Bent Åserud
Bent Åserud (born 5 April 1950) is a Norwegian musician and film score composer.[1]
Åserud co-founded the group Juniper Greene in 1966, where he was a vocalist and played the guitar. The band started playing blues but later changed to progressive rock. It signed its first record contract in 1971.[2] He graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo in 1977.[1]
Along with Geir Bøhren, Åserud had his breakthrough as a film score composer for Orion's Belt with the theme Svalbardtema,[3] which has become an unofficial anthem for Svalbard.[4] With this score, they won the Amanda Award for best score[5] and the Film Critics' Award.[6] The duo continued to work closely with director Ola Solum, for which they made the score for nearly all his later works.[4] Åserud created, along with Bøhren, the official anthem for the 1994 Winter Olympics. He has won the 1999 Spellemannsprisen for the record Jul i Blåfjell.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- Skagen, Sølvi (2005). Fra idé til film: Orions belte (in Norwegian). Vett & Viten. ISBN 978-82-412-0540-8.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bøhren & Åserud" (in Norwegian). Rockheim. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ Ose, Bård; Gjersøe, Jørn (28 August 2003). "Fantastiske "Friendship"". Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ Skagen: 32
- ^ a b Skagen: 34
- ^ Skagen: 196
- ^ "Lagets priser" (in Norwegian). Filmkritikerlaget. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
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