---
name: "Hildur Guðnadóttir"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hildur-gunadottir"
fi1m_id: "hildur-gunadottir"
imdb_id: "nm3723390"
tmdb_id: 1178828
wikidata_id: "Q433734"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "4 September 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-09-20T08:39:47.454981+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hildur Guðnadóttir

## Identity

Hildur Guðnadóttir

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hildur-gunadottir
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hildur-gunadottir
- **IMDb ID:** nm3723390
- **TMDB ID:** 1178828
- **Wikidata ID:** Q433734
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildur_Gu%C3%B0nad%C3%B3ttir, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3723390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1178828

Composer. Born 4 September 1982 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 4 September 1982, Reykjavík, Iceland
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** Hildur Gudnadóttir
- **Frequently works with:** [Emma Tillinger Koskoff](https://film.one/person/emma-tillinger-koskoff.md), [Jessie Buckley](https://film.one/person/jessie-buckley.md), [Joaquin Phoenix](https://film.one/person/joaquin-phoenix.md), [Scott Silver](https://film.one/person/scott-silver.md), [Todd Phillips](https://film.one/person/todd-phillips.md), [Zazie Beetz](https://film.one/person/zazie-beetz.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (2), 2020s 68 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 71 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Thriller 4, Crime 3, Horror 2, Science Fiction 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,527m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildur_Gu%C3%B0nad%C3%B3ttir, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3723390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1178828

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Chernobyl*](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md) (86), [*The Bride!*](https://film.one/film/the-bride.md) (57)
- **Netflix:** [*TÁR*](https://film.one/film/tar.md) (84), [*28 Years Later: The Bone Temple*](https://film.one/film/28-years-later-the-bone-temple.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Women Talking*](https://film.one/film/women-talking.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*A Haunting in Venice*](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md) (65)
- **Apple TV:** [*Joker*](https://film.one/film/joker.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Hildur Guðnadóttir (born 4 September 1982) is an Icelandic composer and musician. A classically trained cellist, she studied at the Reykjavík Music Academy, the Iceland Academy of the Arts and the Berlin University of the Arts. She has performed and recorded with bands including Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle and múm, and has toured with Animal Collective and Sunn O))).

She is known for her film scores, including *Joker* (2019), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music; *Chernobyl* (2019), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award; *Women Talking* (2022); *TÁR* (2022); *A Haunting in Venice* (2023); and *Joker: Folie à Deux* (2024). Her credits also include music for the forthcoming films *The Bride!* (2026) and *28 Years Later: The Bone Temple* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, classicfm.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *28 Years Later: The Bone Temple* (2026), Fi1m 74, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/28-years-later-the-bone-temple.md)
- *The Bride!* (2026), Fi1m 57, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bride.md)
- *Joker: Folie à Deux* (2024), Fi1m 54, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/joker-folie-a-deux.md)
- *A Haunting in Venice* (2023), Fi1m 65, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md)
- *TÁR* (2022), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md)
- *Women Talking* (2022), Fi1m 76, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/women-talking.md)
- *Chernobyl* (2019), Fi1m 86, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *Joker* (2019), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/joker.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona* (2026), Music
- *Closure* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *The Sound of The Mountains* (2026), Music
- *The Bride!* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bride.md)
- *28 Years Later: The Bone Temple* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/28-years-later-the-bone-temple.md)
- *Hedda* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Chopin, a Sonata in Paris* (2025), Music
- *Joker: Folie à Deux* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/joker-folie-a-deux.md)
- *A Haunting in Venice* (2023), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md)
- *The Fundraiser* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Women Talking* (2022), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/women-talking.md)
- *TÁR* (2022), Original Music Composer, Musician — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md)
- *Out of the Darkness* (2022), Music
- *Last and First Men* (2020), Musician
- *Joker* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/joker.md)
- *Chernobyl* (2019), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *Sicario: Day of the Soldado* (2018), Original Music Composer, Musician
- *Mary Magdalene* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Journey's End* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Tom of Finland* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Strong Island* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Arrival* (2016), Musician — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/arrival.md)
- *The Oath* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *End of Summer* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air* (2014), Music
- *Cathedrals* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Graduates: Freedom Is Not for Free* (2013), Music
- *Jîn* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Astro: An Urban Fable in a Magical Rio de Janeiro* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *A Hijacking* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Bleeding House* (2011), Music
- *Farmer Johns World* (2004), Music

## Gallery

- ![An electro acoustic feedback-string instrument called a halldorophone belonging to Hildur Guðnadóttir, made by Halldór Úlfarsson in 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/7050/gallery-74e9426c3125.jpg) An electro acoustic feedback-string instrument called a halldorophone belonging to Hildur Guðnadóttir, made by Halldór Úlfarsson in 2015. — Halldor Ulfarsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/A_halldorophone.jpg/1280px-A_halldorophone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hildur Guðnadóttir](https://film.one/media/person/7050/gallery-8327ce5b4a66.jpg) Hildur Guðnadóttir — Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Hildur_Gudnadottir_2025_%28facecrop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hildur Gudnadottir on the Green Carpet at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/7050/gallery-a89a03e4249e.jpg) Hildur Gudnadottir on the Green Carpet at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival. — Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Hildur_Gudnadottir_on_the_Green_Carpet_at_the_2025_Zurich_Film_Festival_01.jpg/1280px-Hildur_Gudnadottir_on_the_Green_Carpet_at_the_2025_Zurich_Film_Festival_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hildur Gudnadottir on the Green Carpet at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/7050/gallery-02024cc8d9c8.jpg) Hildur Gudnadottir on the Green Carpet at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival. — Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Hildur_Gudnadottir_on_the_Green_Carpet_at_the_2025_Zurich_Film_Festival_02.jpg/1280px-Hildur_Gudnadottir_on_the_Green_Carpet_at_the_2025_Zurich_Film_Festival_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hildur Gudnadottir on the Green Carpet at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/7050/gallery-b2980e87db4b.jpg) Hildur Gudnadottir on the Green Carpet at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival. — Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Hildur_Gudnadottir_on_the_Green_Carpet_at_the_2025_Zurich_Film_Festival_09.jpg/1280px-Hildur_Gudnadottir_on_the_Green_Carpet_at_the_2025_Zurich_Film_Festival_09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2020: Best Original Score (won), for *Joker*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2020: Best Original Music (won), for *Joker*

### Golden Globes — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Women Talking*
- 2020: Best Original Score (won), for *Joker*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2019: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special (won), for *Chernobyl*

### Other awards — 3 won

- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 2021: Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (won), for *Joker*
- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 2020: Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (won), for *Chernobyl*
- Satellite Award for Best Original Score 2019: Satellite Award for Best Original Score (won), for *Joker*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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