Hildur Guðnadóttir facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hildur Guðnadóttir
Hildur in 2023
Background information
Birth name	Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir
Born	(1982-09-04) 4 September 1982 (age 42) Reykjavík, Iceland
Genres	Film score soundtrack experimental drone ambient
Occupations	Composer musician
Instruments	Vocals cello halldorophone keyboards percussion
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Touch Music/Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Classics
Associated acts	Jóhann Jóhannsson Sunn O)))

Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (born September 4, 1982) is a talented musician and composer from Iceland. She is known for creating amazing music for movies and TV shows. Hildur plays the cello, which is a large string instrument, and she has worked with many different bands and artists.

Hildur has won many important awards for her music. These include an Academy Award (also known as an Oscar), two Grammy Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

She is famous for her music in films like Journey's End (2017), Mary Magdalene (2018), and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018). She also composed music for Tár and Women Talking (both 2022). For her music in the movie Joker (2019), she won an Oscar, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was the first solo female composer to win all three of these major awards for a film score. She also created the music for the HBO TV series Chernobyl (2019), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA TV Award, and a Grammy Award.

Early Life and Musical Beginnings

Hildur was born in 1982 in Reykjavík, Iceland. She grew up in a town called Hafnarfjörður. Music was a big part of her family life. Her father, Guðni Franzson, is a composer, clarinet player, and teacher. Her mother, Ingveldur Guðrún Ólafsdóttir, is an opera singer. Her brother, Þórarinn Guðnason, is also a musician in the band Agent Fresco.

Hildur started playing the cello when she was just five years old. By the age of 10, she was already performing professionally with her mother at a restaurant. She studied music at the Reykjavik Music Academy. Later, she continued her studies in composition and new media at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and the Berlin University of the Arts.

Hildur's Music Career

Hildur in 2009

Hildur released her first solo album, Mount A, in 2006. She used the name Lost In Hildurness for this album. She recorded it in New York City and Hólar in Iceland. In 2009, she released her second solo album, Without Sinking, with the label Touch.

Besides playing the cello and a special instrument called the halldorophone, Hildur also sings and arranges music for choirs. She even arranged music for a choir that performed with the band Throbbing Gristle. As a composer, she writes original music. She wrote the music for the play Sumardagur ("Summer Day") in Iceland. She also composed music for the Danish film Kapringen (2012) and worked with Jóhann Jóhannsson on Mary Magdalene (2018).

Her music for the 2019 TV series Chernobyl was highly praised. It won her a Primetime Emmy Award and her first Grammy Award.

Hildur also composed the music for the 2019 film Joker, which starred Joaquin Phoenix and Robert De Niro. For this film, she won the Premio Soundtrack Stars Award at the 76th Venice International Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. She was the first solo woman to win the Golden Globe in this category. At the 92nd Academy Awards, Hildur won the Oscar for Best Original Score. This made her the first woman to win this award by herself since 2000. She is also the first Icelander to ever win an Oscar. She returned to compose music for the sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, which was released in 2024.

In 2021, Hildur worked with her husband, Sam Slater, on the music for the video game Battlefield 2042. The soundtrack for the game was released on September 10, 2021.

Personal Life

Hildur lives in Berlin, Germany, with her son, who was born in 2012. She is married to Sam Slater, who is an English composer, music producer, and sound artist. They have worked together on many projects, including Chernobyl and Joker. Hildur also used to share a music studio with other composers, including Dustin O'Halloran and her frequent collaborator, the late Jóhann Jóhannsson.

Discography

Solo Albums

• Mount A (as Lost in Hildurness) (12 Tónar 2006)
  • re-released by Touch Music in 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

Collaborations

• 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 with Jóhann 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 (2010)
• Wildbirds & Peacedrums – Rivers (The Leaf Label, 2010)
• Sōtaisei Riron + Keiichirō Shibuya – Blue (Strings Edit) feat. Hildur Guðnadóttir (Commmons, 2010)
• Skúli Sverrisson – Sería II (Sería Music, 2010)
• Hauschka – Pan Tone (Sonic Pieces, 2011)
• Múm - Smilewound (Morr Music, 2013)
• Craig Sutherland – Strong Island, (2017)
• Sunn O))) – Life Metal, (2019)
• Sunn O))) – Pyroclasts, (2019)
• Sam Slater - Battlefield 2042, (2021)

Film Work

Television Work

Awards and Nominations

Hildur Guðnadóttir has won many important awards for her amazing music. Here are some of them:

See also

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