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Nils Petter Molvær

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Azad (12) loves competing in the high jump. His greatest hero is Kajsa Bergqvist. Along with his brother Tigris he is separated from his family in Kurdistan and ends up as a hostage in Sweden. They try to make friends in the new country but never give up
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Nils Petter Molvær was born on 18 September 1960 in Langevåg, Sula, Norway. He is a composer and actor, known for Great Freedom (2021), Into the White (2012) and REMAKE.me (2014).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Great Freedom (2021)
    Great Freedom
    7.5
    • Composer(as Nils Petter Molvaer)
    • 2021
    Rupert Grint and Florian Lukas in Into the White (2012)
    Into the White
    7.1
    • Composer(as Nils Petter Molvaer)
    • 2012
    REMAKE.me (2014)
    REMAKE.me
    7.0
    • Composer(as Nils Petter Molvaer)
    • 2014
    Edy (2005)
    Edy
    5.7
    • Composer(as Nils Petter Molvaer)
    • 2005

    Credits

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    Composer

    • Sound of Air
      • Composer
      • Post-production
    • Ivan Murray in Ivan & Thor (2025)
      Ivan & Thor
      • composer
      • 2025
    • Once you shall be one of those who lived long ago (2025)
      Once you shall be one of those who lived long ago
      8.1
      • composer
      • 2025
    • Okseblod (2025)
      Okseblod
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Charlotte, una di noi (2024)
      Charlotte, una di noi
      6.5
      • Composer (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2024
    • Misty - The Erroll Garner Story (2024)
      Misty - The Erroll Garner Story
      7.2
      • Composer (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2024
    • Jørgen Langhelle, Henrik Rafaelsen, Marie Louise Tank, and Guri Glans in Natt (2022)
      Natt
      7.1
      • Composer (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2022
    • Thorvald Steen in Kunsten å plystre (2021)
      Kunsten å plystre
      9.0
      • Composer (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2021
    • Great Freedom (2021)
      Great Freedom
      7.5
      • Composer (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2021
    • REMAKE.me (2014)
      REMAKE.me
      7.0
      • Composer (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2014
    • Etter karnevalet
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2013
    • Fremd (2013)
      Fremd
      Short
      • Composer (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2013
    • Rupert Grint and Florian Lukas in Into the White (2012)
      Into the White
      7.1
      • Composer (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2012
    • Bastøy (2010)
      Bastøy
      7.3
      • Composer (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2010
    • Shameless (2010)
      Shameless
      5.4
      • Composer (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2010
    • Harry & Charles (2009)
      Harry & Charles
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2009

    Music Department

    • Wanda Rutkiewicz in Wanda Rutkiewicz. Ostatnia wyprawa (2024)
      Wanda Rutkiewicz. Ostatnia wyprawa
      6.9
      • musician: trumpet (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2024
    • Dorothée de Koon in Paradises of Diane (2024)
      Paradises of Diane
      5.7
      • trompete (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2024
    • Quarume: Never go back (2018)
      Quarume: Never go back
      Short
      • musician (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2018
    • Øistein Boassen, Nour Eddine Lakhmari, Egil Ødegård, Morjana Alaoui, Wesley Mrozinski, Anas El Baz, Sarah Perles, and Ilyass El Jihani in Burnout (2017)
      Burnout
      5.1
      • musician (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2017
    • Hoppet (2007)
      Hoppet
      5.3
      • musician: trumpet, duduk (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2007
    • The Dream Castle (1986)
      The Dream Castle
      5.4
      • musician: winds
      • 1986

    Actor

    • Nils Petter Molvær: Kakonita (2023)
      Nils Petter Molvær: Kakonita
      Music Video
      • (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2023
    • Nils Petter Molvær: Nearly Invisible Stitches (2021)
      Nils Petter Molvær: Nearly Invisible Stitches
      Video
      • (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2021
    • Nulle part ailleurs. 1ère partie (1997)
      Nulle part ailleurs. 1ère partie
      7.4
      TV Series
      • (as Nils Petter Molvaer)
      • 2000

    Videos1

    Leaps and Bounds
    Trailer 1:41
    Leaps and Bounds

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Nils Petter Molvaer
    • Born
      • September 18, 1960
      • Langevåg, Sula, Norway

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