Böttcher was born 1927 in Berlin/Germany. After the second world war
the young Böttcher began as solo guitarist at Nordwestdeutscher
Rundfunk. In the year 1955 he wrote the music for his first film
Der Hauptmann und sein Held (1955). Already his next movie Die Halbstarken (1956), was a great artistic success
for himself. He becomes one of the busiest composers for Cinema and TV
in Germany. At the height of his career he made the music of 10
Karl-May-frontier-sagas in which actors Lex Barker and Pierre Brice are the
central figures (1962-68). All in all Böttcher made the music for about
60 Films and 100 television productions. By turnes he lives on Sardinia
and in Lugano. He shall also write the music for the new Winnetou" ZDF
-televsion production with Pierre Brice.
