MARTIN HORNTVETH COMPOSER

Bio:

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WORK AS A COMPOSER:

TV
"Barnas Supershow" - Barne TV, NRK 2010
"Trond Med Hammer'n Season 2" - Barne TV, NRK 2010
"Trond Med Hammer'n Season 1" - Barne TV, NRK 2009
"Husdrømmen" - Documentary, NRK 2009
"Himmelblå" - Tv Drama, NRK 2008-2010
"Torsdagkveld Med Steinar Sagen" - Comedy, NRK 2007
"Grosvold" - Jingles, NRK 2007-2009
"Luftens Helter" - Jingles, NRK 2007
"Fabrikken" - Jingles, NRK 2007
"Siv & Knut - En Kjærlighetshistorie" - Documentary, NRK 2006
"Tur-Retur" performed by Jaga Jazzist, Travel Documenary, TVNorge 2000
"Etter Skoletid" performed by Jaga Jazzist, NRK 1999

RADIO
"Flavaladen" - Radio Theatre, NRK 2010
"Trollspeilet" - Radio Theatre, NRK 2008
"Grøssere" - Web based Radio Theatre, NRK 2008
"Nattmannen" - Radio Theatre, NRK 2007
"Kulturbeitet" - Jingles, NRK 2003
"K-Punkt" - Jingles, NRK 2002

SHORT MOVIE
"Violent Sorrow Seems A Modern Ecstasy No. 2" by Jorunn Myklebust Syversen, 2009
"Det Regner Inn" by Vibeke Ringen, 2008
"En fet film" by Andreas Frölich, 2000

DANCE
"North Of Ordinary" by Tharan Revfem, Plire Multi Dance 2009
"Arthropod" by Tharan Revfem, Plire Multi Dance 2008
"5 Is The Perfect Number" by Ina Christel Johannessen, Royal Swedish Ballet, 2005
"I Lie, I Speak" by Ina Christel Johannessen, Carte Blanche, 2004

THEATRE
"Werther" with Arne Nøst, Det Norske Teatret 2001-2002
"Someday my prince will come", Det Norske Teatret 2000
"Bøddelen" with Anneli Drecker, Det Norske Teatret 1999
"Sult" with Terje Johannesen, Nationaltheateret 1998-2000

COMMISSIONED WORK
"L'Enfant" - Fannaråken Wind Quintet 2009
"Horten Stomp" with Andreas Mjøs, Horten 150 Year Anniversary 2008
"Juxtapose" with Lars Horntveth, Vestfold Festspillene 2003
"Skull, Lights & Neonsigns" - Opening of the Oseberg Kulturhus, 2002
"Opening Show" - Vestfold Festspillene 1997

COMMERCIAL
"Barnevognsmafiaen", Chess 2009

THE NATIONAL BANK - The National Bank, 2004
"I Hear The Sparrow Sing"
"Tolerate"
"A Recorder In Red Plastic"
"Blue As We Like It"
"What Is Left"

JAGA JAZZIST
"Day" - The Stix, 2002
"Cinematic" - A Livingroom Hush, 2001
"Seems To Me" - Magazine EP, 1998

REMIXES
"Tiger" - Bim & Bianca - Appletalk, Positive Creep, 2009
"Miss You Like Crazy" - Briskeby - Universal Music, 2005
"Bloody Comeback" - Beyond Dawn - We're Down with Species of Any Kind, Duplicate Records, 2005
"Hasta Luego Manchego" - Ost & Kjex - Eaten Back To Life EP, Planet Noise, 2004
"Der Alte" - Ulver - 1993–2003: 1st Decade in the Machines, 2003
"Sole" - NoPlaceToHide - Martin Horntveth, Skull EP, Smalltown Supersound, 2003
"Day" - Jaga jazzist - Day, Days 12”, Smalltown Supersound, 2002
"Bratislava" - Real Ones - Bratislava EP, New Records, 2002
"Lithuania" - Jaga Jazzist - Going Down 12", Smalltown Supersound, 2001
"Det Eneste Jeg Vet Er At Det Var Et Horn Engang" - Spunk - Filtered Through Friends, Rune Grammofon, 2001

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Track 1
KanonFilm presents:
DET REGNER INN
Directed by Vibeke Ringen

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Martin Horntveth: Piano, Glockenspiel, Ocean Harp, Marimba, Bulbul Tarang, Marxophone, Harpeleik, Celtic Harp, Contrabass Balalaika, Harmonium, Electric Guitar, Toy Piano, Spike Piano, Omnichord, Mandolin Harp, Keyboards & Percussion

Additional musician:
Flutes: Ketil V. Einarsen

Composed, recorded, produced and mixed by Martin Horntveth in Wallpaper 2008
Special thanks to Hasse Rosbach for mix inputs

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Track 2 & 3
JMS presents:
VIOLENT SORROW SEEMS A MODERN ECSTASY NO. 2
By Jorunn Myklebust Sivertsen

