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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bobby Krlic |
| Born | (1985-12-20)20 December 1985 (age 39) Wakefield, England |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, record producer |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Archaic Devices Aurora Borealis Tri Angle |
| Website | thehaxancloak |
Bobby Krlic (born 20 December 1985),[1] known by his stage nameThe Haxan Cloak, is a British composer, artist, music producer and musician.
The Haxan Cloak has released two full-length albums (2011'sThe Haxan Cloak and 2013'sExcavation). As a producer, Krlic has worked with artists includingBjörk,Father John Misty,Khalid,[2]Troye Sivan,[3]Goldfrapp,[4]serpentwithfeet[5] andThe Body.[6] He has also composed severalsoundtracks, credited under his real name, includingAri Aster's filmsMidsommar[7] andBeau Is Afraid, and the television seriesBeef,Snowpiercer,Angel of Darkness[8] andReprisal.[9]
Krlic was born and raised inWakefield,West Yorkshire, England.[10] He is ofSerbian andPakistani descent.[11] He studied music and visual arts at theUniversity of Brighton.[12]
Krlic's first release as The Haxan Cloak was theObservatory E.P., landing as a cassette via Aurora Borealis on Halloween 2010.[13] A year later, Krlic recorded his first album,The Haxan Cloak, in his parents' shed using strings, mics and a laptop, playing every instrument himself.[14] The second LP,Excavation, was released in 2013, and has a more electronic feel, using samples and heavy bass, along with distorted field recordings made by Krlic.[14][15][16]
In 2012, The Haxan Cloak released a limited edition, one track, 27-minute live recording,The Men Parted the Sea to Devour the Water, as a part ofSouthern Records' Latitudes series.[17]
Krlic has also released remixes of songs by other artists under The Haxan Cloak, includingFather John Misty[18]Foals[19] andBjörk.[20]
In 2014, Krlic teamed up with American sludge metal bandThe Body to produce their 2014 albumI Shall Die Here.[21] In the same year he producedVictim by noise rock bandHEALTH.[22]
Krlic also collaborated withBjörk as a co-producer on her albumVulnicura, released in January 2015.[23][24] Since then, he has producedserpentwithfeet's E.P.Blisters,[25]Goldfrapp's 2017 albumSilver Eye,[26]Heaven byKhalid from 2019'sFree Spirit,[27] and byTroye Sivan's 2018 singleAnimal.[28] He also producedFather John Misty's cover ofFallin' Rain.[29] and co-produced his 2020 singlesTo S. / To R.[30]
Krlic was invited by Oscar-winning score composerAtticus Ross to work with him onMichael Mann's filmBlackhat released in 2015.[31] In 2016, Krlic continued his work with Ross, co-scoringTriple 9, directed byJohn Hillcoat, and the soundtrack toAlmost Holy, a documentary directed bySteve Hoover.[32]
In 2019, Krlic scoredAri Aster's second feature horror filmMidsommar,[2][33] for which Krlic won Best Original Score at the 2020Ivor Novello Awards.[34] He also scored Ari Aster's following filmBeau Is Afraid.
Within television, Krlic has scored a number of major network shows including TNT'sSnowpiercer[35] andAngel of Darkness,[8] Hulu'sReprisal[36] Apple'sInvasion, andNetflix'sBeef andSeven Seconds.[37]
In 2020 he collaborated withSwans on a Halloween Pass ofRed Dead Redemption 2 byRockstar Games.[38][39] In 2021 he scoredPlaystation 5's debut releaseReturnal.
In 2014, The Haxan Cloak toured the United States visiting Washington, DC, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles.[40] He performed at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple along withRobert Henke and his music and light show,Lumière,[41] and in Los Angeles with Pharmakon.[42]The New York Times called The Haxan Cloak's set "amorphous, ominous and immersive, a transcendent plunge into darkness and overwhelming pressure". The Haxan Cloak performed a solo show atManchester International Festival in 2017.[43] Bobby Krlic also joinedBjörk on herVulnicura tour in the U.S (including The Governor's Ball in New York) and Europe.
