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Composers

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Here’s a selection of some of the composers we work with.

Jacob Moth

Jacob is a gifted composer/musician whose compositions are a unique blend of many styles. He is equally comfortable in rock, electronica, sound design, orchestral and groove oriented music. Listening to his music you are transported to a voluptuous cascade of scenic worlds, from ancient to modern times, from epical nature to the urban jungle and cyberspace. Jacob has the first CO2 neutral studio in Scandinavia where he has composed for feature films, television series, animated films, documentaries, computer games and short films for DR, ASA Film, Copenhagen Bombay, SBS TV to name but a few.

StormQ

StormQ is a Norwegian composer. He has composed original music for more than seventy television documentaries, radio plays, fantasy stories and art projects. His background is in classical music, as he learned to play the violin at age six. He later picked up guitar and any other instrument that he found fascinating. His music is an ambient mix of electronic, acoustic and world fusion. As a sound designer and now video editor at NRK (National TV in Norway), he has learned the secrets of touching the emotions of the audience by creating evolving soundscapes with dynamics and strong melodic themes.

Jørn Lavoll

For the last year, Jørn has scored the hit TV show “City of Friends”, which is soon airing in 125 different countries. His musical library works has aired on shows on MTV, Discovery Channel, History Channel, A&E, Nickelodeon, Travel Channel and even a few Oprah Winfrey episodes. Jørn’s music touches many genres, from ambient to classical to psychedelic rock, but is always infused with a certain “Jørn’ness” that always gives the tracks an emotional depth, a sense of humour, or sometimes just complete wackyness.

Proofsound

Proofsound is a music production company specializing in music and custom design owned by producer/sound engineer Michele Brustia and composer/sound designer Paul Bjoerling. They specialize in a wide range of products such as as audiobranding, game audio,sound effects, audio for websites, audio for commercials,soundtrack,tv and film. Proofsound use both acoustic and electronic sound sources. They have an extensive range of cutting edge sounds and synthesizers that they love to blend together with real instruments.

Per-Olov Kindgren

Swedish guitarist Per-Olov Kindgren was born in Bogota, Colombia and came to Sweden when he was 4 years old. He studied for 7 years at the Danish Royal Academy of Music with professor Per-Olof Johnson and graduated with a final diploma in 1983. His soft and melodic and often melancholic pieces, are now being played all over the world and even used as music for independent films. His melodic, easy-listening music for the classical guitar puts you in a state of calm and rest. He is currently working with Hollywood film composer Marc Mancina to arranges his scores from the movie ”August Rush” for classical guitar.

Christoffer Sandberg

“Christoffer Sandberg is a composer for Film/TV who writes in the styles of jazz, ambient, classical and acoustic / electronic underscores. His music is emotive, minimalistic and cinematic. He attended Malmö Academy of Music and holds a Master of Music, major in Jazz Piano and minor in Classical Piano and Music Composition. He is a former Piano student of one of Europes most prominent Jazz pianists – Professor Lars Jansson. Christoffer was rewarded with a scholarship from The Royal Swedish Academy of Music. For a decade he´s been leading his own groups, such as MATAMON, but made a decision in 2009 to focus solely on composing music for Film/TV.

Peter Aagaard

Peter Aagaard likes to compose in a laid-back, jazzy lounge-feeling, but he also play a lot of blues at live concerts.
Audio for picture is his job, and he has several themes and jingles running on national TV. Being not quite young, Aagaard has a broad taste and knowledge, spanning all his 40 years as an active musician.

Thomas Frost

Thomas produces electronic styled music, but he specialized in “harder dance”. Frost is active as a hardstyle/jump Dj under the alias shaze. Thomas compose everything from full lengh tracks to jingles etc.

Faye Blais

Faye is a Canadian artist whose songwriting, presence and personality are showcased beautifully through her impressive jazzy-bluesy folk style, on acoustic and electric guitars, and keys. Detailed as “continuing the thread started by Joni, picked up by Ani and fashioned by Feist”, Faye’s dynamic vocals are the perfect match for her versatility as an instrumentalist. Blais’ spent three years recording her second and third albums in both Taiwan and Australia, before touring extensively around the globe, covering Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada, where she now currently lives in Toronto.

