Johan Carøe

Movies

The Great Silence
Original Music Composer
Alma lives a humble and secluded life behind the walls of a contemporary Catholic convent in Denmark. As she prepares for her perpetual vows as a nun, her older brother Erik unexpectedly shows up. He is a recovering alcoholic and clearly depressed, yet Alma struggles to show him mercy, as his presence unearths a family secret she has desperately tried to suppress. With the ceremony impending, Alma begins to lose her footing and doubt whether she is worthy of the love of her God.
Miss Osaka
Music
Ines, who wants to change who she is and become someone else in order to cover up her insecurities. When she accompanies her boyfriend Lucas on a business trip to Norway, Ines meets a half-Japanese tourist, Maria, who instantly fascinates her. Suddenly Maria disappears, and Ines seizes the opportunity to replace her – she declares herself dead and travels to Japan in order to take over Maria's identity. There, she will get a job at Miss Osaka, the same nightclub where Maria used to work. A game of broken boundaries, lost identities and the dangerous balance between reality and the past has begun, and Ines must abide by the new rules by avoiding the more obscure paths.
Min Søster og Prinsen
Music
Two sisters prepare in the hall of the castle as the prince awaits his suitresses. There's a lot at stake for their small village and it's not everyday that you find yourself so close to the power. However, the procedure for the visit has changed and the girls must now do everything they can in order to get the older sister ready for the fateful meeting.
What If All Colours Were Blue?
Original Music Composer
In the grey city of Nordby, where they fear everything blue, lives the hotel receptionist Anne. She dreams of becoming one of The Grey, the city's protectors. One night Anne sees a blue cat by the hotel. She imminently calls The Grey to the scene, who unsuccessfully starts a mission to catch the cat. Meanwhile, a young and colourful couple, Al & Chris, arrive at the hotel. Their different way of looking at the world and dangers of the blue cat challenges Anne's faith in The Grey. When the cat suddenly gets caught in a trap near the hotel, Anne has to decide whether she wants to free it and leave the city, or turn it in to The Grey and keep following the city's strict code.
Kaptajnens Skygge: Christopher Juul Jensen
Music
How strong the longing can be for a victory, for a man who basically gets paid to lose.
Nina
Music
A Faroese-Danish low-budget feature film about an aspiring author named Nina who moves to the remote island country Faroe Islands together with her boyfriend William, then finds herself isolated and lonely due to William’s heavy workload as a doctor.
Songs in the Sun
Original Music Composer
Møn Island, Denmark. Sonja asks Anna, an aspiring singer, to visit her childhood friend Julie, Sonja's daughter, who is obsessed with an ancient myth. Anna tries to cheer Julie up and convince her to give up her fantasies. (Remake of the short film “Sombra,” 2017.)
Weltschmerz
Music
While the world is ablaze, a blind director asks her theater group to help her process her broken heart. In a chaotic and iconographic role play, the group embarks on its search for love's true nature, while the fear of the physical world's limitations are buried deep underneath the stage floor.
Gold Coast
Original Music Composer
Young anti-colonial idealist Wulff leaves for Danish Guinea to set up a coffee plantation but not everything goes according to plan.
Tsunami
Music
Haru returns home in denial after a tsunami, where he must learn to deal with his loss through an encounter with a magical see Spirit.
The Valley of Gods
Original Music Composer