Johan Söderqvist

Johan Söderqvist (born 11 February 1966) is a Swedish film score composer. He has twice been nominated for the European Film Award for Best Composer for his film scores.

Personal life Johan Söderqvist was born in Täby, outside Stockholm in Sweden, he attended the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, studying composition and arranging.

Career Söderqvist was a keyboard player in many different jazz bands and folk music groups and has toured extensively around the world before concentrating his activities on composition for film, television, radio and theatre.

He wrote his first film score for Agnes Cecilia in 1991 and since then he has written numerous scores for film and television, including nine scores for films directed by the acclaimed Danish director Susanne Bier. Among those titles are the award-winning score for Brothers (2004), After the Wedding (2006) and Things We Lost in the Fire (2007), where he collaborated with Academy Award-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla, and most recently the Best Foreign Language Oscar-winning In a Better World (2010). He composed an award-winning score for Tomas Alfredson's film Let the Right One In (2008) and the music to the Oscar-nominated Norwegian film Kon-Tiki (2012).

In 2005 and 2009, Söderqvist was nominated as Best Composer by the European Film Academy for his Brothers (2004) and Let the Right One In (2008) scores. The Brothers score was also awarded Best Film Music at Cannes as well as the 'Rencontres cinématographiques de Cannes' Award for Best Music in Film. Söderqvist was one of the main composers of 2016 video game Battlefield 1 and its 2018 sequel Battlefield V. He provided the score for the Norwegian film Amundsen, which was released in February 2019, and the US television miniseries Anatomy of a Scandal (2022).

Discography Film Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes 1991 Agnes Cecilia – en sällsam historia Anders Grönros SVT Drama 1991 Freud Leaving Home Susanne Bier Les Acacias Cinéaudience 1992 Brev til Jonas Susanne Bier Short film 1992 Stortjuvens pojke Henry Meyer Folkets Bio 1993 Family Matters Susanne Bier Svensk Filmindustri 1995 Like It Never Was Before Susanne Bier Svensk Filmindustri 1997 Beneath the Surface Daniel Fridell 1998 The Glassblower's Children Anders Grönros 2000 Swedish Beauty Daniel Fridell 2001 Family Secrets Kjell-Åke Andersson 2002 We Can Be Heroes! Ulf Malmros 2003 Misa mi Linus Torell 2003 At Point Blank Peter Lindmark 2004 Brothers Susanne Bier Nordisk Film 2005 Four Weeks in June Henry Meyer 2005 Bloodbrothers Daniel Fridell Public Art Entertainment AB 2006 After the Wedding Susanne Bier Nordisk Film 2006 Say That You Love Me Daniel Fridell Noble Entertainment 2006 Exit Peter Lindmark 2006 The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun Pernille Rose Grønkjær 2007 Walk the Talk Matthew Allen 2007 A Man Comes Home Thomas Vinterberg 2007 Things We Lost in the Fire Susanne Bier 2008 Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson 2009 Love and Rage Morten Giese 2009 The Murder Farm Bettina Oberli 2010 Earth Made of Glass Deborah Scranton 2010 In a Better World Susanne Bier Nordisk Film 2010 Limbo Maria Sødahl 2010 King of Devil's Island Marius Holst 2011 El Medico: The Cubaton Story Daniel Fridell 2011 Love Addict Pernille Rose Grønkjær 2011 False Trail Kjell Sundvall Sonet Film AB 2011 The Road Yam Laranas GMA Films 2012 Seile sin egen sjø Synnøve Macody LundCarl Christian Raabe 2012 Kon-Tiki Joachim RønningEspen Sandberg Nordisk Film 2012 Love Is All You Need Susanne Bier Nordisk Film 2012 Painless Juan Carlos Medina DistriB Films 2013 The Keeper of Lost Causes Mikkel Nørgaard Nordisk Film Composed with Patrik Andrén and Uno Helmersson 2013 Behind Bron/Broen Pelle Hybbinette 2014 A Second Chance Susanne Bier Nordisk Film 2014 The Absent One Mikkel Nørgaard Nordisk Film Composed with Patrik Andrén and Uno Helmersson 2014 Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama John Andreas AndersenLisa Marie Gamlem 2014 Serena Susanne Bier Magnolia Pictures 2016 The Limehouse Golem Juan Carlos Medina Lionsgate 2016 The King's Choice Erik Poppe Nordisk Film 2018 Per Fugelli: Siste resept Erik Poppe Nordisk Film 2018 The Quake John Andreas Andersen Nordisk Film Composed with Johannes Ringen 2018 Phoenix Camilla Strøm Henriksen 2018 The Congo Murders Marius Holst Nordisk Film 2019 Amundsen Espen Sandberg 2019 Held for Ransom Niels Arden OplevAnders W. Berthelsen Nordisk Film 2019 The Last Vermeer Dan Friedkin TriStar Pictures 2020 Betrayed Eirik Svensson Samuel Goldwyn Films 2021 The Burning Sea John Andreas Andersen Just Entertainment 2021 The Emigrants Erik Poppe Film i Västerbotten 2023 The Liberation Anders Walter Nordisk Film 2024 Madame Web S. J. Clarkson Columbia Pictures 2025 The Lightkeeper Vic Sarin Sepia Films

Television Year Title Notes 1993 Morsarvet 1999 Kajsas ko 2000 En klass för sig 2003–2004 Hem till Midgård 2005 Lite som du 2011–2018 The Bridge 2016–2018 Spring Tide 2022 Anatomy of a Scandal 2024 Ronja, the Robber's Daughter

Video games Year Title Notes 2016 Battlefield 1 Composed with Patrik Andrén 2018 Battlefield V Composed with Patrik Andrén 2024 Delta Force: Hawk Ops Composed with Lithium Done, Jason Hayes, Edwin Mendler, Jason Huang, LUMi, Audiomachine, LAZERH 2025 ARC Raiders Composed with Patrik Andrén