. Edition Selene, Vienna, 2002. ISBN 3-85266-183-8. Fritz Ostermayer and Thomas Edlinger: Die Traumprotokolle der Sumpfisten.

Awards

2022: ROMY award for Best Music for Rimini, together with Herwig Zamernik 2025: Golden Decoration of Merit of the State of Vienna