Frans Bak

Frans Bak (born 7 February 1958 Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist. He is a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has worked as a jazz performer and composer of film music.

Bak has scored commercials, short films, and feature films, including three Academy Award-nominated shorts: Ernst & The Light, Sweethearts?, and Helmer & Son.

In 2016 Bak released the album Sound of North which featured new compositions plus selections from The Killing. He went on to perform the album live in Beijing's Danish Cultural Centre in March 2017.

In 2020 Bak released the album PIANO. He discovered the piano he learned to play on as a child in a Copenhagen music shop window for sale, and bought it. Playing on this piano again, he revisited his childhood years and his love of creating simple and beautiful piano melodies.

In March2025, alongside Laura Illeborg, released an album entitled . It was released posthumously following Illeborg's death in 2024.

Discography Hymn to the Rainbow (L+R, 1992) Live in Copenhagen (Olufsen, 1993) Natsange (Stunt, 1999) Bossa Nuts (Stunt, 2011) The Killing (Decca, 2012) Doctor Foster OST (Drama Republic, 2015) The Sound of North (Mercury Classics, 2016) Conspiracy of Silence OST (Spinnup, 2018) Piano (Dharma Records, 2020)

Film scores Huller i suppen (1988) Lad isbjørnene danse (1990) Casanova (1990) Karlsvognen (1992) Sidste time (1995) Operation Cobra (1995) Davids bog (1996) Albert (1998) Hatten i skyggen (2002) Forbrydelsen (2007) Forbrydelsen II (2009) Den som dræber (2011) The Killing (2011) Lilyhammer (2011) Min søsters børn alene hjemme (2012) The Killing season 2 (2012) Thirteen Steps Down (2012)