Bjarni Biering
About Bjarni Biering
Classically trained in traditional modes of score and technique, Bjarni disrupts the clean classicism of his sound with economically dispersed beats and delicately layered piano. He has developed a holistic style as a composer that merges sight and sound through the lens of human emotion. Bjarni revels both in the quiet, reverent solitude of composition and scoring, and the collaborative process - bringing a practical, unfussy artistry to his work with filmmakers, visual artists and musicians.
After training as a pianist, Bjarni immersed himself in composition, drawn to the endless creative potential of modern recording technology and the freedom of improvisation. His obsession with sound and composition began early, during his childhood in Reykjavík where he would sit in concert halls or in front of his parents’ hi-fi laboriously studying the sounds produced. He would spend endless hours at his piano or computer attempting to recreate, construct and deconstruct those sounds, his own melodies and the works of classical and contemporary composers. This construction and deconstruction can be heard in the music of the internal worlds he creates now, gently building and felling the passage of time and our human experience.
After completing his classical training, Bjarni spent a number of years playing keyboard and piano in various ensembles and bands across South Africa, the UK and the Nordics. But soon, he felt the need to return to his classical roots and studied his BA in Music Composition at the Icelandic Academy of the Arts, and then on to the UK to do an MA in Composition at the University of Bristol. It was during his time in Bristol that his interest in film grew and he began studying, exploring and creating music for screen and other media.
He has scored feature films, documentaries, animations and shorts, as well as advertisements, and written production albums for EMI, Stereo Royal and No Sheet Music. Projects include The Karman Line, a BAFTA nominated short starring Olivia Colman and Having you, starring Anna Friel and Andrew Buchan.
