Andreas Hedlund (born 1983) is an arranger, orchestrator and composer from Sweden,[1] mainly known for his orchestral work for various Symphonic Game Music Concerts in Europe and Japan. He is not to be confused with vocalist Andreas Hedlund (aka Vintersorg).
Andreas Hedlund | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 20, 1983 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation(s) | Arranger, Orchestrator, Composer |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Game Music Concerts
editAndreas's work includes orchestral arrangements of franchises such as Megaman, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, Super Mario, Amiga, Bloodborne, The Last of Us, Sonic the Hedgehog, Skyrim and Xenogears, among others, and have been performed by orchestras in both Europe and Japan.[2][3]
In 2016 "Score: Orchestral Game Music" with Swedish Radio Orchestra was broadcast on Swedish national television.[4] From this concert, his arrangement of the Skyrim theme "Dragonborn Comes" with vocalist Sabina Zweiacker has reached almost 22 million views on YouTube (December, 2019).[5][6]
In 2017, in collaboration with producer Thomas Böcker and video game composer Chris Hülsbeck, Andreas wrote two arrangements for the crowdfunded album "Turrican: Orchestral Selections".[7][8] In 2018, collaboration continued with another arrangement from the Commodore 64 game "Katakis".[9]
In 2019, Andreas was commissioned by Thomas Böcker and Square Enix to write an arrangement of "Xenogears", premiering in the "Square Enix: Symphonic Memories" concert in Kanagawa, Japan.[10][11]
Other work
editBesides arrangements and orchestration work, Andreas has composed music for various documentaries, television shows and also several episodes of James Rolfe's YouTube persona "Angry Video Game Nerd" and his other character "Board James".[12] He's also participated as songwriter in Swedish Eurovision twice, with the songs "En värld full av strider (Eatneme gusnie jeenh dåaroeh)" (2017), and "Icarus" (2018)[13] and as an arranger, had multiple collaborations with artists such as Nina Persson (The Cardigans)[14] and Loney Dear.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Andreas Hedlund - Stockholm based Composer & Orchestrator". www.komposition.se. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ W, Amy (2016-04-29). "SCORE: ORCHESTRAL GAME MUSIC – Sibeliustalo, Lahti, 28.04.2016". Musicalypse. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ "Symphonic Memories Japan concert (Dec 2019) | Soundtrack Topics". Soundtrack Central. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ Imgur, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra does video game scores., retrieved 2019-12-16
- ^ Skyrim - The Dragonborn Comes - Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sabina Zweiacker, retrieved 2019-12-16
- ^ Radio, Sveriges (23 December 2019). "DOKUMENTÄR: Decenniets spel, del 2 - P3 Spel". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ^ "Turrican - Orchestral Selections, by Chris Huelsbeck". Chris Huelsbeck Productions. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ Huelsbeck, Chris (2017-11-21). "Here's an early Thanksgiving gift: a live orchestra recording and final mix excerpt of the extraordinary Air Combat arrangement by Andreas Hedlund from our upcoming album Turrican Orchestral Selections:https://youtu.be/kshWruITtxs". @Chris_Huelsbeck. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ "Katakis live(s)! World premier performance this June". Game Concerts. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ Inc, Aetas. "「FFVIII」「FFXV」「OCTOPATH TRAVELER」「ゼノギアス」の楽曲がオーケストラアレンジで披露された「Symphonic Memories - music from SQUARE ENIX」をレポート". www.4gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ ""Symphonic Memories - music from SQUARE ENIX"レポート！ 世界初公開のアレンジ演奏に大歓声！". 電撃オンライン (in Japanese). 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
- ^ "Andreas Hedlund". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ "Melodifestivalen 2018: Emmi Christensson – allt du behöver veta om henne". Hänt.se (in Swedish). 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
- ^ "Nina Persson – Gothenburg Symphony and Josef Rhedin". Göteborgs Symfoniker. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ "Loney Dear report & interview" (in French). 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
