Halfdan E

Halfdan E (Halfdan E Nielsen,^[1][2] born November 21, 1965) is a Danish film composer. His work has won two Danish Grammy Awards and three Danish Robert Awards. His music for the television series Borgen has also won the 2011 FIPA prize.^[1]

Halfdan E.

Biography

Halfdan E was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. After stints as a session bass player in many different rock bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, followed by a degree from the Academy of Music in Copenhagen, Halfdan E collaborated with Danish poet Dan Turèll on the crossover project "Pas På Pengene", resulting in two CD recordings, which both won Danish Grammy awards.^[3] He continued to compose for film and television, working with film directors such as Per Fly and Hans Petter Moland, and to work as a pop and rock producer. He wrote the score for Per Fly's TV-series Forestillinger. Halfdan E has been awarded three Danish Robert Awards out of five nominations.^[4][5] In 2012, he composed a new four-tone notification sound for the Banedanmark Danish state railway, replacing the three-tone sound composed by Niels Viggo Bentzon and used since the early 1980s.^[6]

Filmography

• Seaside Hotel (TV Series; 2013-2022)
• Apple Tree Yard (2017)
• Borgen (2010)
• En ganske snill mann (2010)
• Lotto (2006)
• Drabet (2005)
• Popular Music (2004)
• Arven (2003)
• Okay (2002)
• Monas Verden (2001)
• The Bench (2000)
• Prop & Berta (2000)^[7]