Composer, born in Semlin (belongs now to Rathenow/Brandenburg). Rabenalt studied film production at the Academy of Film and Television “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg as well as composition and composition at the Academy of Music “Hanns Eisler” Berlin. His teachers included Wolfgang Hohensee and Jürgen Wilbrandt. He began after a brief appearance as an actor in 1966 in the feature film Miss Butterfly in the same year with the writing of film music. His compositions have not only been used for feature films, but also for educational and (short) documentary films. A special feature was his work on the film „Zille und ick” - one of the few film musicals DEFA. Rabenalt also worked as an editor on German television.
Rabenalt initially worked as a research assistant at the Academy of Film and Television “Konrad Wolf” and was here from the mid-1980s lecturer in audio and music dramaturgy and later professor of film and television dramaturgy. Even after his retirement, he continued to work as a visiting professor for dramaturgy at the Academy of Film and Television.
(Rainer Stelle)