Hildur Guðnadóttir Explained

Hildur Guðnadóttir
Birth Name:Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir
Birth Date:1982 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Reykjavík, Iceland
Years Active:2001-present
Label:Touch Music/Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Classics
Associated Acts:Jóhann Jóhannsson
Sunn O)))

Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (born 4 September 1982) is an Icelandic musician and composer. A classically trained cellist, she has played and recorded with the bands Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, Múm, and Stórsveit Nix Noltes, and has toured with Animal Collective and Sunn O))). She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Grammy Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Hildur has gained international recognition for her film and television scores, including for Journey's End (2017), Mary Magdalene (2018), (2018), Todd Field's Tár and Sarah Polley's Women Talking (both 2022).For her score to Todd Phillips' psychological drama film Joker (2019), she won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, making her the first solo female composer to win in all three.[1] [2] She is also known for her work on the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019), which won her a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA TV Award and a Grammy Award.

Early life

Hildur was born in 1982 in Reykjavík, Iceland,[3] and was raised in Hafnarfjörður.[4] She comes from a family of musicians — her father, Guðni Franzson, is a composer, clarinet player and teacher. Her mother, Ingveldur Guðrún Ólafsdóttir, is an opera singer, and her brother is Þórarinn Guðnason from the band Agent Fresco.[4] Hildur began playing cello at the age of five and performed her first professional gig at 10 alongside her mother at a restaurant.[5] She attended the Reykjavik Music Academy and went on to study composition and new media at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and the Berlin University of the Arts.[3]

Career

In 2006, Hildur released a solo album, Mount A, under the name Lost In Hildurness, on which she attempted to "involve other people as little as [she] could."[6] It was recorded in New York City and Hólar in the north of Iceland. 2009 saw the release of her second solo album, Without Sinking, on the U.K.-based audio-visual label, Touch.

As well as playing cello and halldorophone,[7] Hildur also sings and arranges choral music, once arranging a choir for performances by Throbbing Gristle in Austria and London. As a composer she has written a score for the play Sumardagur ("Summer Day") performed at Iceland's National Theatre.[8] She has also written the score for the Danish film Kapringen (2012),[9] [10] Garth Davis' 2018 film Mary Magdalene (in collaboration with Jóhann Jóhannsson),[11] Stefano Sollima's (2018). Her work on the 2019 Chernobyl miniseries was met with critical acclaim, and won her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score) and the first Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.[12]

She composed the score to the 2019 film Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Robert De Niro, and directed by Todd Phillips, for which she won the Premio Soundtrack Stars Award at the 76th Venice International Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score,[13] becoming the first solo woman composer to win in this category.[14] At the 92nd Academy Awards, Hildur won the award for Best Original Score, becoming the first woman to win since the Original Dramatic Score and Original Musical or Comedy Score categories were combined in 2000.[15] [16] She is the first Icelander to win an Oscar.[17] She is set to return as composer for the sequel, slated for 2024.[18]

In 2021, Hildur collaborated with her husband, Sam Slater, on the video-game score for Battlefield 2042 by DICE (company) and EA Games. The soundtrack was released 10 September 2021.[19]

Personal life

Hildur lives in Berlin with her son (born 2012).[5] [20] She is married to Sam Slater, an English composer, music producer and sound artist, with whom she collaborated on multiple projects including Chernobyl and Joker.[4] [21] [22] [23] She also used to share a studio with fellow composers Dustin O'Halloran and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, the latter being a frequent collaborator, while residing in Berlin.[4]

Discography

Solo

Collaboration

Film work

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2011The Bleeding HousePhilip GelattComposer
2012A HijackingTobias Lindholm
Paula Trabulsi
2013JînReha Erdem
PrisonersDenis VilleneuveSolo cello
2015Sicario
The RevenantAlejandro G. Iñárritu
2016The OathBaltasar KormákurComposer
ArrivalDenis VilleneuveSolo Cello, solo halldorophone
2017Tom of FinlandDome KarukoskiComposer, with Lasse Enersen
Journey's EndSaul DibbComposer, with Natalie Holt
2018Mary MagdaleneGarth DavisComposer, with Jóhann Jóhannsson
Stefano SollimaComposer
2019JokerTodd Phillips
2022TárTodd Field
Women TalkingSarah Polley
2023A Haunting in Venice[26] Kenneth BranaghComposer, replaced Patrick Doyle
2024Todd PhillipsComposer
TBAHeddaNia DaCosta

Television

YearTitleStudioNotes
2013Graduates – Freedom Is Not For FreeDocumentary filmComposer
2014Så meget godt i venteDanish Documentary Production
Ming Of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys In The Air
2015–2018TrappedRÚV series
2017Strong IslandNetflix Documentary filmComposer
The DeparturePandora Documentary filmComposer, additional music
2018Street SpiritsV71 Documentary TV seriesComposer, with Eric Papky
2019ChernobylHBO limited seriesComposer

