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The Bone Temple

Hildur Guðnadóttir is a cellist and composer who has become a leading figure in post-classical and film music. She represents a bit of a funny paradox: she is a beautiful, cheerful Icelandic woman who is best known for creating unrelenting, dark, and atmospheric soundscapes.

Guðnadóttir gained massive international recognition for Joker (2019), where she made history as the first solo female composer to win the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA for Best Original Score in a single season. Her score for the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019) is equally stunning—it is absolutely hopeless and dread-filled…