Composer Frode Fjellheim was praised by Norway's president in a New Year's speech for his contribution to what 2013 hit film that amply features elements of the country's native culture?
"which publishes books, sheet music and CDs by a number of artists. In 2004 he released the album Aejlies Gaaltije which contains the mass Arktisk Messe, commissioned by ""Festspillene in Harstad"" in 2000. Fjellheim has also written a book called ""Joik for kor"" (""Yoik for choirs"") and a textbook on music rooted in joik. Fjellheim wrote the opening song ""Vuelie"" for ""Frozen"", which was based on yoiking. The song is a slightly altered version of ""Eatnemen Vuelie"" (""Song of the Earth""), which was originally written in 1996. The film version is shorter and lacks the elements of the Christian hymn"
"the film, following his work on ""Paperman"", a Disney animated short film released the year prior to ""Frozen"". It was revealed on September 14, 2013, that Sámi musician Frode Fjellheim's ""Eatnemen Vuelie"" would be the film's opening song, as it contains elements of the traditional Sámi singing style joik. The music producers recruited a Norwegian linguist to assist with the lyrics for an Old Norse song written for Elsa's coronation and traveled to Trondheim, Norway, to record the all-female choir Cantus, for a piece inspired by traditional Sámi music. Under the supervision of sound engineer David Boucher, the lead cast"
"""Sørsamar rundt Hardangervidda"" (Telemarkfestivalen 2003), Aejlies Gaaltije - The sacred Source (""Festspillene i Nord-Norge"" 2000), and ""Àhkunjárga"" or ""Tøtta sitt ness"" (""Vinterfestuka"" in Narvik 2006) Since 1997, he has also composed film scores for NRK and several short films. During the 1990s, he headed his namesake band ""Jazz Joik Ensemble"", which later became ""Transjoik"". Fjellheim was also a member of ""Tango Concertino"". Mari Boine, Ulla Pirttijärvi, Katarina Barruk, Anne Vada, Hildegunn Øiseth, Iren Reppen, Ella Holm Bull and Tone Hulbækmo are some of the other artists that Fjellheim has worked with. Fjellheim also heads his own music company called Vuelie,"
"Thing"". Through its inclusion in other popular films, the Sami culture and joiking in particular has managed to achieve national acclaim. Of particular note is Disney’s Frozen, which is heavily inspired by Scandinavian and Sami culture. This is evident in its use of typical elements of the Sami people, including reindeer herding and outfit styles. Furthermore, South Sami musician and joiker Frode Fjellheim composed the opening track of Frozen, titled “Vuelie”, which is an adaptation of his original track “Eatnemen Vuelie (Song of the Earth)”. This growing adaptation of Sami elements, in particular joiking, points towards a gradual revitalization of"
"Evan Goldberg. The setting was principally based on Norway, and the cultural influences in the film come from Scandinavian culture. Several landmarks in Norway appear in the film, including the Akershus Fortress in Oslo, the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, and Bryggen in Bergen. Numerous other typical cultural Scandinavian elements are also included in the film, such as stave churches, trolls, Viking ships, a hot spring, Fjord horses, clothes, and food such as lutefisk. A maypole is also present in the film, as well as the brief appearance of runes in a book that Anna and Elsa's father opens to figure"
"and European countries. In 2014 HEDEGAARD released ""Happy Home"", featuring Lukas Graham Forchhammer. The song was played heavily on the Danish radio station P3 and was put in A rotation on several other radio stations. On streaming and sale it was #1 for several weeks in Danmark and has now accumulated more than 38 million streams in total (July 2017). After performing on the Norwegian talk show ""Senkveld med Thomas og Harald"",[9] the song became #1 on the Norwegian iTunes and was certified 3x platinum on streaming in Norway.[10] In 2014 HEDEGAARD won an award as ""Producer of the Year"""
"Since the turn of the 21st century, there have been a number of successful Norwegian films. These include: Along with the classical music of romantic composer Edvard Grieg and the modern music of Arne Nordheim, Norwegian black metal has become something of an export article in recent years. Norway's classical performers include Leif Ove Andsnes, one of the world's more famous pianists, and Truls Mørk, an outstanding cellist. Within Pop Music Norway has in the recent years had many international popular artists such as a-ha, Kygo & Matoma. The jazz scene in Norway is also thriving; Jan Garbarek, Mari Boine,"
"also win the Best Film award), Best Foreign Film and an honorary award. The documentary ""Kon-Tiki"" by Thor Heyerdahl received the Academy Award for Documentary Feature at the 24th Academy Awards in 1951. It is the only feature film in Norwegian history to win an Academy Award. In 2006 the Norwegian/Canadian animated short film The Danish Poet, directed by Norwegian Torill Kove and narrated by Norwegian screen legend Liv Ullmann, won an Academy Award for Animated Short Film, and became the second Norwegian production to receive an Academy Award. As of 2013, five films from Norway have been nominated for"