Awards and nominations

AssociationsYearCategoryWorkResult
Academy Awards2020Best Original ScoreJoker[27]
Asia Pacific Screen Awards2018Best Original ScoreMary Magdalene[28]
2018Best Original Music Score[29]
Beijing International Film Festival2018Best MusicJourney's End[30]
British Academy Film Awards2020Best Original MusicJoker[31]
British Academy Television Awards2020Best Original MusicChernobyl[32]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards2020Best ScoreJoker[33]
2023Tár[34]
Women Talking
Golden Globe Awards2020Best Original Score – Motion PictureJoker[35]
2023Women Talking
Grammy Awards2020Best Score Soundtrack for Visual MediaChernobyl[36]
2021Joker
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella"Bathroom Dance"
Hollywood Critics Association Awards2020Best ScoreJoker[37]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards2019Best Original Score in a Feature Film[38]
2022Women Talking[39]
2023Best Original Score in a Horror FilmA Haunting in Venice[40]
Houston Film Critics Society Awards2020Best Original ScoreJoker[41]
Nordic Music Prize2020Best Nordic Album Of The YearChernobyl[42]
Primetime Emmy Awards2019Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or SpecialChernobyl [43]
Robert Awards2013Best ScoreA Hijacking[44]
Satellite Awards2020Best Original ScoreJoker[45]
2023Women Talking[46]
Venice International Film Festival2019Soundtrack Stars AwardJoker[47]
World Soundtrack Awards2019Television Composer of the YearChernobyl
Trapped
[48]
2020Film Composer of the YearJoker

