HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2021
Added on Friday, March 05, 2021 Posted by Philippe Mouchon
The winner of HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2021 is Flemming Nordkrog for his score to Matias Marianis’ ‘Shine Your Eyes’ (Netflix)
The winner of HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2021 is Flemming Nordkrog for his score to Matias Marianis’ ‘Shine Your Eyes’ (Netflix)
The Jury of the 2021 HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award awarded Danish composer Flemming Nordkrog with this years award for his score for ‘Shine Your Eyes’, directed by Matias Marianis.
Jury statement:
“It was a true pleasure to watch and listen to the 5 nominated films – different as they were, they were all showcasing your individual talent - and the talent, knowledge and craftmanship that lies within the Nordic countries. They all deserve a special mention. And they all have this special mention – as a nominee for this years HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award.
The jury of this years HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award want to honor a score which is inventive, unconventional, and mystic. A bold and very accomplished score that served the picture very well. This film is not packed with music, it comes in just at the right places. It features a creative and especially colourful use of the small ensemble chosen, and leaves quite a long after burning.
It makes you want to listen; listen out of context, listen.
Because it shines.”
This year the award ceremony took place in a virtual setting with global audiences coming together to celebrate Nordic music and its creators. The HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award has been established in 2010 and past winners include Gaute Storaas (two time winner), Davíđ Ţór Jónsson and Benedikt Erlingsson, Daníel Bjarnason, Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, Sune Martin, Johann Johannsson, Atli Örvarsson, Matti Bye, Tuomas Kantelinen, Fredrik Emilson, and Dani Strömbäck.
HARPA International Jury 2021:
Gaute Storaas | Norway | 2020 HARPA Winner
Harriet Moss | United Kingdom | Managing Director Manners McDade Artist Management
Michael Aust | Germany | Festival Director SoundTrack_Cologne & SoundTrack_Zurich
Nainita Desai | United Kingdom | Award-winning Film and Media Composer
Simon Greenaway | United Kingdom | ASCAP Vice President, Membership UK/ Europe
Each year during the HARPA Nordic Film Music Days, the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award is awarded to the year’s most outstanding Nordic composer - and thereby putting spotlight on Nordic talent and craftmanship. The winner receives a statuette designed by Icelandic Ragnar Kjartansson and crafted by Orr.
About Flemming Nordkrog:
Paris based Flemming Nordkrog is one of the most prominent Danish film composers. Over the years, he has created music for more than 25 feature films, and numerous TV-series, documentaries, TV-movies and short films in Denmark, France, Belgium, Brazil and the US. Among other. Lately he has completed the scores for the highly acclaimed TV-series ‘Follow the Money III’ (Denmark), the new series for Arte, ‘Moloch’ (France), and the French film ‘Ogre’, by Arnaud Malherbe. In 2010, he was nominated for the HARPA-award for the Danish feature film ‘Velsignelsen’ (The Blessing) by Heidi Maria Faisst, which premiered at the Göteborg Film Festival.
For the past years HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award & Nordic Film Music Days at Nordische Botschaften in Berlin have become a fixture on the event calendar during BERLINALE – Berlin International Film Festival. It’s a unique opportunity to spotlight Nordic composers and to celebrate their music during this prestigious festival.
Nordic Film Music Days create a space to communicate, start future collaborations, educate and to network during the festival. Make sure to submit for the 2022 HARPA Awards and to participate in the Nordic Film Music Days next year again.
HARPA Nordic Film Music Days & Composers Award
• An annual event during Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival
• Communicating & presenting the quality of Nordic film and media-music
• Strengthening artistic and musical interaction between the Nordic countries and beyond
• Increasing Nordic film composers’ access to the European markets
• Strengthening the Nordic film position in EU
• Connecting Nordic creatives with global decision makers for international collaborations.
For further PRESS information contact:
White Bear PR | Thomas Mikusz
thomas@whitebearpr.com | +1 310 230 5678
For further information about the event contact:
NFCN coordinator | Lone Nyhuus
lony@filmkomponister.dk | +45 2384 2456
Partners in HARPA Nordic Film Music Days 2021
-SKAP (The Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers & Authors)
-FST (Föreningen af Svenske Tonsättere)
-Music Finland
-Finnish Music Creators FMC
-STEF (Icelandic Collective Rights Management Society)
-NOPA (Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists)
-Komponistforeningen (Norwegian Society of Composers)
-Music Norway
-BFM (Danish Organization for Film- and Media Composers)
-Thomas Mikusz, White Bear PR/Associated Publicist and international PR
Nordic Film Music Days 2021 is supported by Nordisk Film og TV Fond and Nordische Botschaften in Berlin.