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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Bøhren & Åserud" (in Norwegian). Rockheim. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Ose, Bård; Gjersøe, Jørn (28 August 2003). "Fantastiske "Friendship"". Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Skagen: 32
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Skagen: 34
  5. ↑ Skagen: 196
  6. ↑ "Lagets priser" (in Norwegian). Filmkritikerlaget. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.