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Hildur Guðnadóttir
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Hildur Guðnadóttir was born in Reykjavík in 1982 and is a cellist. She played in experimental bands and for years worked with Jóhann Jóhannsson, including on Sicario (2015). She then wrote Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) herself. Her cello, often electronically processed, is central to her music. For the series Chernobyl (2019) she used only sounds that she recorded in a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Lithuania, and transformed them into music. For Joker (2019) she wrote music before filming began, so that the actor Joaquin Phoenix could move to it. She won an Oscar for it. Tár (2022) also bears her stamp.
Listening
Bridge of Death · Hildur Guðnadóttir, 2019
Bathroom Dance · Hildur Guðnadóttir, 2019
The Bomber · Hildur Guðnadóttir, 2018
Discography
Studio albums
- 2006In Transmediale
- 2006Mount A
- 2007Second Childhood
- 2009Without Sinking
- 2011Pan Tone
- 2014Saman
- 2015End of Summer (soundtrack)
- 2018Mary Magdalene: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2018Sicario: Day of the Soldado (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2019Chernobyl (Music From the Original TV Series) (soundtrack)
- 2019Joker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2019Trapped: Original Television Series Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2021Battlefield 2042 (Official Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2022TÁR: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 2022Women Talking (soundtrack)
- 2023A Haunting in Venice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2024Joker: Folie à deux: Score From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2025Hedda: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 2025Where to From
- 202628 Years Later: The Bone Temple: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2026The Bride! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2026This Will Be Us
Other work
- 2018Sicario: Day of the Soldado
- 2019Chernobyl (tv)
- 2019Joker
- 2022Tár
In School of Rock
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- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 5NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Ambient, drone and new modernism Genre
Hildur Guðnadóttir, also from Iceland, wrote part of the music for Joker (2019) before filming began, with her cello in the leading role, and won an Oscar for it.