Henrik Budde // Composer

Composer for Film & Television

LÉONIE SONNING TALENT PRIZE ·
DR (DANISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION) · INTERNATIONAL ROSTRUM OF COMPOSERS ·
FILM & TELEVISION

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COMPOSER SHOWREEL // DRAMA & DOCU (2:40)

“One of the most powerful music experiences I have ever witnessed. I was overwhelmed and attacked at the same time. I was blown away!”

— Jesper Busk Sørensen,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
on "Terribly Cold and Nearly Dark"

01·Maddysten, Main title (DR1, seasons 1–2)
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Selected Screen Credits

RICK ROYSTER — UNTITLED FILM
Original Score · US · In production · 2027

KONGEN AF DANMARK · WAZAWI ENTERTAINMENT
Original Score · Series Promo · DK

MADDYSTEN · DR
Original Music · Prime-time series · 2019–2020

PIGEN DER VILLE NED PÅ JORDEN · JYSK FILM
Original Music · Short Film

ZOOTROPOLIS · DISNEY
Assistant to orchestrator Tim Simonec ·
Score proofing & orchestration analysis · 2016

EMILS KRYPTONIT · NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL OF DENMARK
Additional Music · Recorded by the former DR Underholdningsorkestret

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HENRIK BUDDE

Henrik Budde is a Danish composer, orchestrator and conductor working across film, television and concert music. A recipient of the Léonie Sonning Talent Prize and nominated by P2 (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) for the International Rostrum of Composers, his music has been performed in nine countries, including at festivals in Denmark and Japan. His work spans the concert hall, stage and screen, from music written for a Berlin Philharmonic soloist to two prime-time television series for DR. In Los Angeles, he worked with orchestrator Tim Simonec during the scoring of Disney’s Zootropolis.

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Available for film, television and international screen projects.

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