Flemming Nordkrog DENMARK
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HARPA winner 2021 for his score for Matias Mariani's (BR) ’Shine Your Eyes’
Flemming Nordkrog has created a bold, moving and inventive score, which excellently carries the mysterious twist and turns of the story in Matias Mariani's pensive French/Brasilian drama. The extensive use of melancholy woodwind, with additions of ambient guitar, vocals and percussion, and even whispered spoken word, are unusual choices of orchestration, and effectively creates a synergy with the strongly architechtural character of the images, hinting at both futuristic modernism and magic realism. At times the music becomes one with the bustling, labyrinthic metropolis of Sao Paolo, at others it comes to the forefront, carrying us further into the world of the protagonist, who is trapped between duty to his family far away, a convoluted pseudo-scientific search for his lost brother, and his desire for a new life. The complexity of the plot is playfully conveyed by the score, which never fails to stir our emotions and curiosity, and builds the tension in perfect symbiosis with the story and images. A classy score which is at once meditative and thought-provoking. Danish jury: Lone Scherfig | film director Ida Rud Nielsen | film critic and journalist Morten Groth Brandt | sound editor |
Flemming Nordkrog is a Danish composer based in Paris.
To date, Flemming has been credited with scoring over 100 feature films, TV series, and documentaries from productions across Europe, Scandinavia, the USA, and Brazil. His sound can be described as organic and cinematic, while at all times retaining a sense of rich melodic and sonic clarity needed to land the emotional language of a story. From the voicing of a close-miked woodwind ensemble, to an upfront distorted cello, or the breadth of a larger string ensemble, Flemming remains firmly attached to the human element and significant role sound and music play in films. Flemming’s eclectic approach and ability to orchestrate a score with a broad palette of instruments can be seen in recent productions, such as the 2023 Berlinale Selection “Seven Winters In Tehran” by Steffi Niederzoll and 2020 Berlinale Selection “Shine Your Eyes” by Brazilian Matias Mariani, for which Flemming received the 2021 HARPA Award and the 2021 Carl Prisen for Best Original Score. Recent works include the scores for the upcoming Moroccan feature film "Everybody Loves Touda" by Nabil Ayouch, Lisa Aschan’s Netflix comedy “Thank You, I’m Sorry,” the TV-series “Den Gode Stemning (Count on Me)” by Kaspar Munck, and the French feature film “Hood Witch (Roqya)” by Said Belktibia. In 2023, three films featuring Flemming's music premiered in cinemas including “Sixteen (16 ans)” by Philippe Lioret, “L’établi” by Mathias Gokalp, and the fore mentioned and highly acclaimed documentary “Seven Winter’s in Tehran”. Additionally, the French TV-series "Rictus" by Arnaud Malherbe premiered on OCS in 2023 after receiving the Best Comedy award at Series Mania. Other notable recent score highlights include Max Kestner’s feature doc “Little Galaxies” (for which Flemming won the 2022 Carl Prisen and picked up a Camille Award nomination), and TV series such as HBO’s “Kamikaze” by Kaspar Munk, “Moloch” by Arnaud Malherbe for France’s ARTE, and hit success “Follow The Money” produced by DR Fiktion. In 2010, he was nominated for the HARPA-award for the Danish feature film"Velsignelsen" (The Blessing) by Heidi Maria Faisst. Flemming has a steady foot in French cinema, having composed all of the scores to Philippe Lioret’s projects since 2010, including “Toutes nos envies,” for which Flemming received both the “Harry Warren Award. Flemming's noteworthy collaborations extend to Erick Zonca, Mathieu Vadepied, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Hella Joof, Nikolaj Arcel, Søren Balle, Vibeke Muasya, Manele Labidi, Philippe Pollet-Villard and Mikkel Munch-Fals. |