Frans Bak
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| Website | http://www.fransbak.com |
Frans Bak (born 7 February 1958 Copenhagen, Denmark)[1][2] is a Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist. He is a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has worked as a jazz performer and composer of film music.[1] In 1994, he founded the composer's association Den 3. Vej.[2] He plays saxophone, keyboards, and piano.[1]
Bak was a member of the bands Blast, Buztop, Santa Cruz, Det Glatte Lag, and Jazzgruppe 90.[1] He was the leader of a quartet and of a big band that included Bob Berg and Randy Brecker.[1] He recorded with Hans Ulrik on the album Fusion.[1]
He wrote the score for the Danish television series Forbrydelsen and American remake, The Killing on AMC. He worked on Lilyhammer on NRK1/Netflix starring Steven Van Zandt and the British adaption of the Ruth Rendell novel Thirteen Steps Down.
Bak has scored commercials, short films, and feature films, including three Academy Award-nominated shorts: Ernst & The Light, Sweethearts?, and Helmer & Son.
In 2016 Bak released the album Sound of North[3] which featured new compositions plus selections from The Killing. He went on to perform the album live in Beijing's Danish Cultural Centre in March 2017.
Discography
- Hymn to the Rainbow (L+R, 1992)
- Live in Copenhagen (Olufsen, 1993)
- Natsange (Stunt, 1999)
- Bossa Nuts (Stunt, 2011)
- The Killing (Decca, 2012)
- The Sound of North (Mercury Classics, 2016)
- Conspiracy of Silence OST (Spinnup, 2018)
Film scores
- Huller i suppen (1988)
- Lad isbjørnene danse (1990)
- Casanova (1990)
- Karlsvognen (1992)
- Sidste time (1995)
- Operation Cobra (1995)
- Davids bog (1996)
- Albert (1998)
- Hatten i skyggen (2002)
- Forbrydelsen (2007)
- Forbrydelsen II (2009)
- Den som dræber (2011)
- The Killing (2011)
- Lilyhammer (2011)
- Min søsters børn alene hjemme (2012)
- The Killing season 2 (2012)
- Thirteen Steps Down (2012)
References
- ^ a b c d e f Buchmann-Moller, Frank (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 110. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
- ^ a b White, John David (2002). New music of the Nordic countries. Pendragon Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-57647-019-0.
- ^ https://www.danishculture.com/film-composer-frans-bak-performing-sound-of-north-in-beijing/
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