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Jacob Groth (b. 1951)

Birthplace:
København, Danmark

Born:
May 12, 1951

Biography from TheMovieDB

With over 30 films and more than 25 tv series, internationally acclaimed Danish composer Jacob Groth's music is always rich in Nordic cool and full of melodic grace and alluring enigmas. For many, Jacob regarded as The Composer with The Nordic Tattoo.  'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo', 'The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest' and 'The Girl Who Played With Fire' the critically acclaimed movies internationally known to as 'The Millennium Trilogy' are perhaps what brought Jacob to the attention of the world. Based upon the bestselling crime novels by legendary Swedish writer, Stieg Larsson, Jacob delivered an understated yet immensely powerful connective score for these films for which has been highly acclaimed and deservedly awarded.  In fact Jacob is no stranger to accolades. Six times Emmy nominee and five times EMMY winner, Jacob has established himself as a man of merit world wide. With US and international films and tv series' credits, Jacob's most recent tv drama series' include the quite brilliant and very dark 'Wisting', a10-part crime drama that TX'd in the UK early 2020 and 'DNA' an 8-part thriller which we anticipate will be available via a UK platform very soon.

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Film Production

Music:
1988  Shower of Gold
1995  Cirkus Ildebrand
2004  The Ketchup Effect
2008  Worlds Apart
2009  The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009  The Girl Who Played with Fire
2013  Dead Man Down
2014  Skin Trade
2014  Speed Walking
2020  The Butterfly Swing

Original Music Composer:
1983  Otto Is a Rhino
1988  Shower of Gold
1992  Svart Lucia
1995  Cirkus Ildebrand
2003  Sweet Dreams
2004  The Ketchup Effect
2005  Young Andersen
2006  We Shall Overcome
2007  The Black Pimpernel
2008  Worlds Apart
2009  Headhunter
2009  The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009  The Girl Who Played with Fire
2009  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2013  Dead Man Down
2014  Skin Trade
2014  Speed Walking
2020  The Butterfly Swing

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TV Production

Author:
2017  ARTE Re:

Music:
1997  Taxa
2000  Unit One
2004  The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2009  The Protectors
2017  ARTE Re:
2017  Mercur
2019  DNA

Original Music Composer:
1997  Taxa
2000  Unit One
2004  The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2009  The Protectors
2017  ARTE Re:
2017  Mercur
2017  Midnight, Texas
2019  DNA
2019  Wisting

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