Nordic Noir

Nordic Noir

Håkon Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists, Mari Samuelsen

2017

At the heart of the best Nordic TV dramas, such as The Killing and The Bridge, lies brooding music designed to help create their unsettling worlds. On this gripping recording, violinist Mari Samuelsen has commissioned short orchestral pieces from composers of these dramas’ soundtracks, including Frans Bak (The Killing) and Ólafur Arnalds (Broadchurch, regarded as something of a British-Nordic noir). The result is a hypnotic portrait of bleak, misty landscapes that lingers long after the final track—Arnalds’ haunting “Words of Amber”—has ebbed away.

Timelapse

Gunnar Flagstad, Mari Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists, Jesper Söderqvist

2:40

Near Light

Mari Samuelsen, Håkon Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists

2:59

Pt. 1

Trondheim Soloists, Håkon Samuelsen, Frans Bak, Mari Samuelsen, Keld Haaning Ibsen

4:45

Pt. 2

Keld Haaning Ibsen, Frans Bak, Håkon Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists, Mari Samuelsen

2:29

Pt. 3

Keld Haaning Ibsen, Frans Bak, Trondheim Soloists, Håkon Samuelsen, Mari Samuelsen

2:33

Darf ich .

Mari Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists

3:42

Love & Rage

Mari Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists

3:13

Prelude

Trondheim Soloists, Håkon Samuelsen, Mari Samuelsen

3:35

Pt. 1

Mari Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists, Jesper Söderqvist, Håkon Samuelsen

6:01

Pt. 2

Trondheim Soloists, Håkon Samuelsen, Jesper Söderqvist, Mari Samuelsen

2:55

Vél komne Med Aera

Mari Samuelsen, Håkon Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists, Gunnar Flagstad

3:28

Words of Amber

Trondheim Soloists, Mari Samuelsen, Håkon Samuelsen

4:39

Trondheim Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble
Mari Samuelsen

Violin
Frans Bak

Synthesiser, Electronics, Synthesiser Programming, Sound Design
Uno Helmersson

Composer
Ólafur Arnalds

Composer

Jonathan Allen

Producer
Jonathan Allen

Recording Engineer
Jo Ranheim

Recording Engineer
Johan Söderqvist

Sound Effects