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Thomas Bergersen | |
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| Birth name | Thomas Jacob Bergersen |
| Born | (1980-07-04)4 July 1980 (age 44) |
| Origin | Trondheim,Norway |
| Occupation | Composer |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
| Website | www |
Thomas Jacob Bergersen (born 4 July 1980,Trondheim,Norway) is a Norwegian composer, multi-instrumentalist, and the co-founder of theproduction music companyTwo Steps From Hell.[1][2] He is among the worlds most streamed artists in the classical crossover genre, and has over 2 million streams per month onSpotify.[3] Bergersen's compositions have featured in many motion picture campaigns, such asAvatar,Pirates of the Caribbean,The Twilight Saga,The Chronicles of Narnia,Harry Potter,Da Vinci Code,The Mummy,The Dark Knight,Tron: Legacy and hundreds more. Bergersen has scored over one thousand soundtracks and film trailers.[4]
Bergersen is self-taught. He began playing piano at the age of 6 and started writing symphonic music in his teens.[5]
He started his musical career as ademoscener, writingtrackedmodules under the nameLioz in the groupIndex.[6][7][8] Bergersen worked with fellow Norwegian artistBoom Jinx on the 2007trance single "Remember September".[9]
In May 2010, Bergersen and his business partner,Nick Phoenix, released a debut public Epic MusicTwo Steps From Hell album titledInvincible.[10] Several additional commercial album releases followed, includingArchangel andSkyWorld.[11] Bergersen also performed in a 2013 live concert at theWalt Disney Concert Hall.[12] In 2010 Bergersen composed the original music for the movieThe Human Experience. The Soundtrack CD was released on 29 March 2011.
Bergersen released a solo-produced soundtrack titledIllusions in 2011.[13] His second solo album,Sun, was released in September 2014. He has also released several commercial singles since 2011, including "Heart" and "The Hero in Your Heart," which were intended to provide disaster relief in the wake of theTōhoku earthquake andTyphoon Haiyan, respectively.[citation needed]
In March 2020, the album seriesHumanity was announced. Humanity is intended to be a seven-part set exploring all aspects of human emotion. On 1 July 2020,Humanity - Chapter I was released.Humanity - Chapter II was released on 11 November 2020, followed byHumanity - Chapter III.Humanity - Chapter IV was published on 2 September 2021, and on 21 April 2023Humanity - Chapter V was released.[14]
Two Steps From Hell went on their first tour in 2022, performing with a live orchestra and choir at thirteen venues across Europe, and went on to release a live concert album that same year. They performed at theWacken Open Air music festival in 2023, kicking off a second live tour.
Bergersen was born and raised in Trondheim, Norway. He moved to the US in 2009 to pursue a musical career. Bergersen said he moved from Los Angeles to Miami, and then to Seattle between 2010–2014 in the liner notes of his albumSun. The song "Cassandra" on the same album was inspired by his then-girlfriend. Bergersen considers himself agamer and he used to play games such asDuke Nukem 3D,Doom,Quake andHitman: Absolution.[15]
Bergersen stated that he has been influenced by musicians from many genres, such asWolfgang Amadeus Mozart andKaty Perry. However, he stated thatGustav Mahler is among his primary influences. He dislikes the concept ofmusic genres, which he thinks limit music to certain structures for the purpose of classification. For this reason he generally avoids following genres and industry conventions and follows his own intuition instead.[16]
He draws inspiration from his personal emotions and events in romantic relationships,[15] and anything "unique and beautiful" in his surroundings.[16]
While Bergersen uses some publicly available sample libraries, most of his sounds are bespoke. He has sampled many orchestras, world instruments, and other sounds himself from all over the world, and those samples are available only to him. He usesSteinberg's Cubase to compose music.[17] Besides electronic composing, many of his melodies originally come to life on hisGrand piano.[18]
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| 14 June 2013 | produced by Two Steps From Hell, conductorPetr Pololáník @ Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA |
| 28 June 2014 | produced and conducted byCiprian Costin at Iași Palace of Culture, Romania (along Hans Zimmer's music) |
| 27 April 2016 | produced and conducted byCiprian Costin at Bucharest Palace Hall, Romania (along Hans Zimmer's music) |
| 20 April 2018 | conducted byPetr Pololáník at ForumKarlín, Prague, Czech Republic performed byFilm Music Prague orchestra, with Thomas Bergersen performing on his violin and on the piano[19] |
| 13 June 2022 - 02 July 2022 | Two Steps from Hell Europe tour inHof, Brussels, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Krakow[20] Thomas Bergersen performing on piano, violin and drums |
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