Rebekka Karijord
Rebekka Karijord is a composer and musician originally from Sandnessjøen, just south of the arctic circle in Northern Norway. Over the course of her career she has composed music for over 30 films, modern dance performances and theatrical pieces, as well as released six solo albums under her own name.
Project highlights in 2020- 2023 include the score to Margreth Olins “Songs of Earth” in which Rebekka recorded LCO at Air Studios, Hulu documentary “I Am Greta” about climate activist Greta Thunberg, Amazon Studios drama thriller feature “All The Old Knives”, A24´s film “My Mercury”, Universal Pictures film “Explorer”, HBO doc thriller “Pray, Obey, Kill” and the album “Complete Mountain Almanac”, a collaboration with Bryce and Aaron Dessner (The National) based upon the poems of Jessica Dessner with songs by Rebekka.
Karijord holds a degree from the prestigious Stockholm Royal Dramatic Institute and has an extensive education within fine arts. Over the course of her early career she developed her unique voice through experience as a musician, actor, playwright and composer, working alongside directors including Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt and Margreth Olin.
Her breadth of experience and skills as a studio technician, songwriter and programmer have allowed her to work on a diverse range of commissioned projects. From film scores to theatre productions for The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and The National Opera House in Norway to sound design for The National Museum in Norway. Karijord writes for all kinds of constellations, from orchestras and ensembles to more intimate electro acoustic scores.
With her in-depth experience Karijord has developed a sharply intuitive dramaturgical understanding of what a film needs emotionally, and many of the projects she has chosen to work on have a clear humanistic and political agenda.
Highlights reel
Selected credits
This Tempting Madness (upcoming)
Smokejumper Films | Feature
Dir. Jennifer E Montgomery
Raptures (upcoming)
Iris Film | Feature
Dir. Jon Blåhed
My Mercury (2024)
A24 | Feature Doc
Dir. Joelle Chesselet / Pippa Ehrlich
Deliver Me (upcoming)
Netflix | Drama Series
Dir: Anna Zachrisson
Songs of Earth (2023)
Speranza Film | Feature Doc
Dir. Margreth Olin
All The Old Knives (2022)
Amazon Studios | Feature
Dir. Janus Metz
Explorer (2022)
Universal Pictures UK | Feature Doc
Dir. Matthew Dyas
Margrete: Queen of the North (2021)
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Feature
Dir. Charlotte Sieling
Composer, additional music
Pray, Obey, Kill (2021)
HBO | Docuseries
Dir. Henrik Georgsson
I Am Greta (2020)
Hulu | Feature Doc
Dir. Nathan Grossman
The Pearl Of Africa (2017)
Netflix | Documentary
Leva Älska (2017)
Feature Doc
Dir. Mete Gardell
Barndom (2016)
Feature Doc
Dir. Margreth Olin
Mannen fra Snåsa (2016)
Feature Film
Dir. Margreth Olin
Blood Sisters (2015)
Feature
Dir. Malin Andersson
I See You (2013)
Feature
Dir. Sylvelin Måkestad
Nowhere Home (2012)
Feature
Dir. Margreth Olin
”Med hjärtat som insats” (2012)
SVT Sweden | TV
Not A Man in Sight (2011)
Feature
Dir. Mette Gardell
Clara s’en va mourir (2011)
ARTE | Short (TV Movie)
Dir. Virginie Wagon
Wireless World (2011)
Feature
Dir. Sonja Lidén
Zero Silence (2011)
Feature
Dir. Jonny von Wallström
The Angel (2009)
Feature
Dir. Margreth Olin
Discography
2023
Songs of Earth (Original Soundtrack)
2023
Complete Mountain Almanac (w/ Bryce & Aaron Dessner), album
2022
Explorer (Original Soundtrack)
2020
I Am Greta (Original Soundtrack)
2017
Mother Tongue, solo album
2014
Music for Film & Theatre, solo album / compilation
2012/13
We Become Ourselves, solo album
2009/10
The Noble Art Of Letting Go, solo album
2005
Good or Goodbye, album
2003
Neophyte, album