Two Steps from Hell was an American

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company based in

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. It was founded in 2006 by Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix, a pair of

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s born in Norway and England, respectively. They created the company to make

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to be circulated exclusively within the movie advertising industry for the purpose of

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; and were partnered with Extreme Music who handled licensing arrangements. The duo were among the most successful in their field, having supplied background tracks for thousands of film trailers and

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s. They composed separately but released their creations together. Typically, their music was

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and

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based, but with modern complements and structured similar to

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. The

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nature of their works led the frequent use of a contemporary label, "epic music", to define their style. They established themselves as a major player in the market of the late 2000s, providing tracks to trailers for major film franchises such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. As the public became exposed to their music, the pair gained a

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online who pleaded for their compositions to be made available to purchase; Two Steps from Hell soon released their first two public albums, ''Invincible'' (2010) and ''Archangel'' (2011), collections of their most popular demo music to date. These were followed by the album '' SkyWorld'' (2012), this time consisting entirely of brand new music straight to commercial release. With these albums all successful, the duo organized their first concert, at

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, in 2013. A waning demand for traditional trailer music in the

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emerged by the mid-2010s; the pair has since focused increasingly on creating further public albums consisting of new and more varied compositions, with far less of an emphasis on composing demos for trailers, while continuing to release more of their back catalog commercially as well. Such music performed well in the United States; 13 of their releases reached the top ten of the ''Billboard'' Classical Crossover Albums charts, 3 of which peaked at number one: ''Battlecry'' (2015), ''Unleashed'' (2017), and ''Myth'' (2022), the first also charting on the

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. The 2020s began with the group consolidating their popularity by organizing their first

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in Europe. However, in 2024, it was announced that Bergersen and Phoenix were going their separate ways, ending Two Steps from Hell.

History

Two Steps from Hell was founded in early 2006 when Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix joined forces to write original music for movie trailers. The two have composed music for over 1,000 major motion picture trailers. With the founding of the company in 2006, Bergersen was looking for a name that would draw attention with the old adage in mind, "All PR is good PR." The idea for the name came from "Two Steps From Heaven", a Norwegian nightclub that, according to Bergersen, had a similar theme going on. Despite the company finding success with its music, the tracks were not officially released to the public until the May 2010 release of the commercial album '' Invincible''. ''Invincible'' was approaching Gold record status. As of January 2017, Two Steps from Hell has published 10 public albums in addition to 20 demonstration albums, with almost 1,000 unique tracks in total. ''Invincible'' was followed by Bergersen's first solo album, ''

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'', then ''Archangel'' and ''

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'', both primarily compilation albums of industry tracks. Next, '' SkyWorld'' was released as the first public album to feature mostly new tracks, followed by the primarily compilation albums '' Classics Volume One'' and ''

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''. In 2013 Nick Phoenix released his first solo album, ''

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.'' The album ''Sun'', which was released on September 30, 2014, is the second solo album from Thomas Bergersen. Preview tracks were released from the album, titled "Cry" and "Sun", the former of which can be downloaded from Bergersen's official website. An official music video for "Sun" was also released on

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, preceding the announcement of a signed limited deluxe edition CD release set to include additional tracks and notes from Thomas, as well as a large-size poster featuring his artwork. Additionally, in July 2014 Two Steps from Hell released an e-book known as '' Colin Frake on Fire Mountain'', which features a 75,000-word novel written by Nick Phoenix with illustrations by Otto Bjornik, as well as an original score also made available via a soundtrack release. A sequel entitled ''Colin Frake: Asclepius'' was released in April 2017. 2015 saw the release of '' Battlecry'' featuring all new songs. This album proved to be a huge success for the company, charting at position 183 on the US

. This was followed by the compilation album '' Classics Volume Two'' in 2015, and the all new albums '' Vanquish'', '' Unleashed'', and ''Dragon'' in 2016, 2017, and 2019 respectively. In 2020 Bergersen released the first two chapters (out of seven) of his ''Humanity'' album. These featured mostly new tracks, with several reworked tracks from older releases. Two Steps from Hell's main graphic artist is Steven Gilmore, who has created album covers for almost every promotional and public release, including the logo of the company, with the only exception being the 2009 DVD release of their library, for which the album cover was created by Paul Zeaiter. Additionally, Thomas Bergersen's ''Illusions'' solo album features design by Jesper Krijgsman, while its sequel, ''Sun'', features artwork created by Thomas himself. Their success has also been reflected in platforms such as YouTube, where they have millions of subscribers and over a hundred million views on popular soundtracks such as "Victory". In April 2024, Bergersen and Phoenix announced they would be pursuing solo careers and that Two Steps From Hell would end.

