Nordic Film Music Days
We know that Nordic composers have a lot to be proud of. And therefore, we are asking composers working in the Nordic countries and being a member of the national collecting society to submit their best Film & TV Scores for HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2021.
The composition must be for a narrative feature, documentary or TV-series released between
July 21st, 2019 and July 21st, 2020.
Submission deadline is October 1st.
For the past years HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award & The Nordic Film Music Days have become a fixture on the event calendar during BERLINALE – Berlin International Film Festival. It's a unique opportunity to spotlight Nordic composers and to celebrate their music during this prestigious festival. Nordic Film Music Days create a space to communicate, start future collaborations, educate and to network during the festival. Make sure to submit for the 2021 HARPA Awards and to participate in the Nordic Film Music Days. Dates and full program at the Nordische Botschaften will be released later.
Your submission must include:
-Full name, contact info and of the composer
-membership number of the national collecting society
-Link to screener with English subtitles
-Link to IMDB
Submit you work to registration@nordicfilmmusicdays.com
HARPA - people, places and opportunities
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (DK), recipient of the 2017 HARPA Lifetime Achievement Award, passed away July 28th at the age of 95. For more than seven decades Fabricius-Bjerre was one of the most famous and beloved composers in the Nordic region, and his countless themes are part of the curriculum in music schools; performed by musicians of all ages and all levels worldwide. For many, he's composed the soundtrack of our lives, and until his death, he still remained active as a film composer.
Davíð Þór Jónsson (IS) and Gaute Storaas (N), HARPA winners in 2019 and 2020 respectively will be presented August 26th as part of OFF, Odense International Film Festival. Video-artist Tine Louise Kortermand and composer Kåre Bjerkø, HARPA nominee 2020, will talk about their own work and unfold the working methods of the composers.
Atli Örvarsson (IS) has been very busy this summer doing work from his remote hometown, Akureiri. He composed the score for the Apple TV+ series 'Defending Jacob' and the top-streaming Netflix comedy 'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.' This summer, Örvarsson also released his debut solo album, ‘You Are Here'.
Peder Kjellsby (N), HARPA nominee 2016 just won the Norvegian Amandaprisen for his score for Dag Johan Haugerud's ‘Barn' (Beware of Children), a film which is also nominated for Nordisk Råds Filmpris.
HARPA nominee from 2016, Ginge Anvik (N) was Amanda-nominated for ‘Askeladden – I Soria Moria slott'.
Herdís Stefánsdóttir (IS) created a score for HBO's Emmy-nominated drag queen reality series ‘We're Here', drawing influence from the U.S. locales the show visited and crafting unique music for each and every episode.
Hildur Gudnadóttir (IS), HARPA nominee 2017 and Academy Award winner 2020 added another award to her shelf. She received her second BAFTA this year, this time for her score for the TV series ‘Chernobyl'. She previously was awarded a BAFTA for ‘Joker'.
Uno Helmersson (S) scored ‘The Painter and the Thief', a documentary about the astonishing connection forged between a painter and the thief who stole her paintings. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released from Milan Record earlier this year on May 21st.
Two students at the Iceland University of the Arts recently conducted a study on all films and TV programs which the Icelandic Film Centre had supported during a 10-year period (2009-2019). 80% of the scores are written by Icelandic composers and 79% of the synched music is Icelandic. The study also reveals a strong relationship between directors and film composers, as the same directors have worked with the same composers on multiple projects. Another interesting outcome of the study is that of all the analyzed projects, only a handful (four) indicate that a special music supervisor had been consulted or involved in the production. This would suggest that music supervision is most often a secondary job of the film director.
Amplify your work
Please inform us of your newest projects so we can celebrate and post in our next newsletter and on social media.
Amplify your work to composer@nordicfilmmusicdays.com
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