Hildur Guðnadóttir on the Details of Composing in Cubase | Steinberg Spotlights

Multi-award winning Icelandic musician and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir is enjoying a deserved level of recognition for her original film and television scores. The classically trained cellist’s work has included the film Sicario: Day of the Soldado and seen her win Emmy and Grammy Awards for the soundtrack to the HBO drama Chernobyl. Her soundtrack for the 2019 film Joker saw her win a Golden Globe (the first solo woman composer to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score), BAFTA and Oscar for Best Original Score/Music! In this Steinberg Spotlights video, Hildur discusses her scoring and recording process, and explains why Cubase is her DAW of choice.“

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[patrickboshell]

Wonderous. Truly how you brought Radiation the character, to a real and moving Soul of the Movie. Beautiful and Horribly Honest.

[shundaigo]

she never got on the set of Joker, or seen Joaquin or Todd, they just called her and send whole script... she read and started to play Cello, amazing on her own

[JayFrederick]

Love this interview format where you just let the artist discuss their concepts and the music. Class act Steinberg!

[ProdbyJORJ.]

The first female composer to won the oscar for orginal score! Mad respect

[gpeddino]

Her work in Joker and in Chernobyl are both superlative. She deserves the praise and all the numerous awards she has collected for them.

[gessicacom_g]

I’ve been a fan of Hildur’s work for quite some time now and when I heard she would be composing the score for Joker, I knew something very special was going to be created. And I was so right! As an OST fan, I couldn’t be more in love with Joker’s score. It’s actually another important character of the movie. And what a powerful character it is... Hildur deserve all the recognition she’s been getting. Rooting for her tonight at the Oscars! 🙌🏻

[envrie]

Hildur is my favorite recent film composer. I think she is communicating music and sound design in such a innovative and emotional way. I love her subtle approach in melody and tone, utilizing the rich timbre of the cello. Please listen to her music!

[nobodycares]

I love the fact that she is so happy and smiley and in a well lit room and just kinda light hearted about it, but the background music of this video is just so dark and haunting. Haha, very interesting dynamic.

[brosandimusic]

not even hans zimmer could convince me to shift to cubase but Hildur might've just done that. What a well spoken and badass woman! a true inspiration.

[mirzaaljic]

Congrats on the Oscar, and it's encouraging to see another amazing composer work on Cubase.

[White_Knight]

She should have a Masterclass also she has interesting composition with Joker and Chernobyl especially. It would be nice to see her composition just like Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman.

[jjgjc]

Amazingly gifted! Her perception to subtle nuances is in the high range category. Much success Hildur Guðnadóttir.

[stealth]

Congrats to Hildur for winning the Oscar for original score!

[JavierGonzalez-lpke]

A true musician describing the details of her work, her artistic process and how she brought her scores to life--without ANY real mention of fame or excess publicity. I appreciated and enjoyed listening to this interview very much--she truly emphasizes what "masters of the craft" means!

[anthonystahl]

Not really any "Details of Composing In Cubase" in this video, Steinberg, other than the fact that she mentions it a few times, but overall it's still enjoying

[cliftoncameron]

Art, Life, Expression. A gift. Thank you Hildur and Steinberg. This runs deep and will resonate into oblivion.

[Mionwang]

I watched Chernobyl and I wondered who the composer is. So googled, found, listened to everything she has available on the internet and immediately fell in love.
Watched Joker and I immediately said "Hildur is gonna get the oscar for best score for this."

[Godybanksmusic]

What she’s saying is so right. There shouldn’t be a “wrong way” to express yourself in music. I think music is conventionally taught wrong. That’s why the most successful musicians are either self taught or rebel against the rules. Music education is still important though. It just needs tweaking.

[Boudhidharma]

Hildur! Love her scores, Chernobyl was amazing!!!

[davidmcnamara]

Now I'm going to watch Chernobyl... because of the composer! Also, I was actually a contractor for a year at a couple of nuclear plants in the US so am curious about those sounds she used as well.

I also hate the grid which is a main reason I love Cubase: it gives you several ways to either work around the grid or fit your music to it after it is recorded.