Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim (born 1969) is a Norwegian record producer, musician and composer from

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. He plays

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and keyboards. He is also the co-founder of

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, which has released albums for the artists

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, Superfamily, Katzenjammer,

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and

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. He has also composed film scores for Norwegian pictures. He studied at Norges Musikkhøgskole
Norwegian State Academy of Music
, and co-founded the band Locomotives with Georg Buljo in 1991; he was in the band until it dissolved in 2001. He then began producing records, and has from his studio Propeller Music Division produced several primarily Norwegian artists' albums, including Odd Nordstoga ('' Luring'' (2004)),

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'' (2004)),

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('' Under the Surface'', (2006), '' The Chase'' (2008) and '' Spark'', (2011)),

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('' Heavy Metal Fruit'' (2009)),

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('' Furet værbitt'' (2011)), Ida Jenshus ('' Someone to Love'' (2012) and Highasakite (''Silent Treatment'') (2014)). He received

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in 2009 for "Best Studio Musician" and

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2011 for "Record Producer of the Year". He also received Kanonprisen 2015 for "Best Film Score" for the movie ''Knutsen & Ludvigsen og den fæle Rasputin''.

Discography

Locomotives

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'' (1997) *'' Spin (Off)'' (1997) *''

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'' (1999) *'' What's Your Good Luck?'' (2000) ;Singles/EPs *'' Welcome to the House of the Locomotives'' (1994) *''

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'' (1996) *'' Flintstones'' (1996) *'' G.R.I.L.L.'' (1997) *''Three Girls'' (1999) *''Atomic'' (1999) *'' Hallelujah EP: The Richmond Session'' (2001)

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;Album *''

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'' (2003) *'' Tarasarus'' (2007) *'' The River'' (2012) ;Singles *''Black Widow'' (2007)

Amundsen

;Album *'' Amundsen'' (2003) ;Singles *''The Moonwalker'' (2003) *''Band Aid'' (2003)

Appears on

Film and television scores

* ''Pittbulterje'' - filmscore (2005) * '' Fatso'' - filmscore (2008) * B''uzz Aldrin, hvor ble det av deg i alt mylderet'' - TV-series/filmscore (2011) * '' Kraftidioten'' - filmscore (2014) * ''Kvinner i for store herreskjorter'' - filmscore (2015) *''

Frikjent ''Frikjent'' ("Acquitted") is a 2015 Norwegian TV series. In the UK, the series is shown on Walter Presents. Content In season one, Aksel Nilsen (Nicolai Cleve Broch) was tried 20 years ago for the murder of 18-year-old ex-girlfriend Karine Hans ...

'' - TV-series/filmscore - Season 1&2 (2015/16) * '' Knutsen & Ludvigsen og den fæle Rasputin'' - filmscore (2015) * ''Grand Hotell'' - filmscore (2016) * ''Eple'' - shortfilm - filmscore (2016)

Film and television soundtracks

*
Buzz Aldrin, hvor ble det av deg i alt mylderet?

Musikken til TV-serien
(2011)'' *''

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Musikken fra TV-serien
' (2015), med Mike Hartung, Kristoffer Bonsaksen og

*
Kvinner i for store herreskjorter
- Musikken til spillefilmen'' (2015) *
Knutsen & Ludvigsen og den fæle Rasputin
- Musikken til spillefilmen'' (2015)

External links

«Superprodusenten med familie» fra dagsavisen.no
* https://web.archive.org/web/20131109220808/http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/frihet-for-vestrheim/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Vestrheim, Kare Christoffer Norwegian record producers Norwegian guitarists Norwegian male guitarists Norwegian songwriters 1969 births Living people Musicians from Sarpsborg