Main appearances

The company's music has been featured in: * Trailers for, but not limited to: ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Tron: Legacy'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Captain America: The First Avenger'', '' The Avengers'', '' X-Men: First Class'', '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'', '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'', '' Super 8'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Inkheart'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'', '' Lincoln'', ''

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'', '' Up'', '' The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'', '' Hugo'', '' The Town'', ''

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'', '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,'' '' Interstellar'', '' The Man Who Knew Infinity'', ''

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, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,'' and ''Aquaman''. The track "Everlasting" was also used within the documentary "Planet Earth". *

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s such as '' Might & Magic Heroes VII'' (Entrance cinematic), ''

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'', '' Mass Effect 2'', ''

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'' (Taking Back Earth trailer, Black Blade, After the Fall), ''

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'', '' Killzone 3'', '' Star Wars: The Old Republic'', ''

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'' (E-sports tournaments; Various Pieces from the ''Burn'' album), ''

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'' (A Night to Remember Trailer; A Hole in the Sun), '' F1 2013'', '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'', '' Uncharted 4'', '' Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord'', and Cities: Skylines II. * Television series such as ''

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'', '' Sherlock'', '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', ''

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. The track "

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", from the album of the same name, was also used in an episode of ''

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''. The track "Nero" was also used in the ''

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'' special: "The Perfect Road Trip", in the series "Heart of Courage" was used in season 17, episode 3 and in season 18, episode 4, and “Black Blade” was used in season 19, episode 2, and season 21, episode 4. The track "Norwegian Pirate" was also used as the main theme of TBS's sports gameshow Sports Danshi Grand Prix, which was the reboot version of the former sports gameshow Pro Sportsman No.1.

Concerts

Two Steps from Hell hosted a live concert on June 14, 2013, at the Disney Hall, in

, California, performing some of their most popular songs, such as "Heart of Courage," "Protectors of the Earth," "To Glory," "Strength of a Thousand Men," "Black Blade," and "Breathe," as well as "Ocean Princess," '"Age of Gods," and "Remember Me" from Bergersen's album ''

''. The second live concert happened on April 20, 2018, and was organized by the Film Music Prague Festival. The concert was performed by Praga Sinfonietta, which was conducted by Petr Pololáník, Kühns mixed choir, Merethe Soltvedt and Kamila Nývltová as solo singers. Thomas Bergersen participated on several songs playing on violin or piano. Performed were these songs: "Strength of a Thousand Men", "Fill My Heart", "Protectors of Earth", "Everlasting", "Heart of Courage", "Fire Nation", "Ocean Princess", "Master of Shadows", "Flight of the Silverbird", "Blackout", "Winterspell", "Stormkeeper", "Evergreen", "Neverdark", "Victory", "Fall of the Fountain World", "To Glory", and as an encore "Remember Me". 2020 was supposed to see the start of the Two Steps From Hell European tour, but this was postponed due to the

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. On June 15, 2022, Two Steps From Hell started their European tour in

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and visited other European cities. The concert was performed by Odesa Opera Orchestra assisted by ReChoir, a professional Polish choir. Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix participated on several songs.

Discography

Commercial albums

Studio albums

The group's paramount publicly released music:

Solo albums

Albums created by only one composer; "part of the Two Steps catalog", but released under the individual composer's name:

''Anthology'' series

A series of previously private demo albums released for public purchase; modified to consist of just their residual tracks not yet available on other public studio albums:

Soundtracks

Albums featuring the group as the composers of another media's soundtrack:

Live albums

Albums consisting of tracks recorded

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Japan-exclusive albums

Albums compiled for release only in

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Mobile-exclusive albums

Miscellaneous albums only available on

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Demonstration albums

Main catalog

The group's

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released exclusively to clients in the motion picture and advertising industry for the purpose of

. Much of the music originating from these demos has since been made available for public purchase on the commercial albums listed above.

Third-party albums

A handful of albums have been released under the Two Steps from Hell name which are creations entirely by third-party composers; consequently, they are not considered part of the group's primary catalog: ----

Singles

Commercial singles

Singles available for public purchase that are not on any public album or were initially released as pre-release tracks. All of the following pieces are written by Bergersen, except where noted:

Non-commercial singles

Songs that are not on any public album or were initially made available for public listening via the group's official social media channels, but not available for public purchase at the time of publishing. All of the following pieces are written by Bergersen, except when noted:

Other media

E-books

Two Steps from Hell have expanded their catalog of creations beyond music by also releasing a series of

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s, each written by Phoenix. All are part of a planned

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of sci-fi fantasy novels called ''Colin Frake.'' The series follows the adventures of the adolescent protagonist of the same name, set in the fictional world of "Reanne". Each book is accompanied by an orchestral soundtrack created by the group, and a collection of hand-drawn illustrations by artist Otto Björnik.''''

Mobile app

On 5 June 2012, Two Steps from Hell announced they would soon be launching an official

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for

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and Android devices. The app was subsequently released three weeks later. Downloading the app gave users access to "news, promotions... videos, photos and albums", but most notably, 19 tracks of previously private demo music available in a new limited-time digital album called ''Demon's Dance''. Gergely Vilaghy of ''Trailer Music News'' concluded that the app's creation was not revolutionary but that "it was unseen in the trailer music scene before". It has since been discontinued.

Notes

References

External links

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