BERLIN, Jan 20 — Golden Globe-winning Icelandic musician Hildur Guonadottir, 37, usually lives a quiet life in Berlin, but is about to see a lot more of Los Angeles’ red carpets as nominations come flooding in for her score for Tod Phillips’ film Joker. On January 5, Guonadottir made history...
Hildur Guonadottir poses backstage with her Best Original Score Motion Picture award for ‘Joker’ in Beverly Hills January 5, 2020. — Reuters pic
Guonadottir, who is an accomplished cellist and singer and who started training aged four, puts her success down to a spot of luck and the “big awakening” ushered in by the #metoo movement. The composer says it would be nice if all these ‘milestones’ that she is achieving — she is only the 5th female composer to be nominated for the Oscars in 92 years — were no longer considered as such, but is grateful for the chance to be part of the changing landscape.
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