Gunner Møller Pedersen
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Gunner Møller Pedersen is a Danish
composer. Pedersen is best noted for composing the scores to nine of the films of Danish director Nils Malmros
including Beauty and the Beast
(Skønheden og udyret) in 1983 and Pain of Love
(Kærlighedens Smerte) 1992. He also scored Jørgen Leth
's 1976 documentary A Sunday in Hell
about the French bicycle race Paris-Roubaix
.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
composer. Pedersen is best noted for composing the scores to nine of the films of Danish director Nils Malmros
Nils Malmros
Nils Malmros , a Danish film director and screenwriter, is considered a leading auteur of realism in Danish cinema. Malmros is noted for his detailed focus on the common growing pains of adolescence and the loss of innocence, which he draws from his childhood experiences growing up in Århus, Denmark...
including Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (1983 film)
Beauty and the Beast is a 1983 Danish drama film written and directed by Nils Malmros. The film stars Line Arlien-Søborg as a sexually active 16-year-old and Jesper Klein as the father who struggles to accept his daughter's relationships with boys as well as his own jealousy...
(Skønheden og udyret) in 1983 and Pain of Love
Pain of Love
Pain of Love , , is a Danish dramatic tragedy written and directed by Nils Malmros. It stars Anne Louise Hassing and Søren Østergaard in a beautiful but bitter story about a young college student whose small setbacks in school and relationships lead her toward an inexorable descent into suicidal...
(Kærlighedens Smerte) 1992. He also scored Jørgen Leth
Jørgen Leth
Jørgen Leth is a Danish poet and film director who is considered a leading figure in experimental documentary film making. Most notable are his epic documentary A Sunday in Hell and his surrealistic short film The Perfect Human...
's 1976 documentary A Sunday in Hell
A Sunday in Hell
A Sunday in Hell is a 1976 Danish documentary film directed by Jørgen Leth. The film is a chronology of the 1976 Paris–Roubaix bicycle race from the perspective of participants, organizers and spectators....
about the French bicycle race Paris-Roubaix
Paris-Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France near the Belgian frontier. Since its beginning in 1896 until 1967 it started in Paris and ended in Roubaix ; since 1968 the start city is Compiègne , whilst the finish is still in Roubaix...
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