Jon Petter Ekstrand (born 14 December 1976) is a Swedish composer and film sound designer.[1] As a composer, he has collaborated with director Daniel Espinosa scoring films such as Easy Money, Child 44, Life, and Morbius.[2] Since 1999, he has worked and contributed as a composer or a sound designer on several films, television films, TV series and short films, including music for 4 episodes of the Swedish TV series Sebastian Bergman.

Jon Ekstrand
Birth nameJon Petter Ekstrand[1]
Born (1976-12-14) 14 December 1976 (age 47)
Tumba, Stockholm, Sweden
GenresFilm score, electronic, ambient
InstrumentsKeyboards, synthesizer, erhu, percussion
Years active2003-present
Websitewww.jonekstrand.com

Career

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While studying at the Stockholm Film School,[3] Ekstrand was a Tilliander scholar.[4] His first work as a composer was the Danish short film The Fighter (2003) directed by Daniel Espinosa. Since then they have collaborated on several films, including Babylon Disease (2004), Outside Love (2007), Easy Money (2010), Child 44 (2015), Life (2017) and Morbius (2022).[1]

Filmography

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As composer

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English language

Year Title Director(s) Notes
2015 Child 44 Daniel Espinosa Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records
Fifth collaboration with Espinosa
2017 Life Soundtrack released by Milan Records
Sixth collaboration with Espinosa
2018 Slaughterhouse Rulez Crispin Mills Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records
First composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa
2020 I Am Greta Nathan Grossman Composed with Rebekka Karijord. Soundtrack released by Oona Recordings
2020 Horizon Line Mikael Marcimain Composed with Carl-Johan Sevedag. Soundtrack released by Sony Classical
Second composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa.
2022 Morbius Daniel Espinosa Seventh collaboration with Espinosa. Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records
2022 All the Old Knives Janus Metz Pedersen Composed with Rebekka Karijord. Third composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa.

Other languages

Year Title Director(s) Country Notes
2003 The Fighter Daniel Espinosa Denmark Bokseren (original title)
Short film
First collaboration with Espinosa
2004 Babylon Disease Sweden Babylonsjukan (original title)
Second collaboration with Espinosa
2007 Outside Love Denmark Uden for kærligheden (original title)
Third collaboration with Espinosa
Leo Josef Fares Sweden
2008 Bedragaren Åsa Blanck
Johan Palmgren
Composed with Krister Linder
Documentary
2010 Easy Money Daniel Espinosa Snabba cash (original title)
Fourth collaboration with Espinosa
2012 Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation Kathrine Windfeld Hamilton: I nationens intresse (original title)
Composed with Philippe Boix-Vives
Easy Money II: Hard to Kill Babak Najafi Snabba cash II (original title)
Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter Tobias Falk Hamilton: Men inte om det gäller din dotter (original title)
2013 Easy Money III: Life Deluxe Jens Jonsson Snabba cash - Livet deluxe (original title)
2017 Borg vs McEnroe Janus Metz Pedersen
Blind Alley Manuel Concha
2018 Jimmie Jesper Ganslandt
2019 Queen of Hearts May el-Toukhy Denmark Dronningen (original title)

Television

Year Title Studio Notes
2010–2013 Sebastian Bergman SVT1 Den fördömde (original title)
Composed with Philippe Boix-Vives
2017—2019 Alex Viaplay Composed with Carl-Johan Sevedag
2017—present Farang C More Entertainment Composed with Anders Niska and Klas Wahl

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Jon Ekstrand". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  2. ^ "Jon Ekstrand to Score Daniel Espinosa's 'Morbius'". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved Oct 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "Våra tidigare elever" (in Swedish). stockholmfilmskola.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "Skap-stipendium till Tilliander". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). October 25, 2005. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
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