Nordic Film Music Days 2025 & HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award – WINNERS
The winners of the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2025 are composers Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim, Andréa Louise Horstad, Kristoffer Lo, Eivind Helgerød for the score in Makta. The award, designed by Ragnar Kjartansson, crafted by Orr and sponsored by Orchestral Tools was handed out at a ceremony at Nordische Botschaften in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday, February 15th during the Nordic Film Music Days (15-17.02.2025).
The International jury released a statement about the composer team’s award-winning score:
The score for Makta seamlessly complements the handheld, rough style of the series, skillfully integrating ambient noise to blend with the sound design. The music adds the tension and momentum essential for such a high-stakes political thriller, amplifying the energy needed to keep viewers captivated and intrigued. It plays on the characters’ complex dilemmas, often humorously and with a satirical twist, and as such serves as a storyteller in its own right, alongside the dialogue. From the opening notes, the composers of Makta capture your attention, compelling you to watch the series through to its conclusion.
The international HARPA Jury 2025 was:
- Icelandic composer & 2024 HARPA Award Winner Eðvarð Egilsson
- Canadian composer Erica Procunier,
- German producer and director of SoundTrack Cologne, Michael P. Aust.
- Project Manager for Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, and Music Meets Film Hanna-Greth Peetson.
- Founder & Producer at Climax Studio Jecheon International Music and Film Festival in South Korea.Seung Min SK
- Sales Manager European Film Market, Peter Domsch
- American international film consultant, Sydney Levine.
Previous Winners of HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award:
- 2024 Berlin | Eðvarð Egilsson | Iceland| “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”
- 2023 Berlin | Jørund Fluge Samuelsen | Norway | “Alle Hater Johan”
- 2022 Hybrid | Sanna Salemnkallio | Finland | “Aalto”
- 2021 Virtual | Flemming Nordkrog | Denmark | “Shine Your Eyes”
- 2020 Berlin | Gaute Storaas | Norway | “Bröllop, begravning & dop”
- 2019 Berlin | Davíð Þór Jónsson and Benedikt Erlingsson | Iceland | “Woman at war”
- 2018 Berlin| Daníel Bjarnason | Iceland | “Under the Tree”
- 2017 Berlin and Cannes | Honorary award | Denmark | Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
- 2017 Berlin and Cannes | Sune Martin | Denmark | “Land of Mine”
- 2016 Berlin | Honorary award | Iceland | Johann Johannsson
- 2016 Berlin | Atli Örvarsson | Iceland | “Rams”
- 2014 Espoo | Matti Bye | Sweden | “Faro”
- 2013 Trondheim |Tuomas Kantelinen | Finland | “Puhdistus”
- 2012 Reykjavik |Fredrik Emilson | Sweden | “Kronjuvelerna”
- 2011 Copenhagen | Gaute Storaas | Norway | “Elias og jakten på havets gull”
- 2010 Gothenburg | Dani Strömbäck | Finland | “Letters to Father Jacob”
More information:
https://www.nordicfilmmusicdays.com/program-2025.html
https://www.nordicfilmmusicdays.com/press-releases1.html
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