---
name: "Terje Rypdal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/terje-rypdal"
fi1m_id: "terje-rypdal"
tmdb_id: 1635724
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "23 August 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:40:15.421201+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."
---

# Terje Rypdal

## Identity

Terje Rypdal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/terje-rypdal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** terje-rypdal
- **TMDB ID:** 1635724
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1635724

Composer. Born 23 August 1947 in Oslo, Norway.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 August 1947, Oslo, Norway
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1635724

## Biography

Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Born in Oslo on 23 August 1947, he studied music at the University of Oslo and the Oslo Conservatory, where he took composition lessons with Finn Mortensen and improvisation with George Russell.

He began as a rock guitarist with the band The Vanguards in the 1960s before turning to jazz, performing with Jan Garbarek and others. Rypdal has composed symphonies, concertos and chamber works, many released on ECM Records. His film scores include the music for *Zero Kelvin* (1995) and contributions to *Equinox* (1992) and the soundtrack of *Heat* (1995).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nbl.snl.no.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Zero Kelvin* (1995), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/zero-kelvin.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Jazzeventyret* (2024), Actor
- *The History of Norwegian Rock Music* (2004), series, Actor
- *Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me* (2003), Additional Soundtrack
- *Zero Kelvin* (1995), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/zero-kelvin.md)
- *Equinox* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *ECM: The Most Beautiful Sound Next To Silence* (1987), Actor
- *Lucie* (1979), Music
- *A Summer of Love* (1979), Original Music Composer

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