Biggi Hilmars - Icelandic film score composer
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"Biggi Hilmars is an acclaimed Icelandic film composer and artist known for his distinctive and provocative sound.
​His work spans across award-winning film and tv projects, to immersive theatre and visual arts. He has released four solo albums and numerous soundtracks. His music which melds classical orchestration and atmospheric, electronic elements, is described as encapsulating the picturesque beauty of Iceland, inspiring and timeless, taking the listener on a journey."
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RECENT WORK FOR FILM & TELEVISION​


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An t-Eilean / The Island

2025 
TV drama (4 episodes)
Director: Tom Sullivan
Producer: Black Camel Pictures
Composer: Biggi Hilmars


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All Eyes On Me

2024

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Feature film

Director: Pascal Payant

Producers: Y-US productions
& Fimbulvetur

Original score by 
Biggi Hilmars


Awards:
​Nominated – 'Best original score & album' in Film, TV & Theatre category at The Icelandic Music Awards 2024​
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Wild Scandinavia
2023 - 2024

Wildlife series (3 episodes)

Producer:  BBC Natural History Unit


Directed by: Tuppence Stone
Ingrid Kvale, Poppy Riddle

Original score composed by 
Biggi Hilmars

Narrated by Rebecca Ferguson
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WILDING
2024

Feature documentary

Producer:  Gaby Bastyra for
Passion Pictures


Directed by David Allen

Original score by Biggi Hilmars
​and Jon Hopkins

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​Awards:

Zelda Penzel Giving Voice to the Voiceless Award, Hamptons International Film Festival 2023

​Audience Award, Illuminate film Festival 2024
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A Year in the Ice: Arctic Drift
2021

Full ft. adventure documentary

Producer:  Fremantle & Wild Blue Media

Directed by Ashley Morris

Music supervision: Rachel Menzies for BMG

Composer: Biggi Hilmars
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​Awards:
Winner - Best Science documentary,
Grierson Awards 2022
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Thin Ice

2020 
Nordic TV drama (8 episodes)
Directors: Cecilie Mosli
Thale Persen, Gudjon Jonsson
Producers: Yellowbird & Sagafilm
Composer: Biggi Hilmars

Awards:
​Nominated – Best original score & album in Film & TV category at The Icelandic Music Awards 2021​
Nominated – International Panorama & Audience Award 2020, Series Mania (France)

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The Last Igloo

2019

Feature documentary

Director: Christian Collerton

Producer:  Swan Films for BBC FOUR

Music: Biggi Hilmars
Awards:
Winner – Natural History, Grierson Awards 2020
Gold Medal Winner – New York Film & TV Festival 2020

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​Fiennes: Return to the Nile
​(aka Egypt with the World's Greatest Explorer (US)

2019

TV documentary series (3 episodes)

Director: Matt Dyas

Producer:  Woodcut Media for
​National Geographic

Theme music: Biggi Hilmars

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Grenfell: Our Home

2018

Virtual Reality Documentary

Director: Jonathan Rudd

Producer:  Parable and 59 Productions for Channel 4

Music: Biggi Hilmars
Awards:
Winner 'Best doc VR experience' - Raindance Film Festival 2018
Winner 'Alt. realities Audience Award' - Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018
Winner 2019 - The British Arrows Awards
Winner 'Creative VR Award' - Limina Awards 2018 

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Brash Young Turks

2016

Feature film (chrime thriller)

Director: Naeem Mahmood,
​Ash Mahmood

Producer:  Trailblazer Films

Music: Biggi Hilmars and Edwin Sykes
Awards:
Winner 'Best UK movie' - Movie video & Screen Awards  2016

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Beeba Boys

2015

Feature film (crime drama)

Director: Deepa Mehta

Producer:  Hamilton-Mehta Productions

Music: Biggi Hilmars
Awards:
Nominated – Best Canadian Feature film, Toronto International Film Festival 2015

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