"to perform at the opera house in Oslo for three days. The event organized in Norway by the multicultural festival was also attended by the Queen Sonja of Norway. He was accompanied by Bollywood Brass band, Nafees Irfan and Jasvant Singh. Rafaqat Ali Khan also presented classical songs at inaugural ceremony of festival at Rudd House (City hall) in Oslo. Rafaqat Ali works was featured on the Rishi Rich's album ""The Project"" and he has recorded a song with Peter Gabriel. Rafaqat Ali Khan is also known as a successful playback singer in films ""Krrish"", ""Dhokha"", ""Silence Please... The Dressing"
"Språkåret 2013 Språkåret (The Language Year) in Norway was arranged with government support in 2013. That year was 200 years after Ivar Aasen was born. It was 100 years after Det Norske Teatret (The Norwegian Theatre) opened. Ivar Aasen's life work was the development of Nynorsk (New Norse), a language with grammar and vocabulary based upon the way ordinary Norwegians, primarily rural, spoke. After a few hundred years under Danish rule, many in the cities as well as everyone educated in Denmark, spoke and wrote Danish and Danish was taught in schools. Det Norske Teatret is a theatre in Oslo"
"Swedes, Danes, and Germans. ""Fante-Anne"" is therefore regarded as the first professional Norwegian feature film. The film makes use of the Norwegian landscape and rural lifestyle where the action takes place. The film was the first for which the distributor Kommunenes Filmcentral and Norwegian cinema owners were involved in the production. ""Fante-Anne"" was also the start of the over three-decade career of Rasmus Breistein, one of the most prominent Norwegian directors of the 20th century. The film was restored and reissued in 2011, with new music written by Halldor Krogh. Originally, the director Rasmus Breistein himself played the fiddle during"
"in 2010. In 2012 the three members of a-ha, Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar Savoy, were appointed Knights of the 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for their contribution to Norwegian music. The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav is granted as a reward for distinguished services to their country and mankind. The official ceremony took place on 6 November 2012. Furuholmen's projects outside of A-ha include Timbersound, formed in 1994 with Kjetil Bjerkestrand, and later, Swedish singer, Freddie Wadling. Their work has been used on film soundtracks such as ""Ti Kniver I Hjertet"
"and large attractions/events the whole year round. Norwegian County Road 13 (Fv13) is one of 18 national tourist roads in Norway because of the nearby waterfalls. From Førde, drivers start on a sightseeing journey with cultural attractions that date from the 19th century to the present day’s city environment. The districts of Holsen and Haukedalen are typical of Western Norwegian farming communities that have created a picturesque cultivated landscape. Rørvik Mountain, the trail with the fascinating stone walls and a marvellous view over Haukedalen. Along Råheimsdalen and Eldalen to the Gaularfjellet mountains, you will see a marvellous waterfall landscape that"
"about soccer fans from the city of Fredrikstad, Norway. This movie, often described as ""The Full Monty"" with more laughs, became a huge hit in Norway. His highest-grossing film to date is ""The Karate Kid"". He also directed music videos for the Norwegian band a-ha, for the songs ""Velvet"" and ""Forever Not Yours"". He also directed the music video for a-ha vocalist Morten Harket's solo release song ""Brother"". He is attached to a Sony Pictures Animation's live-action/CG feature film based on the video game series ""RollerCoaster Tycoon"", and as a director to Universal Pictures' ""Bakugan"", a feature film based on"
"produced several primarily Norwegian artists' albums, including Odd Nordstoga (""Luring"" (2004)), Gåte (""Iselilja"" (2004)), Marit Larsen (""Under the Surface"", (2006), ""The Chase"" (2008) and ""Spark"", (2011)), Motorpsycho (""Heavy Metal Fruit"" (2009)), Åge Aleksandersen (""Furet værbitt"" (2011)), Ida Jenshus (""Someone to Love"" (2012)) and Highasakite (""Silent Treatment"") (2014)). He received Gammleng-prisen in 2009 for ""Best Studio Musician"" and Spellemannprisen 2011 for ""Record Producer of the Year"". He also received Kanonprisen 2015 for ""Best Film Score"" for the movie ""Knutsen & Ludvigsen og den fæle Rasputin"". Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim (born 1969) is a Norwegian record producer, musician and composer"
"the other hand, felt ""O' Horten"" failed to live up to the director's best work, and gave it only four points. She nevertheless pointed out the good qualities in the film, in particular the filming and the soundtrack by John Erik Kaada. Foreign reviewers also gave the film generally positive reviews; Duane Byrge of ""The Hollywood Reporter"" called it a ""Warm story from frigid Norway"". ""Variety""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Alissa Simon wrote that it ""lacks the fully developed characters and tightly constructed narrative of his more poignant and substantial ""Kitchen Stories"""", but that it ""nevertheless provides a warm and gently humorous divertissement"". She"
