Christine Hals

Christine Hals

Christine Hals Film Music
Music Composer and Singer

Los Angeles, California

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January 2012
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About Christine

There are many Hollywood stories out there, but Christine's must be one of the more peculiar ones. From herding goats in the Norwegian mountains to becoming a featured soloist and Norse lyricist in Disney's Frozen, it somehow seems like everything has been orchestrated for her to finally end up in Hollywood.

Christine developed her unique singing technique while herding goats in the majestic Norwegian mountains as a young girl. Having no formal musical education, she felt as though she had a long way to go when she moved to Sweden in 2002 to pursue her musical education. She couldn’t read music nor play any instruments, yet she composed various works using a digital audio workspace. In 2003 she applied to and was accepted into the two year long music production course at Stockholm’s Music Conservatory. This prepared her for further education at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm´s Music and Media Production program for 4,5 years, before she was one of the 4 students accepted every 3 years to the Royal College of Music and The Dramatical Institute’s Master in Film Composition. This prepared her well for the SMPTV program at USC Thornton in Los Angeles. Christine was accepted to USC in 2012 and got funded by Swedish grants, despite her Norwegian citizenship.
When Christophe Beck and Disney asked her to contribute with lyrics and her distinct Norwegian vocals in the snowy animation Frozen, a movie inspired by the very landscapes that first sparked her dreams and need to express herself, it felt as though it was an answer to all her dreams.
The short film, «Calling the Aurora», was Christine´s latest project. It showed at the UNESCO World Art Day Gala in Down Town Los Angeles on April 13th, 2016.
This June Christine will be in Norway working with ancient Norwegian instruments and the voices from the Natives of Norway, the Sami people, in a new Viking movie.

Unique traits: Nordic, Scandinavian viking music. Vocal film music, songs custom made for films, the sound of nature, good at scoring animations, Norse lyricist, English, Norwegian and Swedish lyricist.

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Credits

  • Storm Warrior

    Storm Warrior (2017)
    Television (Action) Music department Add a Plot »

  • Aero Origins

    Aero Origins (2016)
    Television Composer

  • Paranormal Shopping Network

    Paranormal Shopping Network (2016)
    Television (Comedy and Horror) Composer Add a Plot »

  • Bá

    (2015)
    Film (Short, Drama and Family) Composer Little Bruno's life is turned upside down when his 'Ba' (from Bachan, grandma in Japanese) is brought to live in his house.

  • Luna

    Luna (2015)
    Film (Short, Adventure, Drama and Family) Composer After little Luna's parents break yet another promise, she journeys alone into the unknown to see the Northern Lights.

  • Golden Thread

    Golden Thread (2015)
    Film (Short and Drama) Composer When Lisa, an imaginative 8-year-old girl, learns that her mother has died, she becomes determined to find a way to stay connected with her.

  • The Pilot Fish's Tale

    The Pilot Fish's Tale (2015)
    Film (Animation, Short, Adventure, Family and 1 More) Composer The Pilot Fish's Tale follows the journey of a tenacious young goldfish fish named Lock on her quest to become a dragon.

  • Incarnation

    Incarnation (2015)
    Film (Short, Drama and Sci-Fi) Composer A dying android cycles back through his memory to rediscover why he killed his master and relive the moment he first experienced emotion.

  • Chasing Shadows

    Chasing Shadows (2014)
    Film (Short, Drama and Romance) Composer A lonely Los Angeles musician must find the courage to talk to his enchanting neighbor, Mia.

  • Aero

    Aero (2014)
    Film (Short, Action, Drama and Sci-Fi) Composer A troubled drug dealer encounters a dying supernatural being who could save him and his girlfriend's life if only he can restore its health.

