{{short description|Danish film composer (born 1965)}} thumb|Halfdan E. '''Halfdan E''' ('''Halfdan E Nielsen''',<ref name="FIPA">{{Cite web |date=2011-01-30 |title=Borgen vinder to priser i Frankrig |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/borgen-vinder-priser-i-frankrig |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Madsen |first=Bine |date=2010-10-05 |title=Borgens musikalske bagmand {{!}} vafo.dk |url=https://vafo.dk/vejle/borgens-musikalske-bagmand |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=vafo.dk |language=da}}</ref> born November 21, 1965) is a Danish film composer. His work has won two Danish Grammy Awards and three Danish Robert Awards. His music for the television series ''Borgen'' has also won the 2011 FIPA prize.<ref name="FIPA"/>
==Biography== Halfdan E was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. After stints as a session bass player in many different rock bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, followed by a degree from the Academy of Music in Copenhagen, Halfdan E collaborated with Danish poet Dan Turèll on the crossover project "Pas På Pengene", resulting in two CD recordings, which both won Danish Grammy awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halfdan E |url=https://filmmusic.dk/?side=komponist&composer_id=108 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=filmmusic.dk}}</ref> He continued to compose for film and television, working with film directors such as Per Fly and Hans Petter Moland, and to work as a pop and rock producer. He wrote the score for Per Fly's TV-series ''Forestillinger''.
Halfdan E has been awarded three Danish Robert Awards out of five nominations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Awards 2013 |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/english/robert-awards-2013 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=www.dfi.dk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Jorn Rossing |date=2004-01-14 |title='Inheritance' takes 9 Robert noms |url=https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/inheritance-takes-9-robert-noms-1117898448/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2012, he composed a new four-tone notification sound for the Banedanmark Danish state railway, replacing the three-tone sound composed by Niels Viggo Bentzon and used since the early 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-05 |title=Banedanmark skifter lydspor: Nye toner på perronen |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/banedanmark-skifter-lydspor-nye-toner-paa-perronen |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}</ref>
==Filmography== *''Seaside Hotel'' (TV Series; 2013-2022) *''Apple Tree Yard'' (2017) *''Borgen'' (2010) *''En ganske snill mann'' (2010) *''Lotto'' (2006) *''Drabet'' (2005) *''Popular Music ''(2004) *''Arven ''(2003) *''Okay'' (2002) *''Monas Verden'' (2001) *''The Bench'' (2000) *''Prop & Berta'' (2000)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-05-19 |title=Halfdan E - Filmography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com |work=The New York Times |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/367257/Halfdan-E/filmography |access-date=2024-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519205050/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/367257/Halfdan-E/filmography |archive-date=2011-05-19 }}</ref>
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== External links == *[http://www.halfdane.dk/ Official site] *{{IMDb name|id=0246984|name=Halfdan E}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Halfdan E}} Category:Danish film score composers Category:Living people Category:1965 births Category:Composers from Copenhagen