[Malte Müller]

Would love to hear what you think of the Nilsson once you get to it.

Will do!

[Thor Joachim Haga]

Thanks to Jon for alerting me to this! Beautiful synth score from 1989, for an ancient and forgotten Norwegian crime series. Album is a bit too long at 70 minutes, but not a lot of filler material. I’ve met Stein (Berge Svendsen) a few times, but never Erik.

[Thor Joachim Haga]

I even met him once, when we both participated in a seminar here in Oslo in the late 2000s.

And wouldn’t you know it, I actually found a mini report that I did back in 2007. Oh, the memories! RIP, Stefan Nilsson.

[Malte Müller]

You maybe should create actual posts for this site from reports like that!

[Thor Joachim Haga]

Sure, if it were more current and longer. But a messageboard post for an event almost 20 years ago, maybe not so much. 😉

[Malte Müller]

You could collect shorter ones into a longer article. Well if it is worth citing here it maybe is worth otherwise 😉

[Jon Aanensen]

Thanks to Jon for alerting me to this! Beautiful synth score from 1989, for an ancient and forgotten Norwegian crime series. Album is a bit too long at 70 minutes, but not a lot of filler material. I’ve met Stein (Berge Svendsen) a few times, but never Erik.

It’s not a norwegian series, it’s an icelandic movie 😅

I often pass Erik’s house, and I see him now and then, but I have never talked to him.

The film is on YouTube.

[Thor Joachim Haga]

It’s not a norwegian series, it’s an icelandic movie 😅

A-ha! Even more obscure. Wasn’t there a Norwegian police series called Foxtrot, though? Or something like it?

[Jon Aanensen]

Possibly

[Thor Joachim Haga]

I love Søren Hyldgaard’s work, as well as Björn Isfält — two composers that were taken from us way too early.

And I’ve just now reached Hyldgaard in my collection walkthrough – listening to his gorgeous NOGET I LUFTEN (SOMETHING IN THE AIR) from 2011, which had its premiere release on Plantsounds last year. Only 20 minutes long, but it’s in that warm 90s melodrama style – think Cliff Eidelman’s A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE or Michael Gore’s DEFENDING YOUR LIFE.

But if you need ONE Hyldgaard album, get the compilation EYE OF THE EAGLE – THE FILM MUSIC OF SØREN HYLDGAARD, which was reissued on Moviescore Media a few years ago (if memory serves, Kritzerland released it first?). Absolutely wonderful stuff.

[Malte Müller]

Perhaps Google translate will help for this not understanding German, but its rare any film composer gets a portrait like Hildur Gudnadottir just got: https://www.epd-film.de/themen/nahaufnahme-von-hildur-gudnadottir

Perhpas we should have a topic “Did they mention the music?” which I think FSM had in the past.

[Malte Müller]

Søren Hyldgaard’s

Heard the name but totally unfamiliar. The public library streaming service has exactly one album by hin and that’s NOGET I LUFTEN you recommended above. Put it on my list, will get to once I managed to listen to the Nilsson compilation 😉

[Thor Joachim Haga]

Impressed they have NOGET I LUFTEN on a German public library streaming service, since it’s a boutique release. But cool!

Also, the aforementioned EYE OF THE EAGLE compilation is on Spotify:

[Thor Joachim Haga]

Perhaps Google translate will help for this not understanding German, but its rare any film composer gets a portrait like Hildur Gudnadottir just got: https://www.epd-film.de/themen/nahaufnahme-von-hildur-gudnadottir

That’s nice with some coverage. I met Hildur once, during an event in Cannes, but that was before she hit it big. Right after Jóhannsson’s death, I think, in 2016. I like some of her work, but I also find lot of it quite “samey”. Jóhannsson was also rather static, but always managed to make his textures interesting and even beautiful. I haven’t quite heard that from Gudnadottir yet, even if I liked – and own – her JOKER score. I didn’t find 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE very appealing either, at least not in the film.

[Malte Müller]

I don’t have Spotify, not even a free account 😉 But probably I find it on Youtube to sample, too. I am not actual fan of hers and I know far to few things by her for that, too. I like JOKER, too. At least she stands out doing things a bit off the mainstream if you will.

I never got into Johannsson that much which I indeed found a bit static. But I really like ARRIVAL and it was fitting in the movie.

Impressed they have NOGET I LUFTEN on a German public library streaming service, since it’s a boutique release. But cool!

There is a lot to be found. They have some Intradas, their re-recordings, many Buysoundtrax releases, some Vareses and a lot of mainstream releases, too. But it is a shadow of the content on Spotify and else of course.

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