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Mail: emilfs@gmail.com
Label 130701 // IMDb // emilfriis.com
Short Biography
Emil Friis is a Danish, Copenhagen based composer, working within the realm of music for film and recorded works. Through his lack of formal training he has created a musical language filled with sensibility, tension, brightness and somber beauty. Utilizing many of the instruments within the orchestra, but always intertwined with an array of different machines for processing and synthesis, his work is characterized by its ability to mirror the human condition.
Influential British label 130701 (Max Richter, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sir Rós and 2023 Academy Award winner Volker Bertelmann..) released his album Moving Images on September 5th 2025. Not solely a music release, it bridges Friis’ music and films with an array of mainly American filmmakers.
Throughout his career as a film composer he has had the privilege of scoring notable film and TV projects, frequently working alongside award winning filmmakers such as Morgan Jon Fox, Kevin Brooks, Shaun Hart and Jannik Splidsboel. As a recording artist he has released a number of albums, among them the ambient long players Songs From The Deep and Untitled Dreams as well as the piano work Mirrors and the stand out score to Undersea, to name a few.
His compositions, whether ambient or gently emotive, balancing both light and shadow, have been touched by the talents of musicians like Davide Rossi and Bobby Furgo (Leonard Cohen) among others. In addition to his composer work he is also a curious analog photographer.
Selected Filmography
The Hobby [2024] – Morgan Jon Fox
Tragedien i Tjæreborg [2024] – Frederik Brun Madsen
Mistænkeligt Spil [2023] – Mads Houmøller Bøtker
Sentinel [2022] – Shaun Hart
Under Havet [2022] – Jannik Splidsboel
The One You Never Forget [2019] – Morgan Jon Fox
Bonfire [2018] – Kevin Brooks