Krlic's music is almost entirely instrumental, and is often described as dark, carefully constructed, textured and atmospheric, with heavy bass and elements ofdrone metal.[44][14] Of his albums, Krlic has said, "The first record was about a person's decline towards death, so this one's about the journey he takes afterwards." The name Haxan Cloak derives from the Swedish "häxan", meaning "the witch".[44]
Excavation was rated a 9 out of 10 by Spin,[15] and an 8.7 out of 10 by Pitchfork,[14] who also named it the 29th-best album of 2013.[14]Rolling Stone named it the 16th-best dance album of 2013.[21]
Midsommar received wide critical praise including a 9/10 fromThe Line of Best Fit, ranked 2 in Insider's Top 20 Best Movie and TV Soundtracks of The Decade,[45][46] and critic Glenn Kenny ofThe New York Times stating that “The remarkable music score by Bobby Krlic aka The Haxan Cloak is also a major contributor to the uncanny feeling the movie creates. Top Stuff."[47]
Krlic moved from London to Los Angeles in 2015.[52] As of 2016, he resides in theSilver Lake area.[53]
| Year | Title |
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| 2011 | The Haxan Cloak
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| 2013 | Excavation
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| Year | Title |
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| 2009 | The Haxan Cloak
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| 2011 | Observatory
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| 2012 | The Men Parted the Sea to Devour the Water
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| 2023 | N/Y
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| Year | Film | Artist | Details |
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| 2015 | Blackhat | Atticus Ross | Programmer |
| 2016 | Triple 9 | Atticus Ross,Leopold Ross, Claudia Sarne | Composer, engineer, mixer, performer, producer, programmer |
| Almost Holy | Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Bobby Krlic | Performer, composer | |
| 2019 | Midsommar | Bobby Krlic | Composer[33] |
| 2023 | Beau Is Afraid | Bobby Krlic | Composer[54] |
| Blue Beetle | Bobby Krlic | Composer |
| Year | Project | Artist | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-2018 | Shooter | Bobby Krlic | Composer |
| 2018 | Seven Seconds | Bobby Krlic | Composer, Producer |
| 2019 | The Alienist: Angel of Darkness | Bobby Krlic | Composer, Producer |
| 2019 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Bobby Krlic | Composer, Producer |
| 2019 | Reprisal | Bobby Krlic | Composer, Producer |
| 2021-2024 | Snowpiercer | Bobby Krlic | Composer, Producer |
| 2021 | Calls | Bobby Krlic | Composer, Producer |
| 2021 | Returnal | Bobby Krlic | Composer |
| 2022 | Paper Girls | Bobby Krlic | Composer |
| 2023 | Beef | Bobby Krlic | Composer |
| 2023-2025 | Invasion | Bobby Krlic | Composer |
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Songwriter | Producer | ||||
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| Primary | Secondary | Additional | Vocal | ||||||
| "To Carry the Seeds of Death Within In" | 2014 | The Body | I Shall Die Here |  Y | |||||
| "Alone All the Way" | Y | ||||||||
| "The Night Knows No Dawn" | Y | ||||||||
| "Hail to Thee, Everlasting Pain" | Y | ||||||||
| "Our Souls Were Clean" | Y | ||||||||
| "Darkness Surrounds Us" | Y | ||||||||
| "Like Chrome" | Wife | What's Between | Y | ||||||
| "Tongue" | Y | ||||||||
| "Heart is a Far Light" | Y | ||||||||
| "Salvage" | Y | ||||||||
| "Dans Ce" | Y | ||||||||
| "A Nature (Shards)" | Y | ||||||||
| "Living Joy" | Y | ||||||||
| "Fruit Tree" | Y | ||||||||
| "Further Not Better" | Y | ||||||||
| "Unites" | Lost Under Heaven | Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing | Y | ||||||
| "Family" | 2015 | Björk | Vulnicura | Y | |||||
| "Victim" | Health | Death Magic | Y | ||||||
| "I&I" | 2016 | Lost Under Heaven | Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing | Y | |||||
| "Beneath the Concrete" | Y | ||||||||
| "Future Blues" | Y | ||||||||
| "Someday Come" | Y | ||||||||
| "$oro" | Y | ||||||||
| "Here Our Moment Ends" | Y | ||||||||
| "Loyalty" | Y | ||||||||
| "Lost Under Heaven" | Y | ||||||||
| "First Eye to the New Sky" | Y | ||||||||
| "Lament" | Y | ||||||||
| "The Great Longing" | Y | ||||||||
| "Flickering" | Serpentwithfeet | Blisters EP | Y | ||||||
| "Blisters" | Y | Y | |||||||
| "Four Ethers" | Y | ||||||||
| "Penance" (featuring Andre Goldenhuys) | Y | ||||||||
| "Redemption" | Y | ||||||||
| "Anymore" | 2017 | Goldfrapp | Silver Eye | Y | |||||
| "Tigerman" | Y | ||||||||
| "Become the One" | Y | ||||||||
| "Faux Suede Drifter" | Y | Y | |||||||
| "Zodiac Black" | Y | ||||||||
| "Moon in Your Mouth" | Y | ||||||||
| "Ocean" | Y | ||||||||
| "Animal" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Y | |||||
| "Fallin' Rain" | Father John Misty | Non-album single | Y | ||||||
| "Heaven" | 2019 | Khalid | Free Spirit | Y | Y | ||||
| "Heaven Hunters" | 2023 | Emile Mosseri | Heaven Hunters | Y | |||||
| "Oklahoma Baby" | Y | ||||||||
| "My Greedy Heart" | Y | ||||||||
| "Home For The Summer" | Y | ||||||||
| "Some Kind Of Sting" | Y | ||||||||
| "All For The Bliss" | Y | ||||||||
| "Where The Waters Warm" | Y | ||||||||
| "Two Heaven Hunters" | Y | ||||||||
| "In The Shadows" | Y | ||||||||
| "Rosewater" | Y | ||||||||
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