"ceremonies following the 2011 Norway attacks. On the Norwegian Constitution Day in 2012, the NRK broadcast was opened with ""Mitt lille land."" In addition, Norway has an unofficial royal anthem, ""Kongesangen"", based on ""God Save the King"" and written in its modern form by Gustav Jensen. The psalm ""Gud signe vårt dyre fedreland"", written by Elias Blix and with a melody by Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, is often referred to as Norway's ""national psalm."" National anthem of Norway Norway does not have an official national anthem, but over the last 200 years, a number of anthems have been commonly regarded"
"that primarily produces plays in Nynorsk. These two jubilees were the main reasons for the decision to create a national year of celebration of languages. Språkåret 2013 was a stand-alone project, organised within the Nynorsk kultursentrum (Nynorsk culture center) and funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture. The purpose of Språkåret 2013 was to embrace and celebrate the diversity of language that exists in Norway. One sought to put focus on the positive effects that arise out of living in a country with several languages. The two official written versions of Norwegian, Bokmål and Nynorsk, the language of the indigenous"
"the media claiming that immigrant boys are more hot-headed than Norwegian boys, but the police eventually dropped the charges as ""no criminal offense"". He sparked a wide public debate about Norwegian culture in 2012/13 after asking Culture Minister Hadia Tajik and Integration Minister Inga Marte Thorkildsen to define Norwegian culture, and if they believed it to be important to protect. Their responses led him to accuse them of ""denying Norwegian culture"". In 2014 he released his book discussing immigration politics titled ""Mens orkesteret fortsetter å spille"" (""While the orchestra continues playing""; alluding to a scene in ""Titanic""). In the book,"
"of this industry through the middle of the first decade of the 21st century has led to significant expansion and new construction, both residential and commercial. In 2012, Ulsteinvik was the winner of the most attractive town in Norway. The Sjøborg theatre, on Ulsteinvik's waterfront, has both film and live theatre venues. It shows a mixture of ""global"" and Norwegian feature films (3-5 different films at a time over 10-12 showings per week). In addition, it welcomes a mixture of local and touring live acts, including big band, operatic revues, English- and Norwegian-language dramatic productions and stand-up comedy. Ulsteinvik is"
"with performance-based forms of expression including essayistic interpretations, live-camera filming and elements including statistical facts, and face-making. A trademark feature of his performances is the concert-ending “composer’s speech to the audience”; a talk that could be performed live on screen, in recorded format or relayed through instruments such as midi-drums. In 2005, Reinholdtsen received the Fartein Valen Scholarship and in 2011 he was bestowed with the Arne Nordheim Composer’s Prize. His works have been performed internationally at festivals such as the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Donaueschinger Musiktage. Trond Reinholdtsen Trond Reinholdtsen (born 7 November 1972) is a Norwegian contemporary"
"credits sequence, followed by ""In the Hall of the Mountain King"" from Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg's music for the play ""Peer Gynt"". The latter song's quiet, downbeat ending is abruptly followed by a VFX clip, showing the family ""Mountain King"" trolls (the third of four troll types depicted in the movie) clawing and shrieking at the camera. While otherwise in Norwegian, the credits end with the English phrase ""No trolls were harmed during the making of this film"". ""Trollhunter"" contains many references to Norwegian culture and Norwegian folktales in particular. Among those are the belief that there are different species"
"Frozen Northern Lights. This brand extension including animated shorts, books and a TV special. The 2013 animated film ""Frozen"" was released to critical acclaim and commercial success, sparking interest in related media to expand the ""Frozen"" universe. By June 2014, the film's reliance on Norway for visual inspiration had resulted in a significant increase in tourism in that country, with a 37% increase in tourists from the United States in the first quarter of 2014 (in comparison to the previous year's first quarter). Tour operators (including Adventures by Disney) responded by adding more Norway tours. It is the 53rd Disney"
"as the Norwegian government. Fredrick Kaufman's Holocaust composition ""Kaddish"", which Bernard Holland of ""The New York Times"" described as ""having the most expressive writing for strings to be heard today,"" has been performed in the major concert halls of Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Israel, South America, Asia and throughout the United States. His works have received prizes at international competitions and have been selected for performances at festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, Telluride Chamber Music Festival, Music Festival of the Hamptons, Sarasota Music Festival, Israel Festival, Darmstadt Festival for New Music, International Arts Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania, and"
