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Hildur Guðnadóttir

This is anIcelandic name.The last name ispatronymic,not afamily name;this person is referred to by the given nameHildur.

Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir[a](born 4 September 1982) is an Icelandic musician and composer. A classically trainedcellist,she has played and recorded with the bandsPan Sonic,Throbbing Gristle,Múm,andStórsveit Nix Noltes,and has toured withAnimal CollectiveandSunn O))).She has received various accolades, including anAcademy Award,twoGrammy Awards,and aPrimetime Emmy Award.

Hildur Guðnadóttir
Guðnadóttir in 2007
Guðnadóttir in 2007
Background information
Birth nameHildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir
Born(1982-09-04)4 September 1982(age 42)
Reykjavík,Iceland
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • musician
Instruments
Years active2001-present
LabelsTouch Music/Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Classics
Websitehildurness

Hildur has gained international recognition for her film and television scores, including forJourney's End(2017),Mary Magdalene(2018),Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018),Todd Field'sTárandSarah Polley'sWomen Talking(both 2022). For her score toTodd Phillips'psychological dramafilmJoker(2019), she won theAcademy 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]She is also known for her work on theHBOminiseriesChernobyl(2019), which won her aPrimetime Emmy Award,aBAFTA TV Awardand aGrammy Award.

Early life

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Hildur was born in 1982 inReykjavík,Iceland,[3]and was raised inHafnarfjörður.[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 bandAgent 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 theIceland Academy of the Artsand theBerlin University of the Arts.[3]

Career

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Hildur in 2009

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 inNew York CityandHólarin the north ofIceland.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 andhalldorophone,[7]Hildur also sings and arranges choral music, once arranging a choir for performances by Throbbing Gristle inAustriaandLondon.As a composer she has written a score for the playSumardagur( "Summer Day" ) performed at Iceland's National Theatre.[8]She has also written the score for the Danish filmKapringen(2012),[9][10]Garth Davis' 2018 filmMary Magdalene(in collaboration with Jóhann Jóhannsson),[11]Stefano Sollima'sSicario: Day of the Soldado(2018). Her work on the 2019Chernobylminiseries was met with critical acclaim, and won her aPrimetime 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,starringJoaquin PhoenixandRobert De Niro,and directed byTodd Phillips,for which she won the Premio Soundtrack Stars Award at the76th Venice International Film Festivaland theGolden Globe Award for Best Original Score,[13]becoming the first solo woman composer to win in this category.[14]At the92nd 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] She is the first Icelander to win an Oscar.[17]She returned as composer for the 2024 sequelJoker: Folie à Deux.[18]

In 2021, Hildur collaborated with her husband, Sam Slater, on the video-game score forBattlefield 2042byDICE (company)andEA Games.The soundtrack was released 10 September 2021.[19]

Personal life

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Hildur lives inBerlinwith 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 includingChernobylandJoker.[4][21][22][23]She also used to share a studio with fellow composersDustin O'Halloranand the lateJóhann Jóhannsson,the latter being a frequent collaborator, while residing in Berlin.[4]

Discography

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Solo

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  • Mount A(as Lost in Hildurness) (12 Tónar2006)
    • re-released byTouch Musicin 2010, as Hildur Guðnadóttir
  • Without Sinking(Touch, 2009), with a vinyl version with extra tracks in 2011
  • Leyfðu Ljósinu(Touch, 2012), with a multi-channel version on USB
  • Saman(Touch, 2014), with a vinyl version

Collaboration

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Film work

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Year Title Director Notes
2011 The Bleeding House Philip Gelatt Composer
2012 A Hijacking Tobias Lindholm
Astro: An Urban Fable in a Magical Rio de Janeiro Paula Trabulsi
2013 Jîn Reha Erdem
Prisoners Denis Villeneuve Solo cello
2015 Sicario
The Revenant Alejandro G. Iñárritu
2016 The Oath Baltasar Kormákur Composer
Arrival Denis Villeneuve Solo Cello, solo halldorophone
2017 Tom of Finland Dome Karukoski Composer, with Lasse Enersen
Journey's End Saul Dibb Composer, withNatalie Holt
2018 Mary Magdalene Garth Davis Composer, withJóhann Jóhannsson
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Stefano Sollima Composer
2019 Joker Todd Phillips
2022 Tár Todd Field
Women Talking Sarah Polley
2023 A Haunting in Venice[26] Kenneth Branagh Composer, replacedPatrick Doyle
2024 Joker: Folie à Deux Todd Phillips Composer
TBA Hedda Nia DaCosta

Television

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Year Title Studio Notes
2013 Graduates – Freedom Is Not For Free Documentary film Composer
2014 Så meget godt i vente Danish Documentary Production
Ming Of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys In The Air
2015–2018 Trapped RÚVseries Composer, withJóhannsson&Hoedemaekers
2017 Strong Island NetflixDocumentary film Composer
The Departure PandoraDocumentary film Composer, additional music
2018 Street Spirits V71 Documentary TV series Composer, with Eric Papky
2019 Chernobyl HBOlimited series Composer

Awards and nominations

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Associations Year Category Work Result Ref.
Academy Awards 2020 Best Original Score Joker Won [27]
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2018 Best Original Score Mary Magdalene Won [28]
AACTA Awards 2018 Best Original Music Score Nominated [29]
Beijing International Film Festival 2018 Best Music Journey's End Won [30]
British Academy Film Awards 2020 Best Original Music Joker Won [31]
British Academy Television Awards 2020 Best Original Music Chernobyl Won [32]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2020 Best Score Joker Won [33]
2023 Tár Won [34]
Women Talking Nominated
Golden Globe Awards 2020 Best Original Score – Motion Picture Joker Won [35]
2023 Women Talking Nominated
Grammy Awards 2020 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Chernobyl Won [36]
2021 Joker Won
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella "Bathroom Dance" Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2020 Best Score Joker Won [37]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2019 Best Original Score in a Feature Film Won[b] [38]
2022 Women Talking Nominated [39]
2023 Best Original Score in a Horror Film A Haunting in Venice Won [40]
Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2020 Best Original Score Joker Nominated [41]
Nordic Music Prize 2020 Best Nordic Album Of The Year Chernobyl Won [42]
Primetime Emmy Awards 2019 Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Chernobyl(for episode "Please Remain Calm") Won [43]
Robert Awards 2013 Best Score A Hijacking Nominated [44]
Satellite Awards 2020 Best Original Score Joker Won [45]
2023 Women Talking Nominated [46]
Venice International Film Festival 2019 Soundtrack Stars Award Joker Won [47]
2024 Joker: Folie à Deux Won [48]
World Soundtrack Awards 2019 Television Composer of the Year Chernobyl;Trapped Won [49]
2020 Film Composer of the Year Joker Won

Notes

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  1. ^Icelandic pronunciation:[ˈhɪltʏrˈkvʏðnaˌtouʰtɪr̥]ⓘ
  2. ^tied withMarco BeltramiandBuck SandersforFord v Ferrari

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