Icelandic musician and composer (born 1982)
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Background information Born Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir
(1982-09-04 ) 4 September 1982 (age 43) Genres Occupations Instruments Years active 2001–present Labels Touch Music /Deutsche Grammophon /Universal ClassicsWebsite hildurness
Musical artist
Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir [ a] cellist , she has played and recorded with the bandsPan Sonic ,Throbbing Gristle ,Múm , andStórsveit Nix Noltes , and has toured withAnimal Collective andSunn O))) . She has received various accolades, including anAcademy Award , twoGrammy Awards , and aPrimetime Emmy Award .
Hildur has gained international recognition for her film and television scores, includingJourney's End Mary Magdalene Sicario: Day of the Soldado Todd Field 'sTár Sarah Polley 'sWomen Talking Todd Phillips 'psychological thriller filmJoker Academy Award for Best Original Score , theBAFTA Award for Best Original Music , and theGolden Globe Award for Best Original Score , making her the first solo female composer to win in all three.[ 1] [ 2] HBO miniseriesChernobyl Primetime Emmy Award , aBAFTA TV Award and aGrammy Award .
Hildur was born in 1982 inReykjavík , Iceland,[ 3] Hafnarfjörður .[ 4] Agent Fresco .[ 4] [ 5] Iceland Academy of the Arts and theBerlin University of the Arts .[ 3]
Hildur in 2009 In 2006, Hildur released a solo album,Mount A [ 6] New York City andHólar in the north ofIceland . 2009 saw the release of her second solo album,Without Sinking Touch .
As well as playing cello andhalldorophone ,[ 7] Austria andLondon . As a composer she has written a score for the playSumardagur ("Summer Day") performed at Iceland's National Theatre.[ 8] Kapringen [ 9] [ 10] Mary Magdalene [ 11] Stefano Sollima 'sSicario: Day of the Soldado Chernobyl Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score) and the firstGrammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media .[ 12]
She composed the score to the 2019 filmJoker Joaquin Phoenix andRobert De Niro , and directed byTodd Phillips , for which she won the Premio Soundtrack Stars Award at the76th Venice International Film Festival and theGolden Globe Award for Best Original Score ,[ 13] [ 14] 92nd Academy Awards , Hildur won the award forBest 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] [ 17] Joker: Folie à Deux [ 18]
In 2021, Hildur collaborated with her husband, Sam Slater, on the video-game score forBattlefield 2042 DICE (company) andEA Games . The soundtrack was released 10 September 2021.[ 19]
Hildur lives inBerlin with her son (born 2012).[ 5] [ 20] Chernobyl andJoker .[ 4] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] Dustin O'Halloran and the lateJóhann Jóhannsson , the latter being a frequent collaborator, while residing in Berlin.[ 4]
Mount A 12 Tónar 2006)re-released byTouch Music in 2010, as Hildur Guðnadóttir Without Sinking Leyfðu Ljósinu (Touch, 2012), with a multi-channel version on USBSaman (Touch, 2014), with a vinyl versionFólk fær andlit (Single, Deutsche Grammaphon, 2020)Where to From (Deutsche Grammophon, 2025)
Rúnk –Ghengi Dahls (Flottur kúltúr og gott músik, 2001) Mr. Schmucks Farm –Good Sound (Oral, 2005) Stórsveit Nix Noltes –Orkídeur Hawai (12 Tónar /Bubblecore, 2005)Angel and Hildur Guðnadóttir –In Transmediale (Oral, 2006) Hildur Guðnadóttir withJóhann Jóhannsson –Tu Non Mi Perderai Mai (Touch, 2006) Nico Muhly –Speaks volumes (Bedroom Community 2006)Valgeir Sigurðsson –Equilibrium Is Restored (Bedroom Community, 2007)Ben Frost –Theory of Machines (Bedroom Community, 2006)Skúli Sverrisson –Sería (12 Tónar , 2006)Pan Sonic –Katodivaihe/Cathodephase (Blast First Petite, 2007)Múm –Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy Fat Cat , 2007)Hildur Guðnadóttir,BJ Nilsen and Stilluppsteypa –Second Childhood (Quecksilber, 2007) Múm -Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know Morr Music , 2009) The Knife –Tomorrow, In a Year Wildbirds & Peacedrums –Rivers The Leaf Label , 2010)Sōtaisei Riron + Keiichirō Shibuya –Blue (Strings Edit) feat. Hildur Guðnadóttir (Commmons , 2010)[ 24] Skúli Sverrisson –Sería II (Sería Music, 2010) Hauschka –Pan Tone (Sonic Pieces, 2011)Múm -Smilewound (Morr Music, 2013) Craig Sutherland –Strong Island [ 25] Sunn O))) –Life Metal Sunn O))) –Pyroclasts Sam Slater -Battlefield 2042 Awards and nominations [ edit ] ^ Kaur, Harmeet (6 January 2020)."The 'Joker' composer is the first solo woman to win a Golden Globe for best original score" .CNN . Retrieved8 January 2020 . ^ " .Classic FM . Retrieved6 February 2020 .^a b "EMMY AWARD-WINNING HILDUR GUÐNADÓTTIR JOINS DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON" .Deutsche Grammophon . Retrieved11 January 2020 .^a b c d Rogers, John (19 September 2018)."Alien Communication: From Hafnarfjörður To Hollywood, Hildur Guðnadóttir Hits The Big Time" .The Reykjavik Grapevine . Retrieved10 January 2020 . ^a b Collinge, Miranda (7 October 2019)." .Esquire . Retrieved10 January 2020 . ^ Stubbs, D. 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