Atli Örvarsson

Icelandic composer (born 1970)

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Atli.

Atli Örvarsson

Atli Örvarsson in 2016

Background information
Born|  (1970-07-07) 7 July 1970 (age 54)
Origin| Akureyri, Iceland
Genres| Film scores
Occupations|

* Composer
* conductor
* musician
* songwriter

Instruments|

* Percussion
* keys

Years active| 2000–present
Website| atlimusic.com

Musical artist

Atli Örvarsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈaʰtlɪ ˈœrvar̥sɔn]; born 7 July 1970) is an American-Icelandic BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated film score composer. Atli's credits include composing and orchestrating music for some of Hollywood's biggest projects, including the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Angels & Demons, The Holiday, The Eagle, Vantage Point, Babylon A.D., Thick as Thieves, The Fourth Kind, and Season of the Witch. Atli's most recent credits include Apple TV's Silo and Defending Jacob, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, A Single Shot, NBC series Chicago Fire, and together with Hans Zimmer contributed music to the Zack Snyder Superman reinstallment Man of Steel.[1][2][3]

Originally from the small town of Akureyri, Atli became established in the local music scene at a young age. He earned three platinum and two gold records as a member of the Icelandic band Sálin hans Jóns míns before studying film composing at Berklee College of Music and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He excelled in composing and was awarded the Pete Carpenter Fellowship, which brought him to Los Angeles. He began working alongside TV veteran Mike Post on NYPD Blue and three Law & Order brands. Atli soon caught the attention of composer Hans Zimmer, who extended an invitation to join his team at Remote Control Productions.

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Notes

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2005  | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Audu Paden  |
2007  | The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams | A. Blaine Miller  |
2008  | Vantage Point | Pete Travis |
Babylon A.D. | Mathieu Kassovitz |
2009  | Thick as Thieves | Mimi Leder |
The Fourth Kind | Olatunde Osunsanmi |
2011  | Season of the Witch | Dominic Sena |
The Eagle | Kevin Macdonald |
2013  | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Tommy Wirkola |
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | Harald Zwart
A Single Shot | David M. Rosenthal
2015  | The Perfect Guy | Co-composed with David Fleming
Rams | Grímur Hákonarson |
2016  | Bilal: A New Breed of Hero | Khurram H. Alavi
Ayman Jamal  |
2017  | The Edge of Seventeen | Kelly Fremon Craig |
The Hitman's Bodyguard | Patrick Hughes |
2018  | How It Ends | David M. Rosenthal  |
2019  | Jacob's Ladder |
2020  | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | David Dobkin |
2021  | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Patrick Hughes  |
2022  | No Limit | David M. Rosenthal  |

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Network  | Notes

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2002, 2005  | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | NBC | Co-composed with Mike Post
2003–2004  | L.A. Dragnet | ABC
2006  | Six Degrees | Co-composed with Michael Giacchino & Adam Cohen
2010  | Law & Order: Los Angeles | NBC  | Theme music composed by Mike Post
2012–present  | Chicago Fire[4] |
2014–present  | Chicago P.D. |
2015–present  | Chicago Med[5] |
2017  | Chicago Justice |
2019–present  | FBI | CBS |
2020–present  | FBI: Most Wanted |
2020  | Defending Jacob | Apple TV+ | Theme music composed by Ólafur Arnalds
2022  | Unprecedented | Discovery+ |
2023–present  | Silo | Apple TV+ |

### Video games

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Year  | Title  | Studio / Publisher  | Notes

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2009  | Free Realms | Sony Online Entertainment | Main composer[6]
2009  | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Activision | Additional music
composed with Lorne Balfe[7]
2013  | Dust 514 | CCP Games
Sony Computer Entertainment | Main composer[8]

## References

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1. ^ "Atli Örvarsson: Rising Star Composers". ASCAP. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
2. ^ Florino, Rick (10 March 2011). "Atli Örvarsson Talks Scoring "The Eagle"". artistdirect.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
3. ^ Levine, Sydney (18 February 2016). "'Rams' Composer Atli Örvarsson Wins Best Film Score at the 2016 HARPA Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
4. ^ "Credits". Chicago Fire. NBC. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
5. ^ "Credits". Chicago Med. NBC. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
6. ^ "Free Realms credits". MobyGames.com. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
7. ^ "Dust 514". MobyGames.com. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
8. ^ "Dust 514". GiantBomb. Retrieved 31 January 2025.

## External links

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* Official website
* Atli Örvarsson at IMDb
* Interview with Atli Örvarsson at FilmMusicSite

* v
* t
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Chicago franchise

Chicago Fire|

| Characters|

* Matthew Casey

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Episodes|

* Season 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* "My Lucky Day"
* 10
* 11
* 12
* 13

Chicago P.D.|

| Characters|

* Kim Burgess
* Antonio Dawson
* Erin Lindsay
* Hank Voight

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Episodes|

* Season 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* 11
* 12

Chicago Med|

| Episodes|

* Season 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10

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See also|

* Characters

Chicago Justice|

Peter Stone

Crossovers|

* "Comic Perversion"
* April 2014 crossover event
* "Chicago Crossover"
* "Infection"
* February 2020 crossover event
* "Emotional Rescue"

Related|

* Law & Order franchise
* FBI franchise
* Law & Order
* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
* FBI
* FBI: Most Wanted
* FBI: International

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International|

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National|

* Germany
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Artists|

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