Nordic Noir

Nordic Noir

Trondheim Soloists, Mari Samuelsen, Håkon 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, Trondheim Soloists, Jesper Söderqvist, Mari Samuelsen

2:40

Near Light

Mari Samuelsen, Håkon Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists

2:59

Pt. 1

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

4:45

Pt. 2

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

2:29

Pt. 3

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

2:33

Darf ich .

Mari Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists

3:42

Love & Rage

Trondheim Soloists, Mari Samuelsen

3:13

Prelude

Mari Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists, Håkon Samuelsen

3:35

Pt. 1

Trondheim Soloists, Jesper Söderqvist, Håkon Samuelsen, Mari Samuelsen

6:01

Pt. 2

Håkon Samuelsen, Mari Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists, Jesper Söderqvist

2:55

Vél komne Med Aera

Trondheim Soloists, Gunnar Flagstad, Mari Samuelsen, Håkon Samuelsen

3:28

Words of Amber

Håkon Samuelsen, Mari Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists

4:39

Trondheim Soloists

Orchestra
Mari Samuelsen

Violin
Frans Bak

Synthesiser Programming
Uno Helmersson

Composer
Ólafur Arnalds

Composer

Jonathan Allen

Producer
Jo Ranheim

Recording Engineer
Jonathan Allen

Recording Engineer