Bo Hansson

Bo Hansson

Birth : 1943-04-10, Gothenburg, Sweden

Death : 2010-04-23

History

Bo Ingemar Gunnar Hansson was a Swedish musician and composer best known for his four instrumental albums released in the 1970s. Entranced by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, which he had purloined from his girlfriend, he moved into a friend's vacant apartment and started writing an imaginary score.

Profile

Bo Hansson

Movies

I Trollkarlens Hatt
Himself
The Hunt for Bo Hansson
Himself
A film story about the composer and musician Bo Hansson, once half of Hansson & Carlsson. Bo Hansson is now better known abroad than in Sweden. He has composed numerous books including Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings'.
Sagan om ringen
Original Music Composer
Sagan om ringen is a 1971 Swedish live action television film in two parts, adapting the first part of The Fellowship of the Ring. The film was inspired by the progressive rock album of the same name, by Bo Hansson (in turn inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings).
Sagan om ringen
Director
Sagan om ringen is a 1971 Swedish live action television film in two parts, adapting the first part of The Fellowship of the Ring. The film was inspired by the progressive rock album of the same name, by Bo Hansson (in turn inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings).
Monument
Music
In the fall of 1967, intermedia artists Ture Sjölander and Lars Weck collaborated with Bengt Modin, video engineer of the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in Stockholm, to produce an experimental program called Monument. It was broadcast in January, 1968, and subsequently has been seen throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. Apart from the technical aspect of the project, their intention was to develop a widened consciousness of the communi - cative process inherent in visual images. They selected as source material the "monuments" of world culture— images of famous persons and paintings.