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Hildur Guðnadóttir
Composer

Hildur Guðnadóttir

Born September 4, 1982 in Reykjavík, Iceland

15 films

Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (born 4 September 1982) is an Icelandic musician and composer. A classically trained cellist, she has played and recorded with the bands Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, Múm and Stórsveit Nix Noltes, and has toured with Animal Collective and Sun O))). She has also produced solo works. Hildur has gained international recognition for her film and television scores, including for the action thriller film Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), and the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019), the latter of which won her a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award. For her score to the 2019 psychological thriller film Joker, Hildur won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. She also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, making her the first solo female composer to win in both. C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards

1 win, 2 nominations

Filmography 15

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) movie poster
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026
The Bride! (2026) movie poster
The Bride!2026
Hedda (2025) movie poster
Hedda2025
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) movie poster
Joker: Folie à Deux2024
A Haunting in Venice (2023) movie poster
A Haunting in Venice2023
TÁR (2022) movie poster
TÁR2022
Women Talking (2022) movie poster
Women Talking2022
Joker (2019) movie poster
Joker2019
Mary Magdalene (2018) movie poster
Mary Magdalene2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) movie poster
Sicario: Day of the Soldado2018
Journey's End (2017) movie poster
Journey's End2017
Strong Island (2017) movie poster
Strong Island2017
Tom of Finland (2017) movie poster
Tom of Finland2017
The Oath (2016) movie poster
The Oath2016
A Hijacking (2012) movie poster
A Hijacking2012