Bergur Þórisson [a] ( transliterated as Thorisson; born 1993) [1] [2] is an Icelandic musician, composer, and audio engineer. He is one half of the neo-classical post-rock duo Hugar, musical director for Björk, and frequent collaborator of Ólafur Arnalds.
Bergur grew up in Seltjarnarnes [3] and played the trombone. [1] After graduating from Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð in 2012, Bergur was accepted into Juilliard but decided not to pursue it. [1] He took one semester of engineering at Reykjavík University. [1] Bergur joined Ólafur Arnalds in writing the music for the 2013 British TV series Broadchurch, [3] for which Ólafur was awarded the BAFTA awards. [1] Bergur then toured with Ólafur around Europe. [1]
Bergur was the audio engineer on Björk's 2017 Grammy-nominated album, Utopia, and then toured with her on stage on her Cornucopia tour. [4] Other collaborators include Sigur Rós, [5] Jóhann Jóhannsson, [5] and Arnór Dan. [3]
Bergur has a small scale production of microphones he makes by hand. [1]
Bergur started the neo-classical post-rock [6] [7] duo Hugar (meaning "minds") along with his childhood friend Pétur Jónsson in 2012. [3] Their self-titled album was published in 2014 [8] and was given out for free online. [9] They signed with Sony USA [10] [7] and published their second album, Varða, in 2019. [8] The band performed at Iceland Airwaves in 2017, 2018, and 2019. [8] As of 2019 the band has 50 million plays on Spotify. [10]
Bergur and Pétur wrote the score for the 2019 film The Vasulka Effect about artists Steina and Woody Vasulka. [8] [11]