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Atli Örvarsson

Icelandic film score composer

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Also known as Atli Orvarsson

Born: July 7, 1970
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-08-13
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Birthplace: Akureyri
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-15
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Citizenship: Iceland
Occupation: composer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, film score composer
, conductor
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Education: Berklee College of Music
Languages spoken, written or signed: Icelandic
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1.Stated in IdRefRetrieved 2020-03-05
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Overview

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Atli Örvarsson is an Icelandic-American film score composer. Atli's credits include composing and orchestrating music for some of Hollywood's biggest projects, including the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Angels & Demons, The Holiday, The Eagle, Vantage Point, Babylon A.D., Thick as Thieves, The Fourth Kind, and Season of the Witch. Atli's most recent credits include Apple TV's Silo and Defending Jacob, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, A Single Shot, NBC series Chicago Fire, and together with Hans Zimmer contributed music to the Zack Snyder Superman reinstallment Man of Steel.

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A Single Shot(2013)
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters(2013)
Chicago Fire(2012)
The Eagle(2011)
Season of the Witch(2011)
Thick as Thieves(2009)
The Fourth Kind(2009)
Babylon A.D.(2008)
Vantage Point(2008)
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams(2007)
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild(2006)
Dead Above Ground(2002)

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Website: atlimusic.com
Instrument: piano
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-06-23
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Start of work period: 2000
Given name: Atli
Family name: Örvarsson
Field of work: film score
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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Name in native language: Atli Örvarsson

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