  • Rue's Eden

    Rue's Eden (2014)
    Film (Short and Drama) Composer Guilt is useless. Rue is struggling to find a way through her grief. The loss of Luke, her previous lover is dragging her into the depths. Rue enjoys feeling the weight of it as it pulls her under. The guilt is gone there, but it's only for as long as she can hold her breath. Written by Anonymous

  • Seagull City

    Seagull City (2014)
    Film (Documentary and Short) Composer Add a Plot »

  • One More Day

    One More Day (2014)
    Film (Short, Adventure, Romance and Sci-Fi) Composer Youth culture already rules today's world. How far away is a future in which old people are simply exterminated outright instead of shut up in homes to die? It's the year 2084. Everybody is guaranteed 80 years of perfect health, followed by mandatory euthanasia at one of many Preparedness Centers worldwide. Chloe (80) is resigned to her fate until she runs into a childhood crush, Tom (80) and they decide to escape together and live or die together as lovers. Written by Anonymous

  • The Drowned Man

    The Drowned Man (2014)
    Film (Short and Drama) Composer Jack's acute fear of losing his sister drives him away from her bedside to a nearby beach, where he discovers a giant man that has washed up on shore. Jack soon learns the ominous reason for the giant's visit and must summon the courage to connect with his sister before it's too late. Written by Anonymous

  • Revenge of the Green Dragons

    Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014)
    Film (Action, Crime and Drama) Music department REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS follows two immigrant brothers Sonny (Justin Chon) and Steven (Kevin Wu) who survive the impoverished despair of New York in the 1980s by joining Chinatown gang "The Green Dragons". The brothers quickly rise up the ranks, drawing the unwanted attention of hard-boiled city cops. After an ill- fated love affair pits Sonny against his own brother, he sets out for revenge on the very gang who made him who he is. Written by Anonymous

  • Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines

    Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines (2014)
    Film (Action, Drama and War) Music department While on an unsanctioned, covert mission in Africa, a small team of S.E.A.L.s uncovers intelligence pointing to the imminent sale of a massive quantity of weapons grade uranium. Now, with no mission prep and zero support, they have less than thirty six hours to fight their way past a ruthless warlord's army guarding this secret mining operation, hidden deep in the treacherous Congo, in order to secure the yellow-cake and expose the unknown buyer. One of America's greatest threats is about to obtain the final piece in becoming a true nuclear power and only Seal Team Eight can stop them. Written by The Writers

  • Killer Women

    Killer Women (2014)
    Television (Drama and Western) Music department Centers on Molly Parker, one of only two women in the notoriously male Texas Rangers, a ballsy, beautiful badass who knows how to get to the truth and isn't afraid to ruffle a few feathers on her way there.

  • Parts Per Billion

    Parts Per Billion (2014)
    Film (Drama, Romance and Sci-Fi) Music department The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the billions who are facing this human-made biological disaster. Written by Anonymous

  • Bin Tere

    Bin Tere (2013)
    Film (Short, Drama and Romance) Composer A romantic divorce lawyer tries to fix a marriage.

  • Formaldehyde

    Formaldehyde (2013)
    Film (Short, Family, Fantasy and Sci-Fi) Composer Hee Jun tries to hang himself in his future father in law's morgue when he fails engineering, but fails at suicide too. To teach him a lesson, his angry Fiance locks him in with some talkative dead people, who have a plenty to tell him about the lives they left behind and the experiences he'll miss if he goes ahead and kills himself. Written by Anonymous

  • Warehouse

    Warehouse (2013)
    Film (Short and Drama) Composer While pursuing a dream romance, a young man encounters the complication of lucidity.

  • Sparrow

    Sparrow (2013)
    Film (Short, Drama, Family and Fantasy) Composer A drama in which Sparrow, a lonely teenager, bottles her tears until she has a momentary glimpse of her father's grief.

  • Dollhouse

    Dollhouse (2013)
    Film (Short, Drama and Fantasy) Composer In a war-torn world, a showgirl is trapped in an exotic clubhouse where she must dance for suitors. When she receives a letter from an admirer that speaks of true love, she decides to risk everything to taste a single moment of freedom.

  • Absent

    Absent (2013)
    Film (Short and Drama) Composer Sue and Adam attempt to make peace with their past.

