Geir Bøhren (born 9 June 1951) is a Norwegian musician and film score composer. [1]
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. [2] He graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo in 1977. [1]
Along with Bent Åserud, Bøhren 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] 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. [1]
Geir Bøhren (born 9 June 1951) is a Norwegian musician and film score composer. [1]
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. [2] He graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo in 1977. [1]
Along with Bent Åserud, Bøhren 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] 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. [1]