James Drummond

James, originally from London, has been writing and performing music for 25 years. Focusing on electronic, ambient and chillout, his influences include Ultravox, Gary Numan, Coldplay, The Prodigy, Mark Ronson and Boards Of Canada. He has recently reformed with his 80′s/90′s musical partner – TV Composer Jeff Woodall and now, together they are composing and producing contemporary tracks for TV production.

Jeff Woodall

Jeff has written and produced over 200 tracks which have been distributed for TV production worldwide. Jeff Woodall provides a refreshing style of uplifting and emotive tracks and also neutral tracks suitable for corporate and advertisements.

Shelby Cinca

Shelby has been a musical explorer since 1993 with music that spans genres as diverse as conceptual sci-fi post-punk, electronic/video-game/chiptunes, off-kilter jazz and rock n’ roll. His compositions have been used frequently on MTV reality programs The Real World and Road Rules as well as in an upcoming indie-film starring Danny Glover entitled Highland Park (2010 release). Cinca’s music has accompanied diverse on-screen situations such as arguments, break-ups, soul-searching and even winning at a casino.

Filip Glensa

Filip’s computer, guitar and piano is essential for his work. He create a combination of electronic and organic sounds, where feelings and melody gives his songs a special sound and mood, because he use elements from rock, singer songwriter electro, ambient, techno etc. This special mood and atmosphere is his trademark, and is the reason that he has created music to the Theater. In his studio he also remix and produce for other bands.  Six years ago he created “Zekaja”  to work full time composing music.

Frank Juul

Frank Juul is a Danish musician and composer. Trained and educated in Hindustani classical music in India as a tabla-player, Frank also composes songs, melodies and texts influenced by various musical traditions of India, the Balkans a.o.

Anders Ladegaard

Anders is a selfemployed visual and audiotive designer. He has a masters degree in graphic design and have been playing and composing music for a major part of his life.  Anders Ladegaard has made music for bands, solo projects, short films, theater plays, modern dance, presentations, conferences and much more within all kinds of music genres.

Bjørn Jacobsen

Bjørn focuses on ambient soundscapes, complex programming of beats and tracks, all with an electronic touch – along with a solid line of production of sound effects, mainly for film, video games and commercials.

Lars La Ville

Lars Hansen alias Lars La Ville is a Danish composer and songwriter. He operates primarily within electronic music such as chill out, eurodance, dance, trance and rnb. This might sound a little overwhelming, but no worries. Lars La Ville has an uique ability to produce lots of different musical genres, and don’t be surprised if what he comes up with ends up being a hit.


Lars Mikkes

Lars Mikkes is a sound designer/composer/artist that operates primarily within the drone genre of production music. Lars’ music has been used a lot as sound design in crime shows and scary productions within both film and television.


Keith Canisius

The American Dane Keith Canisius started composing music at an early age, and today he rises as Denmark’s best ambassador of dreamy ambient, yet popular music. His magic is within the indie sound landscapes where artists such as Sigur Ros, Stereolab, My Bloody Valentine, Mew, The Raveonettes, Suicide, Cocteau Twins and Animal Collective comes to mind.

Eric Wiberg

Diversity is the keyword if you have to describe Erics work. He creates extraordinary atmospheres by using authentic instruments such as guitar, piano, bass and the best technology that we know today. High quality orchestra samples, electronic loops together with real instruments simply results in lively and amazing mixtures. Eric produces music in almost all styles. A big network of musicians makes him able to record any instrument when needed.

Thor Madsen

Thor Madsen is a composer, producer, guitarist who has worked across a broad range of genres. Madsen has composed for film, theater, TV documentaries and commercials in both Europe and USA, mostly in New York where he has been a key figure around the club Nublu and released several albums on Nublu Records. His band Wazzabi mixes rock, jazz and electronica to create a distinctly urban expression. Madsen has worked and produced for Norah Jones, Ndea Davenport, Camille Jones and U-Roy among others.

Søren Siegumfeld

Søren Siegumfeldt is a danish composer in fields as diverse as jazz, pop, classical and film scores. His work includes collaborations with symphony orchestras and big stars in jazz, opera and gypsy music.

CarStone

CarStone is the composer, guitarist and producer of the Danish power rock band ReBound Rubies. He composes mainly Rock / Hip Hop / Pop. Great guy to work with if you are looking for some powerful stuff! He is fast and furious!

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