Edvard Grieg

Birth : 1843-06-15, Bergen, Norway

Death : 1907-09-04

History

Norwegian composer widely known for his "Peer Gynt" score, which includes the famous excerpt "In the Hall of the Mountain King."

Movies

Anhedonia
Music
In a dystopian near future, a class of people are vaccinated with Anhedonia, a vaccine that causes the loss of pleasure and feelings in order to keep a population focused on farm work.
Man 2020
Music
An update to Steve Cutts' original film "MAN" with "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Greig as music.
Happiness
Musician
The story of a rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment.
The Sun Is God
Original Music Composer
1918 - A woman imagines her lover has returned from the horrors of war in France, remembering moments shared together. A tale of love and loss told through classical ballet.
Little Miss Eyeflap
Music
Breaking with her own culture, a Norwegian-Pakistani girl escapes the force marriage her family has planned for her.
Fitna
Music
A short film in which Quran verses are shown alongside images from terrorist attacks.
Angel's Fall
Original Music Composer
Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father's behavior. She only talks to Mustafa, 'Engin Dogan' who works in the same hotel and he is interested in Zeynep. She is not interested in Mustafa who is younger than Zeynep, but she is not indifferent to him. While Zeynep is trying to make a bonfire of bad situation, Selçuk, Budak Akalin who lives on the other side of city is a voice technician. He feels guilty after his wife's death. The suitcase which has his wife's dresses changes the Zeynep's destiny.
The Mountain King
Music
A reserved young man meets an impulsive stranger on a secluded beach. Their brief friendship leaves each subtly changed.
Mistress Berta Garlan
Music
The adaption of Arthur Schnitzler's brilliant study of the moral illusion and reality in a small town near Vienna at the end of the century. - After the famous radio adaption by Max Ophüls in 1954.
Peer Gynt
Original Music Composer
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Music
The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it's flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.
Peer Gynt
Music
Based on the play by Henrik Ibsen, Gynt, an imaginative young man looked down upon by most everybody, is banished from his village for running away with a bride on her wedding day.