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name: "Kristian Eidnes Andersen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kristian-eidnes-andersen"
fi1m_id: "kristian-eidnes-andersen"
imdb_id: "nm0253120"
tmdb_id: 6157
wikidata_id: "Q19280155"
roles: ["Sound designer"]
born: "3 July 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-10-09T04:03:07.789429+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."
---

# Kristian Eidnes Andersen

## Identity

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kristian-eidnes-andersen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kristian-eidnes-andersen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0253120
- **TMDB ID:** 6157
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19280155
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Eidnes_Andersen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19280155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0253120/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6157

Sound designer. Born 3 July 1966 in Faxe, Danmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Sound designer
- **Born:** 3 July 1966, Faxe, Danmark
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Also known as:** Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 68 (2), 2000s 67 (3), 2010s 74 (4), 2020s 64 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 61 across 12 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 11, Thriller 4, Crime 3, Horror 2, Science Fiction 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 25 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $150m across 12 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Eidnes_Andersen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19280155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0253120/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6157

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ida*](https://film.one/film/ida.md) (85), [*Antichrist*](https://film.one/film/antichrist.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Kristian Eidnes Andersen is a Danish composer and audio engineer. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1993 and heads its department of sound design.

He has worked extensively with director Lars von Trier. As composer and sound designer on *Antichrist* (2009) he received a Bodil Special Award. His other composer credits include *Submarino* (2010) and *The Woman That Dreamed About a Man* (2010). As sound designer his credits include *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), *The Hunt* (2012) and *Nymphomaniac* (2013).

Andersen has received multiple Robert Awards for sound design and music.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (12)

- *Fjord* (2026), Fi1m 66, Sound Engineer — [page](https://film.one/film/fjord.md)
- *Her Private Hell* (2026), Fi1m 41, Sound Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/her-private-hell.md)
- *Godland* (2022), Fi1m 84, Sound Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/godland.md)
- *Ida* (2013), Fi1m 85, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/ida.md)
- *Only God Forgives* (2013), Fi1m 48, Sound Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/only-god-forgives.md)
- *The Hunt* (2012), Fi1m 82, Sound Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt.md)
- *Melancholia* (2011), Fi1m 80, Sound Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)
- *Antichrist* (2009), Fi1m 55, Sound Designer, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/antichrist.md)
- *Dogville* (2003), Fi1m 74, Supervising Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), Fi1m 71, Supervising Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md)
- *The Idiots* (1998), Fi1m 54, Sound Engineer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-idiots.md)
- *Breaking the Waves* (1996), Fi1m 82, Supervising Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-the-waves.md)

