Frans Bak

Frans Bak played piano throughout his childhood, immersing himself totally in the melodies that he created, where he found solace. He later graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music and formed a number of bands, experimenting with music, fusing together his classical training with different genres, sounds and modern technologies, and in doing so, has carved out a unique sound through his own compositions, ambient, melodic, atmospheric. Today, Frans continues to work as a highly accomplished composer, with over thirty years experience scoring for the film, TV and advertising industries, receiving international critical acclaim for his compositions for Nordic, French, American and British TV series including ‘Disparue’, ‘Doctor Foster’ and ‘Lilyhammer’. A pioneer of the Nordic Noir genre, his mesmerising music for ‘The Killing’ is widely acclaimed. Frans has also scored three Oscar nominated shorts: Ernst & Lyset, Helmer & Son and Skal vi være kærester? Frans released the album, Sound of North in 2016 bringing together new music and a number of critically acclaimed compositions. Inspired by his own upbringing and rooted in Scandinavia, Frans encapsulated the mood of ‘his north’ mentally and geographically, presenting its unique spirit and atmosphere; a coolness, a calmness, a mindfulness, found in much of Frans work. Frans is set to release the album Piano, on 17 April.