Hildur Guðnadóttir
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.
Guðnadóttir 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 psychological thriller film Joker (2019), 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.
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Films (33)
National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona
2026 · Music, Musician
Closure
2026 · Original Music Composer
The Sound of The Mountains
2026 · Music
La fiancée !
2026 · Original Music Composer
28 Ans plus tard : Le Temple des morts
2026 · Original Music Composer
Hedda
2025 · Original Music Composer
Chopin, a Sonata in Paris
2025 · Music
Joker : Folie à deux
2024 · Original Music Composer
Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld
2024 · Self
Mystère à Venise
2023 · Original Music Composer
The Fundraiser
2023 · Original Music Composer
Ce qu'elles disent
2022 · Original Music Composer
Tár
2022 · Original Music Composer, Musician
Out of the Darkness
2022 · Music
Last and First Men
2020 · Musician
Guasón
2019 · Original Music Composer
Sicario : La Guerre des cartels
2018 · Original Music Composer, Musician
Marie Madeleine
2018 · Original Music Composer
Men of Honor
2017 · Original Music Composer
Tom of Finland
2017 · Original Music Composer
Strong Island
2017 · Original Music Composer
Premier Contact
2016 · Musician
The Oath : Le serment d’Hippocrate
2016 · Original Music Composer
End of Summer
2014 · Original Music Composer
Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air
2014 · Music
Cathedrals
2014 · Original Music Composer
Graduates: Freedom Is Not for Free
2013 · Music
Jîn
2013 · Original Music Composer
Astro: An Urban Fable in a Magical Rio de Janeiro
2012 · Original Music Composer
Hijacking
2012 · Original Music Composer
The Bleeding House
2011 · Music
Farmer Johns World
2004 · Music
The Bell Jar
· Original Music Composer
