Carl Johan Axel Alkenäs (born 13 May 1974) is a

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songwriter and producer. He studied at Örebro Kulturskola and has authored or produced a great number of songs worldwide many becoming charting hits. He collaborated closely with the Swedish songwriter

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and with

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(both of the production team known as

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) and has co-written a number of soundtracks for Disney films.

Career

Alkenäs was involved in a number of soundtracks primarily for Disney films. He co-wrote "

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" for the US telefilm '' Descendants'', and the theme songs for the US TV show '' Jonas L.A.'' and '' Teen Beach 2''. He was involved in co-writing themes and songs for a number of US TV shows like ''

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'', '' A.N.T. Farm'', ''

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'', '' Lab Rats'', the follow-up '' Lab Rats: Elite Force'' and ''

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''. He co-wrote "

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" for the series ''

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''. The song was performed by

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. Alkenäs has collaborated internationally with

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in "

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", " Crank It", "

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" and "

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", he co-wrote " Calling All the Monsters" for

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, " Determinate" for

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, " Run, Run, Run" for the German band

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, "Walking Away" for Turkish/Macedonian-born singer Sibel, "

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" for

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(known now as

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), " On Fire" for Swiss singer

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and "

" by Swedish singer Darin, "愛投羅網" (Ài Tóu Luó Wǎng) for Taiwanese artist

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and many others. Alkenäs has also been involved in co-writing songs for

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, notably the 2017 Serbian entry " In Too Deep" by

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and the 2018 Austrian entry " Nobody but You" by

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