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Hildur Guðnadóttir

Profession
Sound
Born
September 4, 1982 · Reykjavík, Iceland

Biography

Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (born 4 September 1982) is an Icelandic musician and composer. A classically trained cellist, she has played and recorded with the bands Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, Múm, and Stórsveit Nix Noltes, and has toured with Animal Collective and Sun O))). She has also produced solo works. Guðnadóttir has gained international recognition for her film and television scores, including for the action thriller film Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), and the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019), the latter of which won her a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award. For her score to psychological thriller film Joker (2019), Hildur won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. She also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, making her the first solo female composer to win in both.

Known for

Joker poster
Joker
Film · 2019 · ★ 8.1
Arrival poster
Arrival
Film · 2016 · ★ 7.6
Chernobyl poster
Chernobyl
Series · 2019 · ★ 8.7
Sicario: Day of the Soldado poster
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Film · 2018 · ★ 6.9
Joker: Folie à Deux poster
Joker: Folie à Deux
Film · 2024 · ★ 5.4
A Haunting in Venice poster
A Haunting in Venice
Film · 2023 · ★ 6.6
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple poster
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Film · 2026 · ★ 7.1
TÁR poster
TÁR
Film · 2022 · ★ 7.1
Women Talking poster
Women Talking
Film · 2022 · ★ 6.8
The Bride! poster
The Bride!
Film · 2026 · ★ 6.1
Mary Magdalene poster
Mary Magdalene
Film · 2018 · ★ 6.3
Journey's End poster
Journey's End
Film · 2017 · ★ 6.3

Filmography