Henrik Åström - The American Runestone (Music from the Original TV Series) (2020) [Hi-Res]

Henrik Åström is an award-winning composer born in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1980. During his childhood he travelled a great deal, accompanying his father who was an archaeologist on digs in strange parts of the world. Every summer, he sat in soil and dust, under Greece’s scorching sun, with a shovel in his hand – without quite knowing what he was looking for.

It was much later that he realized that all this had become a part of his heart. Three thousand year old jars had spoken to him. It was the first time he had seen the world with curious eyes. He had wanted to understand it, explore it, and to show others what he had found. But he had not chosen to follow in his father’s footsteps.

At age eight, he discovered the piano. Like an archaeological dig, he wanted to dive into its depths and look for sounds that could explain everything – even life itself. He began his musical search and studied at the Stockholm Music Conservatory and later at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Between 2002 and 2012 he ran the recording studio A-Stream Studio in Stockholm where he worked with grammy-winning artists such as Miss Li, Titiyo, and Glen Matlock from the legendary band Sex Pistols. Besides his work as a music producer, he wrote experimental theatre music for the acclaimed dancer and choreographer Frauke, Hirame Art Organization, the First Physical Theatre Company in South Africa, Los Angeles Movement Arts and Mandarin Orange Performing Arts (MOPA) in New York.

After relocating to the US, he has composed original film scores for a great number of filmmakers, including acclaimed directors Dan Zukovic (director of the cult classic ‘The Last Big Thing’ starring Mark Ruffalo), Ian McCrudden (grammy award nominated for ’Anita O’ Day – The Life of A Jazz Singer’) and Alison Parker (Dude, Where’s My Ferret?, for which Åström won a Goldie Award for Best Musical Score in 2016).

Åström has scored the documentary TV series ‘The American Runestone’ for Viaplay, written additional music for the popular Dishonored video game franchise with composer Daniel Licht, and worked with composer Heitor Pereira on the animated blockbuster film Angry Birds. Current projects include Internment, an epic Albanian/American period piece drama, the upcoming feature film Eyes Upon Waking by Jennifer Scott (Hitch, 30 Rock), and the action/drama Mango Bajito that stars legendary actor Danny Trejo (Heat, Machete, Sons of Anarchy).

He currently resides and has his studio in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

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The American Runestone
Åström is currently working on the score for the upcoming TV series ‘The American Runestone’, a documentary series shedding light on the role played by Viking explorers in Europe’s discovery of North America. The show stars popular Swedish actor Peter Stormare (“The Blacklist,” “Swedish Dicks”). The series’ first two seasons have been commissioned by the Viaplay streaming service run by Scandinavia’s NENT Group.

Tracklist:
01. Henrik Åström - The American Runestone
02. Henrik Åström - Hälsingland
03. Henrik Åström - Mending the Past
04. Henrik Åström - One Two Three, Archaeology!
05. Henrik Åström - 100 Years Apart
06. Henrik Åström - Runestone Hill
07. Henrik Åström - A Man Called Beaver
08. Henrik Åström - Naysayers
09. Henrik Åström - Sailing to the New World
10. Henrik Åström - With a Little Help from Science
11. Henrik Åström - Skeletons in the Closet
12. Henrik Åström - Welcome to Ashby
13. Henrik Åström - L'Anse aux Meadows
14. Henrik Åström - Small Towns
15. Henrik Åström - Decoding the Stone
16. Henrik Åström - Twin Cities
17. Henrik Åström - The Mel Dwell
18. Henrik Åström - We Will Claim This Land
19. Henrik Åström - Fishing for Artifacts
20. Henrik Åström - Uncovering the Truth
21. Henrik Åström - New Adventures
22. Henrik Åström - The Survey
23. Henrik Åström - Elroy Land
24. Henrik Åström - Let's Make History
25. Henrik Åström - Where Norsemen Turn
26. Henrik Åström - Point of No Return
27. Henrik Åström - The Future and the Past