  • För Sverige i tiden

    För Sverige i tiden (2013)
    Film (Short, Comedy, Drama and Thriller) Composer A young king in the 1970s, a slip and one illegitimate child. In the controversial film "King of Sweden" we meet Swedish Crown Princess Victoria's unknown sister Tessan, two years her senior. The film is about Tessan who discovers that her dad isn't the person she always thought. Her father happens to be the King of Sweden. And what's it like for the King to have a newfound daughter from the suburb of Bredäng living the life he always dreamed of? Written by Anonymous

  • Frozen

    Frozen (2013)
    Film (Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family and 2 More) Music department Anna, a fearless optimist, sets off on an epic journey - teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven - to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom. From the outside Anna's sister, Elsa looks poised, regal and reserved, but in reality, she lives in fear as she wrestles with a mighty secret-she was born with the power to create ice and snow. It's a beautiful ability, but also extremely dangerous. Haunted by the moment her magic nearly killed her younger sister Anna, Elsa has isolated herself, spending every waking minute trying to suppress her growing powers. Her mounting emotions trigger the magic, accidentally setting off an eternal winter that she can't stop. She fears she's becoming a monster and that no one, not even her sister, can help her. Written by DeAlan Wilson for ComedyE.com

  • Baby Steps

    Baby Steps (2013)
    Film (Short, Comedy, Drama and Romance) Music department A teenage girl thinking she's almost grown makes moves that she isn't quite prepared for with an older man.

  • Synthetic

    Synthetic (2013)
    Film (Short and Sci-Fi) Music department Officer Dan Parker has been charged with the duty of chasing down rogue robots, or "synthetics", but he will have his faith and his morality shaken when he discovers that one of them has given birth to a human/synthetic hybrid.

  • The Book of Memories

    The Book of Memories (2013)
    Film (Short and Drama) Actress Adelia, a young girl lost in her own imagination, searches for her voice and comes to terms with the death of her father through the perils of fantasy and fairytale.

  • Suicide High

    Suicide High (2012)
    Film (Short and Horror) Composer Add a Plot »

  • De Statslösa

    De Statslösa (2012)
    Film (Documentary and Short) Composer The short film "De statslösa/The Stateless" depicts a meeting between two men. Saman who is Kurdish came to Sweden as a refugee from Kurdistan and Aslat is a Sami who also lives in Sweden. Both are stateless and indigenous. What more do they have in common? What do they need? And what can they learn from each other? Written by Kurdish Film Festival

  • Jag vill ha allt

    Jag vill ha allt (2012)
    Film (Short and Drama) Composer Add a Plot »

  • Joshua

    Joshua (2012)
    Film (Short, Drama, Romance and War) Music department A poet in a dystopian world must decide either to live in fear or die following his heart.

  • Next Door Letters

    Next Door Letters (2011)
    Film (Documentary, Animation, Short, Drama and 1 More) Composer Lilja and Sandra decide to play Melitta a prank. They send her a love letter signed with an invented name - a boy's. When Lilja receives a letter in return, she begins a secret correspondence. What started off as a practical joke turns into a crucial turning point in Lilja's life. Written by Anonymous

  • Paraplyresan

    Paraplyresan (2011)
    TV Movie (Animation) Composer Add a Plot »

  • Beyond Hope I Still Won't Give Up

    Beyond Hope I Still Won't Give Up (2011)
    Film (Documentary and Short) Composer Add a Plot »

  • Juana

    Juana (2010)
    Film (Short) Composer Juana Inés de la Cruz (12 November 1651 - 17 April 1695), full name Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, was a self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, and nun of New Spain. Although she lived in a colonial era when Mexico was part of the Spanish Empire, she is considered today a Mexican writer, and stands at the beginning of the history of Mexican literature in the Spanish language. Written by Wikipedia

  • Blodig Hevn i Las Bøgas

    Blodig Hevn i Las Bøgas (2005)
    Film (Short and Western) Actress Add a Plot »

Awards

  • Fredrika-Bremers Scholarship/Ellen Bergmans Foundation
    (2012)

  • Audience Favourite Award at Startsladden filmfestival for "the Next Door Letters"(dir. Sascha Fülscher
    (2012)

  • Gålöstiftelsen Scholarship for Master studies
    (2012)

  • Anna Whitlocks Scholarship for masterstudies
    (2011)

  • Sandrew Metronomes Scholarship for Film Composing
    (2010)

Education

  • University of Southern California
    (2010-2012)

  • Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, Film Scoring, Master
    (2010-2012)

  • Royal College of Music Stockholm, Masters degree in Filmscoring
    (2010-2012)

  • Royal College of Music, Bachelor in Music and Media Production
    (2010-2012)

  • Stockholms Music Conservatory
    (2010-2012)

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