Jacob Groth (born 12 May 1951) is a

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film composer. He is most known for scoring the film trilogy based on

Stieg Larsson Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, starting in 2 ...

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and a number of award-winning Danish TV series as well as the CBS series ''

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''. Among his most known works are "Would Anybody Die (For Me)" from ''

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'' and the opening song "Forgiveness" from the DR series '' The Eagle'', both of which have lyrics and vocals by his spouse,

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Biography

Jacob Groth was born in Copenhagen. He began his career in music as a rock musician, playing in various bands in the 1950s and 1970s. Instigated by his childhood friend,

Rumle Hammerich Jens Peter Hammerich, better known as Rumle Hammerich (born 16 November 1954), is a Danish film director, screenwriter and film company director. He is currently creative director at Nordisk Film. His filmography consists of both feature films an ...

he began to make film music for students at the Danish Film School in the late 1970s. He also worked on Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's feature film debut ''Vil du se min smukke Navle?'' (1978) and had his professional debut as a film composer on

Henning Kristiansen Henning Kristiansen (2 July 1927 – 2 November 2006) was a Danish cinematographer and film director. He was nominated for a BAFTA award for Best Cinematography for ''Babette's Feast''. Selected filmography * ''Styrmand Karlsen'' (1958) * ...

's drama ''Charly & Steffen'' (1979).vgl. Balslev, Nana: ''TV-Hits : Kunsten at indfange en stemming''. In: Politiken, 10. Juni 2005, S. 4 The initial acquaintance with Kragh-Jacobsen led to a decades-long collaboration on films such as '' The Boys from St. Petri'' (1991) and ''Skagerrak'' (2003), while his children's film laburnum first time in 1989 to Robert, the price of the Danish Film Academy earned. Groth's score for Kragh-Jacobseb's TV series ''Guldregn'' won him his first Danish Film Academy Award for Best Film Score in 1090. Since the early 1980s, Groth also collaborated with Rumle Hammerich on several films, including ''Otto is a Rhino'' (1983), ''Fasadklättraren'' (1991), ''Deadly Desire'' (1992) and ''Headhunters'' (2009). Groth also composed the music for the theme song for the Emmu-winning DR-TV series '' The Eagle'' and '' Toung Andersen''. Since the television series taxa Groth also works regularly with the film and television director

Niels Arden Oplev Niels Arden Oplev (; born 26 March 1961) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. Life and career Oplev was born in Oue, Denmark. His 1996 film ''Portland'' was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. He directed ''The Gi ...

. In 2009, he received is second Danish Film Academy Award for his work on Oplev's '' Worlds Apart'', Denmark's official entry for the nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the

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. Groth's score for Oplev's '' The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' was performed by

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during the "préludes musicaux" in Cannes. It won him a nomination for Best Composer at the European Film Awards.

Private life

Groth is married to the singer/songwriter Misen Groth. They live in Copenhagen. He also owns an apartment and recording studio in

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Selected filmography

Feature films

* ''

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'' (1992) * '' Chop Chop'' (2001) * '' Drømmen'' (2006) * '' The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2009) * ''

'' (2009) * ''

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest ''The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'' (original title in sv, Luftslottet som sprängdes, lit=The castle in the air that blew up) is the third novel in the best-selling ''Millennium'' series by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson.; It was pub ...

'' (2009) * ''

Dead Man Down ''Dead Man Down'' is a 2013 American neo-noir crime thriller film written by J.H. Wyman and directed by Danish director Niels Arden Oplev. The film stars Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper, and Terrence Howard, and was released on March ...

'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' Skin Trade'' (2015)

TV series

* '' Första Kärleken'' (1992) * '' Taxa'' (1997–1999) * ''

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'' (2000–2004) * '' The Eagle' (2004–2006) * '' Young Andersen'' (2005) * ''

'' (2011–present) * '' Modus'' (2015–2018) * '' Wisting'' (2019)

References

External links

Official website
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