Troels Brun Folmann (born 10 January 1974, in

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) is a

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composer who specializes in

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, featured in TV shows, trailers, and

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. His work includes the soundtrack for some of the ''Tomb Raider'' series, trailers for films such as '' Spider-Man 3'', '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', '' The Illusionist'' and ''

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'', and the fourth season of TV series '' America's Got Talent''. He worked on the ''Tomb Raider'' series with

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for '' Tomb Raider: Legend'', '' Tomb Raider: Anniversary'' and '' Tomb Raider: Underworld'', and the spin-off ''

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Music sampling and production

Troels co-owned a music sampling company called ''Tonehammer'', a developer of premium virtual instruments for composers and producers. As of August 2011, ''Tonehammer'' was split into two separate companies with Troels leading a new music-sampling company, along with partner Tawnia Knox, called 8Dio Productions. The virtual instruments of 8Dio range from epic choirs and epic percussion ensembles to solo vocals and next-generation hybrid scoring tools, with over 250 products serving every genre worldwide. In May 2018, Troels Folmann launched the Sequential Prophet X with Dave Smith (founder of the original Sequential Circuits synthesizer company). The Prophet X is an analog hybrid sample synthesizer with >150 GB of sample content. The Prophet X earned the prestigious TEC Award, which was the second TEC Award Troels Folmann has received. In October 2021 Troels Folmann launched Soundpaint, which is an advanced music instrument technology. Soundpaint renders all instruments with infinite dynamic velocities in real-time.

Awards

Folmann has won multiple international awards, including the British Academy Award (BAFTA) for ''Best Original Score'', the Mix Foundation

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for the ''Best Interactive Entertainment Sound Production'' for his work on '' Tomb Raider: Legend'', which was his composing debut for the ''Tomb Raider'' series. In addition, Troels Folmann has been awarded the GDC/G.A.N.G award for his soundtrack work. Troels is also a PhD. scholar in Adaptive Music Systems and Artificial Intelligence.

Video game scores

*'' Commercial music Blizzard / Overwatch 2'' (2020-) *'' Commercial music Blizzard / Overwatch'' (2016-) *'' Commercial music for TESLA Motors'' (2016) *'' Counter Strike: Global Offensive'' (2015) (Music Kit: Uber Blasto Phone) *'' Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (2014) (With Jeff Broadbent,

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and Bobby Tahouri) *'' Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' (2012) *'' Carrier Command: Gaea Mission'' (2012) *'' Needs For Speed'' (2012) *''

'' (2010) (re-editing tracks from Tomb Raider: ''Legend'', ''Anniversary'', and ''Underworld'', with Colin O'Malley) *'' Tomb Raider: Underworld'' (2008) (Composer of the ''Main Theme'' and bulk supervisor to composer Colin O'Malley) *'' Tomb Raider: Anniversary'' (2007) *'' Tomb Raider: Legend'' (2006) *'' Project Snowblind'' (2005) *'' Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown'' (2003)

Film trailer scores

*'' America's Got Talent'' (2009) *''

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'' (2009) *'' Kings'' (2009) *''

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'' (2008) *''

'' (2008) *'' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' (2007) *'' The Last Mimzy'' (2007) *'' Spider-Man 3'' (2007) *'' X-Men: The Last Stand'' (2006) *'' The Illusionist'' (2006)

Awards

* Mix Foundation / TEC Award for Best Interactive Sound Production (2007) * GDC/GANG Award for Best Original Soundtrack (2007) * British Academy Video Games Award for Best Original Score (2006) *Scandinavian D3 Award for Best Composer of All Time (2006)

References

External links

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Interview with ''Tomb Raider: Legend'' composer Troels Folmann
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