Jon Ekstrand

{{short description|Swedish composer and film sound designer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Jon Ekstrand

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| birth_name = Jon Petter Ekstrand

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|12|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tumba, Stockholm, Sweden

| genre = Film score, electronic, ambient

| instruments = Keyboards, synthesizer, erhu, percussion

| years_active = 2003-present

| website = {{URL|www.jonekstrand.com}}

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Jon Petter Ekstrand (born 14 December 1976) is a Swedish composer and film sound designer.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=271015|title= Jon Ekstrand|publisher=Swedish Film Database|accessdate= January 27, 2015}} As a composer, he has collaborated with director Daniel Espinosa scoring films such as Easy Money, Child 44, Life, and Morbius.{{cite web |title=Jon Ekstrand to Score Daniel Espinosa's 'Morbius' |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/10/09/jon-ekstrand-to-score-daniel-espinosas-morbius/ |website=Film Music Reporter |accessdate=Oct 10, 2019}} Since 1999, he has worked and contributed as a composer or a sound designer on several films, television films, TV series and short films, including music for 4 episodes of the Swedish TV series Sebastian Bergman.

Career

While studying at the Stockholm Film School,{{cite web|url=http://www.stockholmsfilmskola.com/2013_skolan/s-om-skolan/|title=Våra tidigare elever|publisher=stockholmfilmskola.com|accessdate=January 27, 2015|language=Swedish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911060658/http://www.stockholmsfilmskola.com/2013_skolan/s-om-skolan/|archivedate=September 11, 2014}} Ekstrand was a Tilliander scholar.{{cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/skap-stipendium-till-tilliander_470943.svd|title=Skap-stipendium till Tilliander|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet|date=October 25, 2005|accessdate=January 27, 2015|language=Swedish}} His first work as a composer was the Danish short film The Fighter (2003) directed by Daniel Espinosa. Since then they have collaborated on several films, including Babylon Disease (2004), Outside Love (2007), Easy Money (2010), Child 44 (2015), Life (2017) and Morbius (2022).

Filmography

= As composer =

English language

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Director(s) ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2015 \| Child 44 \| rowspan=2\|Daniel Espinosa \| Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records Fifth collaboration with Espinosa
2017 \| Life \| Soundtrack released by Milan Records Sixth collaboration with Espinosa
2018 \| Slaughterhouse Rulez \| Crispin Mills \| Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records First composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa
2020 \| I Am Greta \| Nathan Grossman \| Composed with Rebekka Karijord. Soundtrack released by Oona Recordings
2020 \| Horizon Line \| Mikael Marcimain \| Composed with Carl-Johan Sevedag. Soundtrack released by Sony Classical Second composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa.
2022 \| Morbius \| Daniel Espinosa \| Seventh collaboration with Espinosa. Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records
2022 \| All the Old Knives \| Janus Metz Pedersen \| Composed with Rebekka Karijord. Third composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa.

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Director(s)

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2015

| Child 44

| rowspan=2|Daniel Espinosa

| Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records
Fifth collaboration with Espinosa

2017

| Life

| Soundtrack released by Milan Records
Sixth collaboration with Espinosa

2018

| Slaughterhouse Rulez

| Crispin Mills

| Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records
First composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa

2020

| I Am Greta

| Nathan Grossman

| Composed with Rebekka Karijord. Soundtrack released by Oona Recordings

2020

| Horizon Line

| Mikael Marcimain

| Composed with Carl-Johan Sevedag. Soundtrack released by Sony Classical
Second composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa.

2022

| Morbius

| Daniel Espinosa

| Seventh collaboration with Espinosa. Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records

2022

| All the Old Knives

| Janus Metz Pedersen

| Composed with Rebekka Karijord. Third composition for an English-language film not directed by Espinosa.

Other languages

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Director(s) ! Country ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2003 \| The Fighter \| rowspan=3\|Daniel Espinosa \| Denmark \| Bokseren (original title) Short film First collaboration with Espinosa
2004 \| Babylon Disease \| Sweden \| Babylonsjukan (original title) Second collaboration with Espinosa
rowspan="2"\| 2007 \| Outside Love \| Denmark \| Uden for kærligheden (original title) Third collaboration with Espinosa
Leo \| Josef Fares \| rowspan=10\|Sweden \|
2008 \| Bedragaren \| Åsa Blanck Johan Palmgren \| Composed with Krister Linder Documentary
2010 \| Easy Money \| Daniel Espinosa \| Snabba cash (original title) Fourth collaboration with Espinosa
rowspan="3"\| 2012 \| Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation \| Kathrine Windfeld \| Hamilton: I nationens intresse (original title) Composed with Philippe Boix-Vives
Easy Money II: Hard to Kill \| Babak Najafi \| Snabba cash II (original title)
Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter \| Tobias Falk \| Hamilton: Men inte om det gäller din dotter (original title)
2013 \| Easy Money III: Life Deluxe \| Jens Jonsson \| Snabba cash - Livet deluxe (original title)
rowspan=2\|2017 \| Borg vs McEnroe \| Janus Metz Pedersen \|
Blind Alley \| Manuel Concha \|
2018 \| Jimmie \| Jesper Ganslandt \|
2019 \| Queen of Hearts \| May el-Toukhy \| Denmark \| Dronningen (original title)
2024 \|The Helicopter Heist (mini series) \|Daniel Espinosa \|Sweden \|Published by IIP-DDS

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Year

! Title

! Director(s)

! Country

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2003

| The Fighter

| rowspan=3|Daniel Espinosa

| Denmark

| Bokseren (original title)
Short film
First collaboration with Espinosa

2004

| Babylon Disease

| Sweden

| Babylonsjukan (original title)
Second collaboration with Espinosa

rowspan="2"| 2007

| Outside Love

| Denmark

| Uden for kærligheden (original title)
Third collaboration with Espinosa

Leo

| Josef Fares

| rowspan=10|Sweden

2008

| Bedragaren

| Åsa Blanck
Johan Palmgren

| Composed with Krister Linder
Documentary

2010

| Easy Money

| Daniel Espinosa

| Snabba cash (original title)
Fourth collaboration with Espinosa

rowspan="3"| 2012

| Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

| Kathrine Windfeld

| Hamilton: I nationens intresse (original title)
Composed with Philippe Boix-Vives

Easy Money II: Hard to Kill

| Babak Najafi

| Snabba cash II (original title)

Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter

| Tobias Falk

| Hamilton: Men inte om det gäller din dotter (original title)

2013

| Easy Money III: Life Deluxe

| Jens Jonsson

| Snabba cash - Livet deluxe (original title)

rowspan=2|2017

| Borg vs McEnroe

| Janus Metz Pedersen

Blind Alley

| Manuel Concha

2018

| Jimmie

| Jesper Ganslandt

2019

| Queen of Hearts

| May el-Toukhy

| Denmark

| Dronningen (original title)

2024

|The Helicopter Heist (mini series)

|Daniel Espinosa

|Sweden

|Published by IIP-DDS

Television

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Year ! Title ! Studio ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2010–2013 \| Sebastian Bergman \| SVT1 \| Den fördömde (original title) Composed with Philippe Boix-Vives
2017—2019 \| Alex \| Viaplay \| Composed with Carl-Johan Sevedag
2017—present \| Farang \| C More Entertainment \| Composed with Anders Niska and Klas Wahl

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Year

! Title

! Studio

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2010–2013

| Sebastian Bergman

| SVT1

| Den fördömde (original title)
Composed with Philippe Boix-Vives

2017—2019

| Alex

| Viaplay