"a lavish budget for the event, turning Grieghallen into a Viking-esque ""ice palace"" for the live show, complete with white and pastel neon lights for the stage. In addition, NRK also had a special diamond-encrusted dress made for presenter Åse Kleveland for her opening number. The prized dress, which weighed upwards of 15 pounds (6.8 kg), is still available for viewing at NRK's costuming department at Marienlyst in Oslo. Kleveland sang the multilingual ""Welcome to Music"" as the opening act, incorporating English and French primarily, in addition to other European languages. BBC commentator Terry Wogan, at the close of Kleveland's"
"Solheim and string support on 27 February 2016 at X Games Oslo 2016. The performance was aired live on Norwegian television. The progressive house song ""Faded"" is a revamped version of Walker's past electro house track ""Fade"", which was released via the record label NoCopyrightSounds in 2014. In the creation of ""Fade"", Walker was inspired by the music producer Ahrix's sound on his track ""Nova"" from 2013. In a couple of interviews he stated: ""The melodies and the way the track progresses are what’s so unique and its what inspired me to create ""Fade"" which later on became ""Faded"". The"
"The film was nominated for two awards at the 38th Saturn Awards, but lost to ""The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"" and """", respectively. The music composed for the film by Marco Beltrami was released in October 11, 2011. The soundtrack was released under the label Varèse Sarabande. AllMusic rated the album 3.5/5 saying, ""Composer Marco Beltrami's appropriately tense and brooding score for director Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr.'s 2011 [prequel to] ""The Thing"" dutifully echoes Ennio Morricone's stark score for the original version, which in its own way echoed the soundtrack work of that film's director, John Carpenter."" The Norwegian"
"endorsed and successful country band. Along with other modern country bands, there is an extensive use and integration of folk and rock music. Their song lyrics are written in the dialect of the Hallingdal area, and has a large description that reflect Norwegian citizens, and their surrounding life. Norway has also produced Country musicians like Heidi Hauge and Bjøro Håland. Other artists that sing about common life and culture of Norway include Salhuskvintetten and Vinskvetten. Alf Bretteville-Jensen is a popular singer/songwriter whose intense, somewhat noir-flavored music incorporates elements of country, folk, and rock, using instruments such as acoustic and electric"
"on 5 March 2012, with the album making it to the top of the Norwegian Albums Chart for 2 weeks. Sommerfuggel i vinterland ""Sommerfuggel i vinterland"" (""butterfly in winter land"" in English) is a famous Norwegian language song written, composed and sung by Norwegian artist Halvdan Sivertsen. A song about tolerance, it was the opening track on the album ""Ny og naken"" released in 1987, and later on in his compilation albums ""Hilsen Halvdan"" in 1991 and ""40+"" in 2005. Sivertsen also recorded the song with the super-group Gitarkameratene, made up of Sivertsen, Øystein Sunde, Jan Eggum and Lillebjørn Nilsen."
"Norwegian Ninja Norwegian Ninja () is a 2010 Norwegian action comedy film, directed by Thomas Cappelen Malling. The film, based on a 2006 book, presents real-life espionage-convicted Arne Treholt as the leader of a ninja group saving Norway during the Cold War and stars Mads Ousdal as Treholt. The film is loosely based on the story of Norwegian politician and diplomat Arne Treholt, who in 1985 was convicted of high treason and espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Iraq. In 2006, Thomas Cappelen Malling wrote the book ""Ninjateknikk II. Usynlighet i strid 1978"" (""Ninja Technique II: Invisibility in"
"Korea, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, and the Naples Film Festival. In 2006, the sixth annual Fargo Film Festival marked ""Fargo""'s tenth anniversary by projecting the movie on a gigantic screen mounted on the north side of Fargo's tallest building, the Radisson Hotel. As with all the Coen Brothers' films, except ""O Brother, Where Art Thou?"", the score to ""Fargo"" is by Carter Burwell. The main musical motif is based on a Norwegian folk song, The Lost Sheep (). Other songs featured in the film include: ""Big City"" by Merle Haggard, heard in the King"
"The new cultural centre ""Stormen"" (the storm) was opened in 2014. It contains a library, a concert hall and theater. The building is designed by Daniel Rosbottom and David Howarth. Bodø is host to the cultural festivals Nordland Musikkfestuke and Parkenfestivalen every summer, as well as the free and volunteer based Bodø Hardcore Festival in early winter. Fram Kino was the first cinema in Norway. It was started in the year 1908. The Church of Norway has six parishes ""(sokn)"" within the municipality of Bodø. It is part of the Bodø domprosti (""arch-deanery"") in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. Bodø's main"
"to things he never previously tried. O'Horten was Norway's Academy Award entry for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009. Reviewers praise John Kaada's music across the board. Variety calls it ""outstanding."" His score focuses on calm melodies played on exotic instruments, many of which he built himself. Kaada is himself an accomplished classical musician, touring with various chamber orchestras and performing at festivals. Kaada quote from the cover sleeve : ""The process of making the music for O’Horten was quite special. For every project I work on, I always try to get involved as early as possible. If I get"