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Flutes: Ketil V. Einarsen
Clarinet and Bass Clarinet: Morten Michelsen
Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone: Lars Horntveth
Trombone: Erik Johannessen
French Horn: Trude Eick
Tuba: Line Horntveth
Cello1: Johannes Martens
Cello2: Hans Josef Groh
Cello3: Kari Ravnan
Cello4: Inga Byrkjeland
Vibraphone: Andreas Mjøs
Harp: Sunniva Rødland Wettre
Piano and Cembalo: Morten Qvenild
Guitar: Jacob Young
Double Bass: Per Zanussi
Drums: Gard Nilssen
Orchestral Percussion: Martin Horntveth

Composed, produced and recorded by Martin Horntveth in Wallpaper 2009
Mix: Mike Hartung & Martin Horntveth in Propeller Music Division, 2009

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Track 4
Rubicon TV/NRK Presents:
HUSDRØMMEN
By Are Faaberg
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Martin Horntveth: Piano, Balalaika Bass, Quatro, Harmonium, Banjo, Electric Guitar, Toy Piano, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Spike Piano, Harmonica, Marxophone, Melodica, Drums, Percussion & Vocals

Additional musicans:
Trumpet: Terje Johannesen
Trombone: Erik Johannessen
French Horn: Trude Eick
Tuba: Line Horntveth
Vibraphone: Andreas Mjøs

Composed, produced and recorded by Martin Horntveth in Wallpaper 2008
Mix: Mike Hartung & Martin Horntveth i Propeller Music Division, 2009
Thanks to Hasse Rosbach for help with the recording setup

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Track 5
The National Radio Theatre Presents:
TROLLSPEILET
By Tom Egeland

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Martin Horntveth: Piano, Vibraphone, Vibraphonette, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Tubular Bells, Stroviol, Bulbul Tarang, Upright Balalaika, Harmonium, Electric Guitar, Toy Piano, Spike Piano, Keyboards, Ocean Harp, Drums & Percussion

Additional Musicans:
Clarinet: Lars Horntveth
Trombone: Erik Johannessen
French Horn: Trude Eick
Tuba: Line Horntveth
Cello1: Johannes Martens
Cello2: Tove Törngren
Cello3: Kari Ravnan
Cello4: Erlend Habbestad
Harmonium: Øystein Moen
Vibraphone: Andreas Mjøs
Trumpet: Hayden Powell

Composed, produced and recorded by Martin Horntveth in Wallpaper 2008
Mix: Mike Hartung & Martin Horntveth in Propeller Music Division, 2008

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Track 6
NRK Drama Presents:
HIMMELBLÅ

Martin Horntveth: Piano, Toypiano, Harpolek, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Harmonium, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Mandolin, Banjo, Dulcimer, Clavinet, Pianet & Vocals

Additional musicans:
Obo: Simen Haugberg
Obo: Steffen Blindheim
Flutes: Ketil V. Einarsen
Bassoon: Embrik Snerte
Trumpet og Upright bass: Mathias Eick
Trombone: Erik Johannessen
French Horn: Trude Eick
Tuba: Line Horntveth
Silje Haugan: Violin
Cello: Kristine Martens
Cello: Johannes Martens

Trace Of You: Lyrics by Martin Hagfors
Composed, produced and recorded by Martin Horntveth in Wallpaper 2007
Mix: Mike Hartung & Martin Horntveth in Propeller Music Division 2007

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Track 7
The National Radio Theatre Presents:
NATTMANNEN
By Tor Edvin Dahl & Lars Elling

Martin Horntveth: Piano, Keyboards, Toypiano, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Harmonium, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Mandolin, Banjo & Vocals

Additional musicans:
Obo: Steffen Blindheim
Cello: Kristine Martens
Cello: Johannes Martens

Composed, produced and recorded by Martin Horntveth in Wallpaper 2007
Mix: Martin Horntveth with help from Hasse Rosbach in Wallpaper 2007

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Track 8
Plire Multi presents:
ARTHROPOD
By Tharan Revfem

Martin Horntveth: Electronics, Keyboards, Toypiano, Glockenspiel, Percussion, Piano, Celtic Harp, Harpolek & Dulcimer

Additional musicans:
Bassoon: Embrik Snerte
Cello: Kristine Martens
Cello: Johannes Martens

This is music I've written for a dance piece made by Tharan Revfem and Plire Multi
Jenny Hval aka Rockettothesky also wrote music for this dance piece. The last part of the track is Jenny's music arranged and remixed by me.

You can also see a short presentation of it on the left side of this page.

