Geir Bøhren (born 9 June 1951) is a Norwegian musician and

film score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

composer. Bøhren co-founded the group Junipher Greene in 1966, where he was a drummer. The band started playing

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

but later changed to

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. It signed its first record contract in 1971. He graduated from the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the ...

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in 1977. Along with

Bent Åserud Bent Åserud (born 5 April 1950) is a Norwegian musician and film score composer. Åserud co-founded the group Juniper Greene in 1966, where he was a vocalist and played the guitar. The band started playing blues but later changed to progressive r ...

, Bøhren had his breakthrough as a film score composer for ''Orion's Belt'' with the theme Svalbardtema, which has become an unofficial anthem for

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.Skagen: 34 With this score, they won the

Amanda Award The Amanda Award () is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award (not telev ...

for best score and the

Film Critics' Award A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since ...

. The duo continued to work closely with director

Ola Solum Ola Solum (17 July 1943 – 28 June 1996)"Ola Solum"
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, 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 The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, were an international winter multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Hav ...

. He has won the 1999

Spellemannsprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by IFPI Norge and FONO. It was first awarded in 1973 for the recording year 1972, and has been awarded every year since. It is ...

for the record ''

Jul i Blåfjell Jul most commonly refers to: * July, as an abbreviation for the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar Jul or JUL may also refer to: Celebrations * ''Jul'', Scandinavian and Germanic word for Yule * '' Jul (Denmark)'', the Danish Y ...

''.

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;Bibliography * ;Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Bohren, Geir Norwegian musicians Norwegian film score composers Norwegian male film score composers 1951 births Living people