Geir Bøhren, Date of Birth

    

Geir Bøhren

musician and film score composer

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1951

Profession: composer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Geir Bøhren

  • Geir Bøhren (born 9 June 1951) is a Norwegian musician and film score composer.Bøhren co-founded the group Junipher Greene in 1966, where he was a drummer.
  • The band started playing blues but later changed to progressive rock.
  • It signed its first record contract in 1971.
  • He graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo in 1977.Along with Bent Åserud, Bøhren had his breakthrough as a film score composer for Orion's Belt with the theme Svalbardtema, which has become an unofficial anthem for Svalbard.
  • With this score, they won the Amanda Award for best score and the Film Critics' Award.
  • The duo continued to work closely with director Ola Solum, for which they made the score for nearly all his later works.
  • Bøhren created, along with Åserud, the official anthem for the 1994 Winter Olympics.
  • He has won the 1999 Spellemannsprisen for the record Jul i Blåfjell.

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