Troels Brun Folmann
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Troels Brun Folmann is a composer specialized in epic orchestral music featured in TV-shows, trailers and video games, such as the Tomb Raider series, and commercial/trailers for films such as Spider-Man 3
, X-Men: The Last Stand
, The Illusionist, 10.000 BC, America's Got Talent 2009 and over 50 other trailers. He has worked on the Tomb Raider series
with Crystal Dynamics
for Tomb Raider: Legend, Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Tomb Raider: Underworld
, and the spin-off Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
, refreshing for the first time the classical music style of the old series coming with a new way of perceiving Lara's scores, a much more electronic approach and trailer modern orchestral feeling.
He has won multiple international awards, including British Academy Award (BAFTA) for Best Original Score, the Mix Foundation TEC Award
for the Best Interactive Entertainment Sound Production at his composing debut for Tomb Raider with Tomb Raider: Legend. In addition Troels Folmann has been awarded the GDC/G.A.N.G award for his soundtrack works. Troels is also a Ph.D. scholar in Adaptive Music Systems.
Troels and Mike Peaslee owned a music sampling company called Tonehammer, a developer of premium virtual instruments for composers and producers. Mike was also in the same production team, as a sound designer, of the Crystal Dynamics main videogames where Troels worked or collaborated.
As of August of 2011, Tonehammer came to an end. The music sampling company was split into two separate companies with Troels leading a new music sampling company called '8dio Productions,' and Mike Peaslee leading 'Soundiron'. The aftermath of this unannounced action is that the original virtual instruments library had to be split in two distinct new libraries. The instruments of 8Dio range from epic choirs to epic percussion ensemble, solo vocals to next-generation hybrid scoring tools.
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man...
, X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last Stand is a 2006 superhero film and the third in the X-Men series. It was directed by Brett Ratner and stars an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones,...
, The Illusionist, 10.000 BC, America's Got Talent 2009 and over 50 other trailers. He has worked on the Tomb Raider series
Tomb Raider series
Tomb Raider is a media franchise consisting of video games, comic books, novels, theme park rides and movies, centring around the adventures of the fictional British archaeologist Lara Croft...
with Crystal Dynamics
Crystal Dynamics
Crystal Dynamics is an American video game developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area and founded in 1992 by Judy Lang, Madaline Canepa and Dave Morris...
for Tomb Raider: Legend, Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Tomb Raider: Underworld
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Tomb Raider: Underworld is the eighth instalment of the Tomb Raider series. The story continues from the events in Tomb Raider: Legend as a direct sequel, but also addresses unexplained plot elements by association with Tomb Raider: Anniversary; the 2007 remake of the original Tomb Raider...
, and the spin-off Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is a fixed-camera 3D platform viewpoint action video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix for the PC, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and the iOS as part of the Tomb Raider series for digital download...
, refreshing for the first time the classical music style of the old series coming with a new way of perceiving Lara's scores, a much more electronic approach and trailer modern orchestral feeling.
He has won multiple international awards, including British Academy Award (BAFTA) for Best Original Score, the Mix Foundation TEC Award
TEC Awards
The TEC Awards is an annual program recognizing the achievements of audio professionals. The awards are given to honor technically innovative products as well as companies and individuals who have excelled in sound for television, film, recordings and concerts...
for the Best Interactive Entertainment Sound Production at his composing debut for Tomb Raider with Tomb Raider: Legend. In addition Troels Folmann has been awarded the GDC/G.A.N.G award for his soundtrack works. Troels is also a Ph.D. scholar in Adaptive Music Systems.
Troels and Mike Peaslee owned a music sampling company called Tonehammer, a developer of premium virtual instruments for composers and producers. Mike was also in the same production team, as a sound designer, of the Crystal Dynamics main videogames where Troels worked or collaborated.
As of August of 2011, Tonehammer came to an end. The music sampling company was split into two separate companies with Troels leading a new music sampling company called '8dio Productions,' and Mike Peaslee leading 'Soundiron'. The aftermath of this unannounced action is that the original virtual instruments library had to be split in two distinct new libraries. The instruments of 8Dio range from epic choirs to epic percussion ensemble, solo vocals to next-generation hybrid scoring tools.
Video game scores
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of LightLara Croft and the Guardian of LightLara Croft and the Guardian of Light is a fixed-camera 3D platform viewpoint action video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix for the PC, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and the iOS as part of the Tomb Raider series for digital download...
(2010) (re-editing tracks from Tomb Raider: Legend and Tomb Raider: Underworld, with Colin O'MalleyColin O'MalleyColin O'Malley is a composer who has worked with CNN, the Walt Disney Company, the United States Air Force, Universal Studios, DC Comics and Electronic Arts....
) - Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008) (Composer of the Main Theme and bulk supervisor to composer Colin O'Malley)
- Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007)
- Tomb Raider: Legend (2006)
- Project SnowblindProject SnowblindProject: Snowblind is a first-person shooter video game released for the Xbox, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2 on February 22, 2005. It was originally conceived as a multiplayer-focused third game in the Deus Ex series, Deus Ex: Clan Wars...
(2005) - Robin Hood: Defender of the CrownRobin Hood: Defender of the CrownRobin Hood: Defender of the Crown is a video game made by Cinemaware and Capcom. It is loosely based on the legend of Robin Hood and remake of Cinemaware's previous very successful game, Defender of the Crown. It is for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows.-Plot:It is a time of great unrest in...
(2003)
Film trailer scores
- Americas Got Talent 2009 (2009)
- Batman Arkham Asylum (2009)
- KingsKingsKings may refer to:*Kings: The Sovereign Heads of states and/or nations*One of several works known as the "Book of Kings":**The Books of Kings part of the Bible, divided into two parts**The Shahnama, an 11th century epic Persian poem...
(2009) - ValkyrieValkyrie (film)Valkyrie is a 2008 American historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country...
(2008) - 10,000 BC10,000 BC (film)10,000 BC is a 2008 American fantasy film from Warner Bros. Pictures set in the prehistoric era. It was directed by Roland Emmerich and stars Steven Strait and Camilla Belle. The world premiere was held on February 10, 2008 at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin...
(2008) - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
- The Last MimzyThe Last MimzyThe Last Mimzy is a 2007 science fiction family film directed by Bob Shaye and loosely adapted from the acclaimed 1943 science fiction short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett...
(2007) - Spider-Man 3Spider-Man 3Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man...
(2007) - X-Men: The Last StandX-Men: The Last StandX-Men: The Last Stand is a 2006 superhero film and the third in the X-Men series. It was directed by Brett Ratner and stars an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones,...
(2006) - The Illusionist (2006)
Awards
- Mix Foundation / TEC AwardTEC AwardsThe TEC Awards is an annual program recognizing the achievements of audio professionals. The awards are given to honor technically innovative products as well as companies and individuals who have excelled in sound for television, film, recordings and concerts...
for Best Interactive Sound Production (2007) - GDC/GANG AwardGame Developers ConferenceThe Game Developers Conference is the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers, focusing on learning, inspiration, and networking...
for Best Original Soundtrack (2007) - British Academy Video Games Award for Best Original Score (2006)
- Scandinavian D3 AwardD3 (expo)The D3 is the first electronic entertainment expo in Northern Europe, and the first edition is being held at Øksnehallerne in Copenhagen...
for Best Composer of All Time (2006)