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Track 9
NRK JINGLES AND THEMES:

01 Luftens helter - Performed by The National Broadcast Orchestra
02 Fabrikken Jingle
03 Grosvold - Violin: Silje Haugan
04 Fabrikken Promo
05 K-punkt
06 Kulturbeitet
07 Fabrikken Theme - French Horn: Trude Eick

Performed, recorded and mixed by Martin Horntveth except where noted
01 Arr: Martin & Lars Horntveth

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Track 10
Rubicon TV/NRK Presents:
SIV & KNUT – A LOVE STORY
By Are Faaberg

Martin Horntveth: 12 string & 6 string acoustic Guitar, El- Guitar, Midi Guitar, Banjo, Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells & Vocals

Additional Musicians:
1. Violin: Øyvind Fossheim
2. Violin: Silje Haugan
Viola: Luminita Marina
Cello: Kristine Martens
Trombone: Erik Johannessen
French Horn: Trude Eick

Composed, produced and recorded by Martin Horntveth in Wallpaper 2006
Mix: Mike Hartung & Martin Horntveth in Propeller Music Division 2006

Member Since:

June 23, 2008

Members:

Hi. My name is Martin Horntveth. I am a musician and composer most known from Jaga Jazzist and The National Bank.

This is a site where I present the music I've written for TV, Radio, Film, Theatre and Dance.
Martin Horntveth on Myspace & Martin Horntveth on YouTube

I love my Gizmo-Harps!!
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..NORTH OF ORDINARY
A dance performance made by Tharan Revfem.
Music by Martin Horntveth, Truls Heggero & Morten Qvenild

Pre-prod showing of North of Ordinary

PLIRE MULTI DANCE | MySpace-video

"TRACE OF YOU" PLAYED ON MY CEMBALO



HIMMELBLÅ THEME PLAYED ON MY TREMOLOA



TROLLSPEILET
Radio Theatre. Music by Martin Horntveth.
Read about the story and check out pictures from the radio studio.



BARNEVOGNSMAFIAEN
A Chess commercial. Music by Martin Horntveth



HIMMELBLÅ MUSIKK
Hear a music medley and read an interview with Martin Horntveth (in Norwegian) about the music to the tv series "Himmelblå" on NRK





ARTHROPOD
A horror movie inspired dance performance made by Tharan Revfem.
Music by Martin Horntveth and Rockettothesky



GROSVOLD
The title sequence of the NRK talk show.
Music by Martin Horntveth



LUFTENS HELTER
The title sequence of the NRK comedy show.
Performed by KORK, The National Broadcaster Orchestra
Music by Martin Horntveth
Arr: Martin & Lars Horntveth



RUBBER UP from TORSDAGKVELD MED STEINAR SAGEN
Lyrics by Tore Sagen, Music by Martin Horntveth



FABRIKKEN
The title sequence and several jingles/trailers of the NRK Children/Multimedia show.
Music by Martin Horntveth



EN FET FILM
By Andreas S. Frölich
Music by Martin Horntveth

Influences:

Björn Isfält, Bernard Herrmann, Ennio Morricone, Benny Anderson, Angelo Badalamenti, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Balke & The Magnetic North, Gabriel Fauré, Edvard Grieg, Claude Debussy, Cornelius, Mike Oldfield, Bjørk, Motorpsycho, Magnet, Radiohead, Miles Davis & Gil Evans, Oslo 13, Jøkleba, Beck, The Flaming Lips, The Mars Volta, Sigúr Ros, The Notwist, My Bloody Valentine Sonic Youth, Air, Jonny Greenwood, Kronos Quartet, Sir Dupermann, Jr Ewing, Jim O' Rourke, Rufus Wainwright, Antony & The Johnsons, Dungen, Elephant9, Huntsville, The Beatles, Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Destiny's Child, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Jamie Lidell, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Todd Rundgren, NWA, De La Soul, Dire Straits, Missy Elliott, Keith Jarrett, Elton John, Susanna & the Magical Orchestra, Dolly Parton, Dr. John, Thomas Dybdahl, Beyoncé, Bigbang, Kim Hiorthøy, Aimee Mann, Pluramon, Martin Hagfors, The Carpenters, The Allman Brothers Band, David Bowie, Phil Collins, A-ha, America, The Bangles, Beach Boys, Busta Rhymes, Dead Kennedys, Emmylou Harris, Mercury Rev, Shining, In The Country, Charles Mingus, Brad Mehldau, Astor Piazzolla, The Band, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Michael Jackson, Thom Hell, Bo Hansson, The Neptunes, Nick Drake, Sly & The Family Stone, Spiritulized, M83, Outkast, Supersilent, Deathprod, Phoenix, Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello, KILLL, Adjágas, Alison Krauss & Union Station, The Arcade Fire, John Adams, Bauer, The Lionheart Brothers, 120 Days, Carter Burwell, Curtis Mayfield, Justice, Feist, Happy Mondays, Ride, Money Mark, The Stone Roses, Joni Mitchell, Kaada, Kate Bush, Mark Mothersbaugh, Midlake, Arthur Russel, Erik Satie, Roy Anderson, David Lynch, Martin Scorcese, Cohen Brothers, Francis Ford Coppola, Wes Anderson, Aftershave & Galenskaparna, Hasse & Tage

Record Label:

Unsigned