Biggi Hilmars
- Composer
- Music Department
Iceland's Biggi Hilmars' distinctive, provocative sound, described as having 'unique beauty', has fast cemented his status as a unique and prolific film composer. Having made a name for himself for his work on film scores, television, movie trailers and commercials, he has also released three solo albums and is currently working on his fourth.
As a composer, just some of Biggi's credits include the original score for Fremantle's high-end factual ft. documentary 'Arctic Drift'. The Nordic TV drama series 'Thin Ice' (Yellowbird & Sagafilm), for which he was nominated for the best score and album at The Icelandic Music Awards 2021. The Grierson Trust award-winning feature documentary 'The Last Igloo', produced by Swan Films for BBC4, the National Geographic adventure series 'Fiennes: Return to the Nile' starring Joseph and Ranulph Fiennes, 'Beeba Boys', a feature film directed by Academy Award nominee Deepa Mehta and the multi award-winning Channel 4 VR documentary 'Grenfell Our Home', directed by Jonathan Rudd. Biggi is currently scoring a BBC ft. documentary series called 'Wild Scandinavia', directed by Tuppence Stone, which is coming out in early 2023.
As a child Biggi was drawn into the magic of music via old records that he would listen to as a child with his father who also played musical instruments. By the age of 15 he had clearly inherited his father skills and was playing in a psychedelic rock band and had begun writing his own material. He formed the group Ampop in 1998 with a friend, who created an interesting mixture of electronic, ambient and pop, releasing their debut album 'Made for Market' in 2002 with Thule Music (IS) and Static Caravan (UK), followed by their hit album 'My Delusions' (2006), released by Sena records (IS) and Relentless Records (UK). They became extremely popular in Iceland and won numerous awards for their albums and songwriting and went on to tour the world, supporting bands such as The Zutons, KT Tunstall and Queens of the Stone Age and gained support from radio legends Zane Lowe and the late John Peel.
Biggi moved to London in 2007 and began working with several classical musicians, including Italian cellist Maddalena Branduardi. This collaboration led him naturally into composing and arranging neoclassical music. His debut solo album 'Cinematic Songs' was well received by the film, TV and advertising industries. Since that time his music has been used on numerous film trailers, including HBO'S 'Olive Kitteridge', Winner of 7 Emmy Awards, 'Far from the Madding Crowd' directed by Thomas Vinterberg and his music has been featured in commercials for brands such as Apple, Mercedes Benz, Skoda, Hyundai, Thomson Holidays (TUI) and his latest score for Sheba / Mars inc. - 'The Film That Grows Coral', which aims to to help restore coral reefs around the globe.
As a composer, just some of Biggi's credits include the original score for Fremantle's high-end factual ft. documentary 'Arctic Drift'. The Nordic TV drama series 'Thin Ice' (Yellowbird & Sagafilm), for which he was nominated for the best score and album at The Icelandic Music Awards 2021. The Grierson Trust award-winning feature documentary 'The Last Igloo', produced by Swan Films for BBC4, the National Geographic adventure series 'Fiennes: Return to the Nile' starring Joseph and Ranulph Fiennes, 'Beeba Boys', a feature film directed by Academy Award nominee Deepa Mehta and the multi award-winning Channel 4 VR documentary 'Grenfell Our Home', directed by Jonathan Rudd. Biggi is currently scoring a BBC ft. documentary series called 'Wild Scandinavia', directed by Tuppence Stone, which is coming out in early 2023.
As a child Biggi was drawn into the magic of music via old records that he would listen to as a child with his father who also played musical instruments. By the age of 15 he had clearly inherited his father skills and was playing in a psychedelic rock band and had begun writing his own material. He formed the group Ampop in 1998 with a friend, who created an interesting mixture of electronic, ambient and pop, releasing their debut album 'Made for Market' in 2002 with Thule Music (IS) and Static Caravan (UK), followed by their hit album 'My Delusions' (2006), released by Sena records (IS) and Relentless Records (UK). They became extremely popular in Iceland and won numerous awards for their albums and songwriting and went on to tour the world, supporting bands such as The Zutons, KT Tunstall and Queens of the Stone Age and gained support from radio legends Zane Lowe and the late John Peel.
Biggi moved to London in 2007 and began working with several classical musicians, including Italian cellist Maddalena Branduardi. This collaboration led him naturally into composing and arranging neoclassical music. His debut solo album 'Cinematic Songs' was well received by the film, TV and advertising industries. Since that time his music has been used on numerous film trailers, including HBO'S 'Olive Kitteridge', Winner of 7 Emmy Awards, 'Far from the Madding Crowd' directed by Thomas Vinterberg and his music has been featured in commercials for brands such as Apple, Mercedes Benz, Skoda, Hyundai, Thomson Holidays (TUI) and his latest score for Sheba / Mars inc. - 'The Film That Grows Coral', which aims to to help restore coral reefs around the globe.
