Biggi Hilmars - Icelandic film score composer
  • Bio
  • Showreel
  • Work
    • Film & TV
    • Commercials
  • Music
    • Stream on Spotify
    • Stream on other platforms
    • Stream unofficial scores / buy LE albums
  • Multimedia
    • Music Videos
    • Live Videos
    • Behind the scenes
  • Contact
Iceland's Biggi Hilmars' distinctive, provocative sound, described as having ‘unique beauty’, has fast cemented his status as a unique and prolific film composer. Having made a name for himself for his work on film scores, television, movie trailers and commercials, he has also released four solo albums. With his roots firmly planted in neoclassical, his cinematic soundscapes encapsulate the picturesque beauty of Iceland. His beautifully crafted, melodic music consistently inspires and always feels both contemporary and timeless, taking the listener on a journey.

Recent Film and TV credits include the original score for the Grierson Trust award-winning factual feature documentary 'A Year in the Ice: Arctic Drift’.  The Nordic TV drama series 'Thin Ice' (Yellowbird & Sagafilm), for which he was nominated for the best score and album at The Icelandic Music Awards 2021. The Grierson Trust award-winning feature documentary 'The Last Igloo', produced by Swan Films for BBC4, the National Geographic adventure series 'Fiennes: Return to the Nile' starring Joseph and Ranulph Fiennes, 'Beeba Boys', a feature film directed by Academy Award nominee Deepa Mehta and the multi award-winning Channel 4 VR documentary 'Grenfell Our Home', directed by Jonathan Rudd.  Biggi is currently co-composing a ft. documentary 
'Wilding' with english artist Jon Hopkins, directed by multi Emmy-award winner David Allen and a BBC wildlife series called 'Wild Scandinavia', directed by multi award-winning Tuppence Stone (Human Planet, Wild Alaska), which is coming out this year.


Biggi's music has been used on numerous film trailers, including HBO’S ‘Olive Kitteridge’, winner of 7 Emmy Awards, ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ directed by Thomas Vinterberg.  He recently scored the music for a conservation project  by Mars - Sheba 'The Film That Grows Coral’, a film that aims to to help restore coral reefs around the world.  It won a Grand Prix at Cannes Lions in 2022.  Biggi’s music has also  been featured in commercials for brands such as Apple, Mercedes Benz, Skoda, Hyundai and Thomson Holidays (TUI), to name but few.

As a child Biggi was drawn into the magic of music via old records that he would listen to as a child with his father who also played musical instruments. By the age of 15 he had clearly inherited his father skills and was playing in a psychedelic rock band and had begun writing his own material.  He formed the group Ampop in 1998 with a friend, who created an interesting mixture of electronic, ambient and popuplar music, releasing their debut album ‘Made for Market’ in 2002 with Thule Music (IS) and Static Caravan (UK), followed by their hit album ‘My Delusions’ (2006), released by Sena records (IS) and Relentless Records (UK). They became extremely popular in Iceland and won numerous awards for their albums and songwriting and went on to tour the world, supporting bands such as The Zutons, KT Tunstall and Queens of the Stone Age and gained support from radio legends Zane Lowe and the late John Peel.
Download Press Kit
Picture
RECENT WORK FOR FILM & TELEVISION
​

​
Picture
WILD SCANDINAVIA
Coming out in 2023

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
Picture
A YEAR IN THE ICE: THE 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
​

​Awards:
Winner - Best Science documentary,
Grierson Awards 2022
Picture

Thin Ice

2020

Nordic TV drama (8 episodes)

Directors: Cecilie Mosli
Thale Persen, Gudjon Jonsson

Producer:  Yellow Bird and 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)

Picture

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

Picture

​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

Picture

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 

Picture

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

Picture

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

  ADDITIONAL FILM, TV & THEATRE SCORES:

• Wild Scandinavia (BBC Natural History Unit, TV doc series, composer, 2022-2023)

• Proximity (Vinnslan in collab. w. Shakespeare Theatre, Gdansk, composer, 2022-2023)


• Sprungur (aka Fractures) (Dynja films, short film, composer, 2021)

• Tæring (Menningarfelag Akureyrar, site specific theatre piece, composer, 2020)

• Daetur (Gervi productions, short film, composer, 2018)

​• Far From The Madding Crowd (Fox Searchlight Pictures, official movie trailer 2016)

• Mamma aetlar ad sofna (Gervi productions, short film, composer, 2016)

• I Smile Back (Broadgreen Pictures, official movie trailer, 2014)

• Reindeer Family and Me (BBC2, feature documentary, composer, 2014)

• Impact (Elf Films, feature documentary, composer, 2014)


• Rof (Vinnslan, short film, composer, 2014)

• My Brother the Ark Raider (BBC2, feature documentary, composer, 2013) 

• Harry’s Mountain Heroes (ITV1, dir. Alexis Girardet, official trailer, 2012) 

• Life in A Day (A Scott Free Production, Ridley Scott, movie trailer, 2011) 

• Konfekt (Icelandic Film Centre, Sagafilm, short film, composer, 2011) 

• Subculture (Berserk Films, short film, composer, 2011) 


• Future of Hope (Spier Films, feature documentary, composer, 2010)

• Kristofer (Ljosband Films, short film, composer, 2010)

• Dream in Places (Open Your Eyes & Listen, short film, composer, 2010)

• Heaven on Earth (Deepa Mehta/Hamilton Prod., feat. film, ft. music, 2009)

• Sun of Wisdom (Open Your Eyes & Listen, short film, composer, 2009)

• The World Record Holder in the Lighthouse (JKH, feat. doc., composer, 2009)

• Every Colour of the Sea is Cold (AX films, mini TV drama series, composer, 2005)

​​
...MORE THEATRE & DANCE SCORES:
​

• Strengir (Vinnslan, mixed media performance piece, composer/music dir., 2014)

• Episodes (aka Timar) (Icelandic Dance Company, Helena Jonsdottir, dance piece 2013)

• Tamam Shud (One Theatre group, Iceland, composer, 2013)

• Skápur nr. 7 (Vinnslan Theatre Group, composer, 2012)

• As Soon As They Know Me (Maddid, London, composer, 2011)

​• Ghost Song Cabaret (Admiration Theatre, London, composer, 2009)
Join my newsletter to hear about
​new releases & news
Join newsletter

  • Bio
  • Showreel
  • Work
    • Film & TV
    • Commercials
  • Music
    • Stream on Spotify
    • Stream on other platforms
    • Stream unofficial scores / buy LE albums
  • Multimedia
    • Music Videos
    • Live Videos
    • Behind the scenes
  • Contact