Jon Petter Ekstrand (born 14 December 1976) is a Swedish composer and film sound designer.[1] As a composer, he has collaborated with director Daniel Espinosa scoring films such as Easy Money, Child 44, Life, and Morbius.[2] Since 1999, he has worked and contributed as a composer or a sound designer on several films, television films, TV series and short films, including music for 4 episodes of the Swedish TV series Sebastian Bergman.
Jon Ekstrand | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jon Petter Ekstrand[1] |
| Born | 14 December 1976 Tumba, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Film score, electronic, ambient |
| Instruments | Keyboards, synthesizer, erhu, percussion |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Website | www |
Career
editWhile studying at the Stockholm Film School,[3] Ekstrand was a Tilliander scholar.[4] His first work as a composer was the Danish short film The Fighter (2003) directed by Daniel Espinosa. Since then they have collaborated on several films, including Babylon Disease (2004), Outside Love (2007), Easy Money (2010), Child 44 (2015), Life (2017) and Morbius (2022).[1]
Filmography
editAs composer
editEnglish language
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Child 44 | Daniel Espinosa | Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records Fifth collaboration with Espinosa |
| 2017 | Life | Soundtrack released by Milan Records Sixth collaboration with Espinosa | |
| 2018 | Slaughterhouse Rulez | Crispin Mills | Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records First composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa |
| 2020 | I Am Greta | Nathan Grossman | Composed with Rebekka Karijord. Soundtrack released by Oona Recordings |
| 2020 | Horizon Line | Mikael Marcimain | Composed with Carl-Johan Sevedag. Soundtrack released by Sony Classical Second composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa. |
| 2022 | Morbius | Daniel Espinosa | Seventh collaboration with Espinosa. Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records |
| 2022 | All the Old Knives | Janus Metz Pedersen | Composed with Rebekka Karijord. Third composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa. |
Other languages
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Fighter | Daniel Espinosa | Denmark | Bokseren (original title) Short film First collaboration with Espinosa |
| 2004 | Babylon Disease | Sweden | Babylonsjukan (original title) Second collaboration with Espinosa | |
| 2007 | Outside Love | Denmark | Uden for kærligheden (original title) Third collaboration with Espinosa | |
| Leo | Josef Fares | Sweden | ||
| 2008 | Bedragaren | Åsa Blanck Johan Palmgren |
Composed with Krister Linder Documentary | |
| 2010 | Easy Money | Daniel Espinosa | Snabba cash (original title) Fourth collaboration with Espinosa | |
| 2012 | Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation | Kathrine Windfeld | Hamilton: I nationens intresse (original title) Composed with Philippe Boix-Vives | |
| Easy Money II: Hard to Kill | Babak Najafi | Snabba cash II (original title) | ||
| Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter | Tobias Falk | Hamilton: Men inte om det gäller din dotter (original title) | ||
| 2013 | Easy Money III: Life Deluxe | Jens Jonsson | Snabba cash - Livet deluxe (original title) | |
| 2017 | Borg vs McEnroe | Janus Metz Pedersen | ||
| Blind Alley | Manuel Concha | |||
| 2018 | Jimmie | Jesper Ganslandt | ||
| 2019 | Queen of Hearts | May el-Toukhy | Denmark | Dronningen (original title) |
Television
| Year | Title | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–2013 | Sebastian Bergman | SVT1 | Den fördömde (original title) Composed with Philippe Boix-Vives |
| 2017—2019 | Alex | Viaplay | Composed with Carl-Johan Sevedag |
| 2017—present | Farang | C More Entertainment | Composed with Anders Niska and Klas Wahl |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Jon Ekstrand". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- ^ "Jon Ekstrand to Score Daniel Espinosa's 'Morbius'". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved Oct 10, 2019.
- ^ "Våra tidigare elever" (in Swedish). stockholmfilmskola.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- ^ "Skap-stipendium till Tilliander". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). October 25, 2005. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
External links
edit- Jon Ekstrand at IMDb
- Jon Ekstrand at the Swedish Film Database