Halfdan E
Encyclopedia
Halfdan E is a Danish
film composer. His work has won two Danish Grammy Awards and three Danish Roberts Awards.
, Denmark
). After stints as a session bass
player in many different rock
bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, followed by a degree from the Academy of Music in Copenhagen, Halfdan E collaborated with Danish poet Dan Turèll
on the crossover project "Pas På Pengene", fulfilling the roles on composer, music performer and sound designer, and producing two CD recordings, which both won Danish Grammy award
s. He continued to compose
for film and television, working with prominent film director
s such as Per Fly
and Hans Petter Moland
and to work as a pop and rock producer
, working with some of the most popular Danish acts. His most recent work was the score for Per Fly's TV-series "Forestillinger".
Halfdan E has been awarded three Danish Robert awards out of five nominations.
Source: Official site
and the imaginative use of strange instruments and sounds. This approach enables him to come up with new ideas and sounds and to capture the ever-changing modes as well as increasing the focus that a specific scene or epic progression demands.
Source: Official site
Source: New York Times
Source: www.filmmusic.dk
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...
film composer. His work has won two Danish Grammy Awards and three Danish Roberts Awards.
Biography
Halfdan E was born in CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
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...
). After stints as a session bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
player in many different rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, followed by a degree from the Academy of Music in Copenhagen, Halfdan E collaborated with Danish poet Dan Turèll
Dan Turèll
Dan Turèll , affectionately nicknamed "Onkel Danny" , was a popular Danish writer with notable influence on Danish literature.-Overview:...
on the crossover project "Pas På Pengene", fulfilling the roles on composer, music performer and sound designer, and producing two CD recordings, which both won Danish Grammy award
Danish Music Awards
The Danish Music Awards is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989, and was originally called IFPI-prisen until 1991, when it changed its name to Dansk Grammy . The current name was given in 2001, after the American Grammy Awards took copyright on the name Grammy....
s. He continued to compose
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
for film and television, working with prominent film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
s such as Per Fly
Per Fly
Per Fly Plejdrup is a Danish film director, generally credited simply as Per Fly. He is married to Danish actress Charlotte Fich. They have the children Anton and Aksel together.-Biography:...
and Hans Petter Moland
Hans Petter Moland
Hans Petter Moland is a Norwegian film director. Hans Petter was the first born son of Odd Moland and Sigrid Eid Moland, and has a younger brother named Morten Moland. He is a film graduate from Emerson College in the United States. When living in Boston Hans Petter met a college student Elizabeth...
and to work as a pop and rock producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, working with some of the most popular Danish acts. His most recent work was the score for Per Fly's TV-series "Forestillinger".
Halfdan E has been awarded three Danish Robert awards out of five nominations.
Source: Official site
Composing style
Halfdan operates in the twilight zone between the conventional orchestral scoreFilm score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
and the imaginative use of strange instruments and sounds. This approach enables him to come up with new ideas and sounds and to capture the ever-changing modes as well as increasing the focus that a specific scene or epic progression demands.
Source: Official site
Filmography
- En ganske snill mann (2010)
- Drabet (2005)
- Popular Music (2004)
- Inheritance (2003)
- Okay (2002)
- Monas VerdenMonas verdenMonas verden is a Danish film from 2001, directed by Jonas Elmer.The actors could work relatively freely of a script by Nikolaj Peyk. The story was first created by Jonas Elmer with Sidse Babet Knudsen, and given to the actors...
(2001) - The Bench (2000)
- Prop & Berta
- Lotto
Source: New York Times
External links
Source: www.filmmusic.dk