Visualized scenario: American funeral for a fallen solider, it's raining, and our guy is of course sad. He decides to avenge his fallen comrade, and goes to war, still with a feeling of sadness and anger, but he finds them and wins his battle. My next purchase will be a better brass section, this one gives me this picture in my head: nice orchestra feat. dude on casio-keyboard. Hope you guys enjoy it anyways!

Funeral March And Vengeance

“We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.”

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."

Happy Halloween!

The Great Dreamer

The title track for award winning short film "That Day (Den Dagen)" by Michael R productions. Performed by amazing singer Anine Stang.

Ser Du Meg Nå (feat. Anine Stang)

A musical diary entry about how it felt to spend three nights at Ramnereiret, an epic treetop hut in the most elaborate dragon style I've ever seen. Check them out at https://www.ramnereiret.no/

Three Nights at the Raven's Nest

Kára is a valkyrie, and her name means "the wild, stormy one". On top of the mountain Lauvdalsbrea, at the mercy of the elements - we truly felt her touch.

This piece of music is written to underline the breathtaking beauty of the Norwegian mountains where I grew up. But the mountains also have a sinister side, should you fail to respect the forces of nature. You feel the magnitude of the tall, snowclad peaks, and I attempted to capture this duality within this piece of music. 

I have known Karoline Gullberg for several years, and I knew that she would bring my ideas to the next level with her magnificent vocals. She is also able to depict the whole spectrum. From ancient, raw and unhinged to serene, beautiful and awesome. She is a pure joy to work with, and I will always treasure our friendship.

Lineup:
Vocals, Grunts and Frame Drums: Karoline Dahl Gullberg
Backing Vocals: Katarina Kjartansdatter Lembach-Beylegaard
Camera and drone operator: William Gilbu
Editing: Theo Hogben
Grading: Tina Høstland

Equipment used for recording and programming:
Mic: Shure SM7B with cloudlifter
Interface: Steinberg UR44
DAW: Steinberg Cubase
Reverb: LiquidSonics Seventh Heaven
Guitars: Levin Nylon String, Takamine Steel String
VST Strings: Cinesamples CineStrings Solo, East West Hollywood Strings Gold
VST Percussion: East/West Stormdrum 2, Cinesamples CinePerc
VST Woodwinds: Cinesamples CineWinds Core, East/West Hollywoodwinds

Kára (feat. Karoline Gullberg)

I decided to use the vocal-stem from "Destiny's Door" written by Hans Zimmer to form my own version of the truth. The original track has a vocalist that sounds a lot like Kathrine Shepard, so I brought her in to do the mellow vocals on the intro-part. I also felt like the original vocals pulled me towards doing a more "rural" and norwegian version of this. So I used a traditional Norwegian instrument called a "munnharpe", which directly translates to mouth harp, and I also did some mongolian throat-singing do add drama. Enjoy!
Dziuma Soundtrack, aadne.lyngstad.nilsen@gmail.com

Fjǫrðr - Bleeding Fingers Contest!

A couple of ideas I had to finish, it had been lingering in my head for too long. Enjoy! 

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum.

I have used some time on getting to know the new legato-engine that Cinesamples unveiled with the release of this absolutely amazing sample library. So now I present to you my first test of this gorgeous solo string quintet pack. It's called CineStrings SOLO, and I am so happy I bought this! A huge thanks to Cinesamples for once again amazing me with a product that blows my mind!

Expand (Cinesamples CineStrings SOLO - Test)

Eve is a tender and daydreaming person, that seems lonely and longing for something. I wanted to emphasize that part of her character by using a small and familiar set of instruments, the piano and the lone violin. Melodically I wanted the melody to seem sad and hopeful at the same time. Also longing for that "something", not really knowing what it is. A huge inspiration for this whole expression was the music of Sylvaine.

01 - Eve

Trailer music for Italian Day Z server! Fast paced, scary, ominous and action packed! Had some help from the amazing Manuel Del Negro to make this into my first ever music video!! Super exited to share this with you all!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AijlpnnGUT8

All We Have

A friend of mine challenged me to arrange a nursery rhyme as an epic orchestral piece. I had a lot of fun with this one, hope you enjoy it! 
Comment where you figured out what melody was used as a starting point!

Artwork by Robin Smesland

Variations on Norwegian nursery rhyme

Original Soundtrack for the outro scene in the short film "Conversations With Friends" by Mari Ørstavik. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12338578/?ref_=nm_flmg_com_1

"Release" - Conversations with Friends (2020) Original Soundtrack

Original Soundtrack for a party scene in the short film "Conversations With Friends" by Mari Ørstavik.

"In Retrospect" - Conversations with Friends (2020) Original Soundtrack

I had some good fun making this piece! I challenged myself to do two things:
1) Finish the piece in 8 hours, from scratch
2) Take a nursery rhyme, and make it into an epic orchestral piece in the style of John Williams AND (by popular demand) Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings! 

This was unbelievably challenging but OH SO MUCH FUN! Hope you enjoy it!

Variations over Frère Jacques/Brother John/Fader Jacob

"I thought there might be a bar" is a short documentary by Simone Pusch about the British artist Jim Sanders in Moskosel, Sweden. It's a calm and beautiful story about Jim and the community of Moskosel, and this was my first ever attempt at approximating that "cold" Norwegian or Nordic jazz sound. Submerging myself in some flowing soundscapes and interesting detailwork. Hope you like it!

I Thought There Might Be a Bar - Original Short Documentary Soundtrack

I joined a contest to make a cinematic arrangement of a famous christmas song! I chose Silent Night, and asked Karoline Gullberg to come into the studio to sing. She answered yes, and I decided to take a journey through several diffent moods, four different styles of orchestral/hybrid music, and I had a lot of fun doing so! Inspired by Elfman, Shore, Williams, Two steps from Hell and Zimmer 😁

(not so) Silent Night - Cinesamples Holiday Contest

Norwegian composer scoring and arranging music for movies and commercials. If you need a soundtrack, just send me an email! 
The adress is aadne.lyngstad.nilsen@gmail.com.

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