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 'Joker' composer is the first solo woman to win a Golden Globe for best original score. Harmeet . Kaur. CNN. 6 January 2020 . 8 January 2020.
  2. Web site: 'Joker' composer Hildur Guðnadóttir is first solo female to win Best Original Music BAFTA. Classic FM. en. 6 February 2020.
  3. News: EMMY AWARD-WINNING HILDUR GUÐNADÓTTIR JOINS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON . Deutsche Grammophon. 11 October 2019. 11 January 2020.
  4. News: Alien Communication: From Hafnarfjörður To Hollywood, Hildur Guðnadóttir Hits The Big Time . The Reykjavik Grapevine . 19 September 2018. 10 January 2020. Rogers. John.
  5. News: 'Joker' Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir Is Shaking Up The Industry . . 7 October 2019. 10 January 2020. Collinge. Miranda.
  6. Stubbs, D. "Against the Grain" in The Wire 283 (September 2007), p.12
  7. Web site: Feedback Mayhem: Compositional affordances of the halldorophone discussed by its users. Úlfarsson. Halldór. halldorophone.info. 27 January 2020. 15 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200115131753/http://www.halldorophone.info/public/img/FeedbackMayhem_ICMC_2019.pdf. dead.
  8. Web site: 12 Tónar - Hildur Guðnadóttir. https://web.archive.org/web/20071010015424/http://www.12tonar.is/hildur.php. 10 October 2007. 29 September 2017. dead.
  9. Web site: Musikpris 2014 - Hildur Guðnadóttir. https://web.archive.org/web/20140615165812/http://www.musikpris.org/Default.aspx?ID=50&Action=1&NewsId=81&PID=83. 15 June 2014. 29 September 2017.
  10. Web site: Hildur Guðnadóttir - IMDb. imdb.com. 4 November 2015.
  11. Web site: Johann Johannsson's Death Leaves Friends Shocked, Questions Unanswered. . 25 March 2017.
  12. https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/grammy-winners-2020-the-full-list.html Grammy Award Winners 2020
  13. Web site: Hildur Gudnadottir to Score Todd Phillips' 'Joker' Origin Movie . Film Music Reporter . 20 September 2018.
  14. Web site: 'Joker' composer Hildur Guðnadóttir is first woman to win 'Best Score' at Golden Globes. Asprou. Helena. 6 January 2020. classicfm.com. 27 January 2020.
  15. News: 'Joker' composer Hildur Guðnadóttir first woman in 20 years to win Academy Award for original score. Los Angeles Times. Brown. August. 9 February 2020. 9 February 2020.
  16. News: Oscars: Hildur Gudnadóttir Becomes First Woman to Win Best Original Score . . 9 February 2020. 9 February 2020. Wilson . Jordan.
  17. Web site: Hildur vann Óskarinn fyrst Íslendinga. Freyr Gígja Gunnarsson. 10 February 2020. RÚV. is. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213105551/https://www.ruv.is/frett/hildur-vann-oskarinn-fyrst-islendinga. 13 February 2020. 11 February 2020.
  18. Web site: Hildur Gudnadóttir Talks 'A Haunting in Venice' Score, the Influence of 'Sicario' and 'Joker 2' . Hollywood Reporter . 12 September 2023 . 20 September 2023.
  19. https://gaminglyfe.com/battlefield-2042-reveals-official-soundtrack-details/ Battlefield 2042 Reveals Official Soundtrack Details
  20. News: Full-Bodied Sound . . 16 September 2019 . 10 February 2020. Ćirić . Jelena .
  21. Web site: 'Joker' Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir on the Magic of the Unsaid and That Stunning Final Scene [Interview]]. 10 October 2019. /Film. en-US. 3 February 2020.
  22. Web site: Hildur Guðnadóttir. 9 August 2019. Pop Disciple. en-US. 10 February 2020.
  23. Web site: Sam Slater. Sam Slater. en-US. 3 February 2020. 16 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200216181024/https://www.sssslater.eu/about. dead.
  24. News: http://natalie.mu/music/news/24571. ja:相対性理論+渋谷慶一郎コラボ曲の高音質音源を先行配信. 1 December 2009. 5 January 2012. natalie.mu. ja.
  25. Web site: Strong Island . . 2016 . Yanceville Films, LLC . 25 March 2018 .
  26. Web site: 'A Haunting in Venice' Trailer – Hercule Poirot Horror Movie Adapts Agatha Christie Halloween Novel. Bloody Disgusting. John. Squires. April 26, 2023. April 26, 2023.
  27. Web site: The 92nd Academy Awards (2020) Nominees and Winners . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200524171248/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2020 . 24 May 2020 . 9 February 2020.
  28. Web site: 2018 APSA Winners announced . 29 November 2018 . Asia Pacific Screen Academy . 29 November 2018.
  29. Web site: The 8th AACTA Awards (2018) Nominees and Winners . Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191020095035/https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/past-awards/2018-aacta-awards/ . 20 October 2019 . 3 December 2018.
  30. News: Zhang Rui . Women's power wins big at Beijing int'l film fest . 26 April 2018 . china.org.cn . 23 April 2018.
  31. Web site: 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards: The Winners . 17 December 2019 . British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200528000739/http://www.bafta.org/film/awards/ee-british-academy-film-awards-nominees-winners-2020 . 28 May 2020 . 2 February 2020.
  32. Web site: BAFTA TV 2020: Winners for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and Winners of the British Academy TV Craft Awards . 3 June 2020 . British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) . 31 July 2020.
  33. Web site: 'Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood' Named Best Picture at 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards . 12 January 2020 . Critics Choice Association (CCA) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200512061321/https://www.criticschoice.com/2020/01/onceuponatimeinhollywood/ . 12 May 2020 . 12 January 2020.
  34. Web site: Critics Choice Awards 2023 Winners List: 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Wins 5 Awards Including Best Picture . Joe . McGovern . Steve . Pond . . January 15, 2023 . October 22, 2023 . October 22, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231022225815/https://www.thewrap.com/critics-choice-awards-2023-winners-list/ . live.
  35. Web site: Hildur Guðnadóttir Golden Globes . Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) . 19 December 2022.
  36. Web site: Hildur Guðnadóttir . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200605052045/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/hildur-gu%C3%B0nad%C3%B3ttir . 5 June 2020 . 24 November 2020.
  37. Full Winners List From The 2020 Hollywood Critics Association Awards . 11 January 2020 . . 11 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200507142721/https://hollywoodcriticsassociation.com/full-winners-list-from-the-2020-hollywood-critics-association-awards/ . 7 May 2020 . live.
  38. Web site: 2019 HMMA Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191121232139/https://www.hmmawards.com/hmma-winners/ . 21 November 2019 . 22 November 2019.
  39. Rihanna, Lady Gaga & More Nominated for 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Awards: Full List. Billboard. Paul. Grein. November 3, 2022. November 3, 2022.
  40. Web site: 2023 HMMA WINNERS AND NOMINEES. HMMA . 2023 . . 29 December 2023 .
  41. Web site: Houston Film Critics Society Nominees See 'Marriage Story,' Tarantino's 9th Film In The Lead . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191216183943/https://houstonfilmcritics.com/marriage-story-and-once-upon-a-timein-hollywood-lead-houston-film-critics-nominations/ . 16 December 2019 . 16 December 2019.
  42. Web site: The Hyundai Nordic Music Prize 2019 goes to . by:Larm . en-GB . 29 February 2020.
  43. Web site: Biography: Hildur Guðnadóttir . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191105155701/https://www.emmys.com/bios/hildur-gu%c3%b0nad%c3%b3ttir . 5 November 2019 . 22 September 2019.
  44. Web site: Robert-nomineringer 2013 . Robert nominations 2013 . 23 January 2013 . Danish Film Institute . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200115020438/https://www.dfi.dk/nyheder/robert-nomineringer-2013-0 . 15 January 2020 . da.
  45. Web site: 24th Satellite Awards winners . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191219204231/https://www.pressacademy.com/2019-ipa-awards/ . 19 December 2019 . 19 December 2019.
  46. Web site: 27th Satellite Awards nominees . . 19 December 2022 . 8 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221208093859/https://www.pressacademy.com/2022-nominees/ . dead .
  47. Web site: COLLATERAL AWARDS OF THE 76TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL . . 6 September 2019 . 22 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190907172648/https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/collateral-awards-76th-venice-film-festival . 7 September 2019. live.
  48. Web site: World Soundtrack Awards - Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211004202913/https://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/awards/awards-2 . 4 October 2021 . 9 October 2021.

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