Anthony Lledo (born 11 January 1972) is a Danish

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. He has composed music for several films and tv-series and made his feature film debut with the

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for the Swedish film ''

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''. His dark thematic orchestral score received widely critically acclaim and won the Best Score Award at the

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. Music from ''Frostbite'' was later performed in concert by the

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. In 2008, Lledo moved to

upon being invited by film composer

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, and did additional music and arrangements for several major films, including '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', DreamWorks' ''

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'', Ben Affleck's '' The Town'', ''

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'', and the

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films '' The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3'' and ''

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''. Lledo has scored the four-time

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winning Civil War film ''Gettysburg'' (exec. produced by

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and Tony Scott), the horror/thriller ''Darkroom'' starring

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and

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, as well the animated fantasy TV series ''Legends of Chima'' which received widely critical acclaim and was named one of the best scores for television in 2013 by several reviewers – winning Tracksounds Cue Award for Best Television Score. In 2018 Lledo and composer Mikkel Maltha composed the score for the feature film ''The Purity of Vengeance'' (''Journal 64''), the fourth installment of the Department Q film series directed by

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based on the successful books by Danish writer

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. The film topped the chart as the most watched film of 2018 in Denmark and broke record as the highest-ever grossing local film in Danish cinemas. Lledo also composed the score for Daniel Prince’s short film ''Invaders''. The score won several awards including the 2018 FIMUCINEMA Award for Best Original Score for a Short Film at the Tenerife International Film Music Festival FIMUCITÉ. Lledo's credits also includes the TV series ''Den Som Dræber'' (''Those Who Kill''), ''A Happy Day'' directed by Hisham Zaman, ''A Taste of Hunger'' (''Smagen af Sult'') starring

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(''Game of Thrones'') and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal (''Lykke-Per''), the TV series '' Face to Face'' (''Forhøret'', 2019–2023) starring

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and

Nikolaj Lie Kaas Nikolaj Lie Kaas (; born 22 May 1973) is a Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s. Kaas graduated from the National Theater School in Denmark in 1998. He first appeared on screen in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's film ''The Boys from St. Petri'' i ...

as well as the Danish nature series ''Wild and Wonderful Denmark'' (''Vilde Vidunderlige Danmark''), which was recorded and later performed live in concert by the

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Discography

* ''Wild and Wonderful Denmark (Expanded Edition)'' (2024) * ''A Happy Day'' (2023) * ''Forhøret 2 (Face to Face 2)'' (2021) * ''Wild and Wonderful Denmark'' (2020) * ''Gettysburg'' (2020) * ''Forhøret (Face to Face)'' (2019) * '' The Purity of Vengeance (Journal 64)'' (2018) * '' Legends of Chima Vol. 2'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

'' (2006)

External links

Anthony Lledo
– Official site *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lledo, Anthony 1972 births Living people Danish film score composers Danish male film score composers