## Complete filmography (96)

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

- *An Eye for an Eye* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Her Private Hell* (2026), Sound Designer — Fi1m 41, [page](https://film.one/film/her-private-hell.md)
- *Fjord* (2026), Sound Engineer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/fjord.md)
- *Madklubben: Hjemme Igen* (2025), Sound Designer, Original Music Composer
- *Christopher - A Beautiful Real Life* (2025), Sound Designer
- *Lotte & Totte – My First Friend* (2025), Original Music Composer, Sound Designer
- *Beginnings* (2025), Sound
- *Everybody Loves Touda* (2024), Music
- *Beauty Is Not a Sin* (2024), Sound
- *Rumours* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Democracy Noir* (2024), Sound Designer
- *Call Me Dad* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Blue Caftan* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Copenhagen Cowboy* (2023), series, Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- *Godland* (2022), Sound Designer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/godland.md)
- *All I Want for Christmas: The Magic Time Machine* (2022), as Compositor
- *Nocebo* (2022), Sound Designer
- *Loving Adults* (2022), Original Music Composer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- *A Lucky Man* (2022), Original Music Composer, Sound Designer
- *The Killing of a Journalist* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Royalteen* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Beautiful Beings* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Out of the Darkness* (2022), Sound Designer
- *Into the Ice* (2022), Sound Designer, Original Music Composer
- *The Chestnut Man* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *How to Kill a Cloud* (2021), Sound Designer, Original Music Composer
- *Rushed* (2021), Original Music Composer, Sound Designer
- *The Red Ring* (2021), Music
- *All I Want for Christmas 2* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Love & Anarchy* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Food Club* (2020), Sound Designer, Original Music Composer
- *Little Girl* (2020), Sound Mixer
- *Charter* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Klovn the Final* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Into the Darkness* (2020), Sound Designer
- *Galaxymphony - Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Hermus* (2019), Sound Designer
- *Vivarium* (2019), Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, Original Music Composer
- *A Married Couple* (2019), Music
- *All I Want for Christmas* (2018), Music
- *Petra* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The House That Jack Built* (2018), Sound Designer, Orchestrator, Supervising Sound Editor, Music Arranger
- *Det sorte kapitel* (2018), Sound Designer
- *Sami Blood* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Heartstone* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Nobel* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *Playground* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Commune* (2016), Supervising Sound Editor
- *Norskov* (2015), series, Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Saboteurs* (2015), series, Sound Designer, Original Music Composer
- *Eskimo Diva* (2015), Sound Designer
- *Something Better to Come* (2014), Sound
- *Democrats* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Man Who Saved the World* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Legacy* (2014), series, Music
- *Nymphomaniac: Vol. I* (2013), Sound Designer
- *Nymphomaniac: Vol. II* (2013), Sound Designer
- *Ida* (2013), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/ida.md)
- *Only God Forgives* (2013), Sound Designer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/only-god-forgives.md)
- *The Weight of Elephants* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Half Brother* (2013), series, Music
- *The Hunt* (2012), Sound Designer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt.md)
- *The Great Bird Race* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *A Caretaker's Tale* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *A Normal Life* (2012), Sound Designer
- *Rupture* (2011), Sound
- *The Fir Tree* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Melancholia* (2011), Sound Designer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)
- *Klown* (2010), Original Music Composer, Sound Designer
- *Lost in Africa* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Submarino* (2010), Music, Sound Designer, Original Music Composer
- *Out of Love* (2009), Additional Music, Sound Designer
- *Antichrist* (2009), Original Music Composer, Sound Designer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/antichrist.md)
- *Be Good* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *The Escape* (2009), Sound Designer
- *With Your Permission* (2007), Sound Designer
- *When a Man Comes Home* (2007), Sound
- *The Boss of It All* (2006), Sound
- *Snart kommer tiden* (2006), Music, Sound Designer
- *After the Wedding* (2006), Sound Designer
- *Manderlay* (2005), Sound Designer
- *My Dad Is a Champ* (2005), Sound Engineer
- *Scratch* (2003), Sound Editor
- *Dogville* (2003), Supervising Sound Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *The Boy Below* (2003), Sound Designer
- *It's All About Love* (2003), Sound Designer
- *Swedish Beauty* (2000), Sound Recordist
- *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), Supervising Sound Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md)
- *Bleeder* (1999), Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- *Tommy and the Wildcat* (1998), Sound Designer
- *The Kingdom II* (1998), Foley Artist
- *The Idiots* (1998), Sound Engineer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-idiots.md)
- *Breaking the Waves* (1996), Supervising Sound Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-the-waves.md)
- *Portland* (1996), Sound Designer
- *The Boy Who Walked Backwards* (1995), Sound
- *The Kingdom* (1994), Sound Effects Editor
- *The Missing Films*, Sound

## Awards

### Other awards — 9 won

- Robert Award for Best Song 2021: Robert Award for Best Song (won), for *Dreambuilders*
- European Film Award for Best Sound Designer 2020: European Film Award for Best Sound Designer (won), for *Little Girl*
- Robert Award for Best Sound Design 2017: Robert Award for Best Sound Design (won), for *The Neon Demon*
- Robert Award for Best Sound Design 2015: Robert Award for Best Sound Design (won), for *Nymphomaniac*
- Robert Award for Best Sound Design 2014: Robert Award for Best Sound Design (won), for *Only God Forgives*
- Robert Award for Best Sound Design 2012: Robert Award for Best Sound Design (won), for *Melancholia*
- Robert Award for Best Score 2011: Robert Award for Best Score (won), for *Submarino*
- Bodil Special Award 2010: Bodil Special Award (won), for *Antichrist*
- Robert Award for Best Sound Design 2010: Robert Award for Best Sound Design (won), for *Antichrist*

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

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