Kjetil Bjerkestrand
Kjetil Bjerkestrand (born May 18, 1955 ) is a Norwegian organist, pianist and film music composer.
Bjerkestrand, the son of an organist, studied organ at the Oslo Music Academy. As a cantor he discovered the organ as an improvisational instrument; later from this interest u. a. the albums Gull, røkelse og myrra and Prima luna with Tore Brunborg .
Bjerkestrand also worked as a composer, arranger, music producer and studio musician. For several years he worked in Paris with the American singer Dee Dee Bridgewater . Here he also wrote arrangements for Ray Charles . He recorded several albums with the pop group a-ha . With their singer Morten Harket he performed in a duo. With the a-ha pianist Magne Furuholmen he founded the group Timbersound and played film music a. a. to Hotel Oslo and Hermetic . He also appeared as the piano accompanist for the singers Sissel Kyrkjebø and Rebekka Bakken ( I Keep my Cool ). He was also involved in the album Électronique Noire (1998) by Eivind Aarset .
Another area of activity Bjerkestrand is working on is film music. So he wrote u. a. the music for the famous children's film Karlsson vom Dach by Astrid Lindgren .
Discography
- Ti kniver i hjetzt , film music (with Magne Furuholmen), 1994
- Gull, røkelse og myrra (with Tore Brunborg), 1995
- Tore Brunborg: Prima luna , 1997
- Hotel Oslo , music for the TV series (with Magne Furuholmen), 1997
- Hermetic film music (with Magne Furuholmen, Freddie Wadling ) ( Rune Grammofon , 1998)
- Dragonfly , soundtrack (with Magne Furuholmen), 2001
Film music
- 1987: Pathfinder (Ofelaš)
- 1993: Holidays with a corpse (Hodet over vannet)
- 1994: A summer full of secrets (Ti kniver i hjierter)
- 1996: Eremittkrepsen
- 1997: Hotel Oslo
- 1998: Sonny, the detective (Solan, Ludvig og Gurin med reverompa)
- 1998: Death has a postcode (1732 Høtten)
- 2001: Thorn in the side (Øyenstikker)
- 2002: Karlsson from the roof (Karlsson på taket)
- 2005: Deadline Torp
- 2005: 37 og et halvt
Web links
- Discography as a sideman, arranger and producer
- Kjetil Bjerkestrand in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bjerkestrand, Kjetil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian organist, pianist and film music composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1955 |