Biography

Rebekka Karijord is a Norwegian-born composer, musician, and producer whose work spans film, theatre, dance, and recorded music. With a career that bridges genres and disciplines, she is known for her emotionally driven compositions, bold use of voice and orchestration, and a distinctive ability to fuse the experimental with the accessible.

Over the past two decades, Karijord has scored more than 40 films, theatrical works, and dance productions. Her recent film credits include Margreth Olin's Songs of Earth (recorded with the London Contemporary Orchestra at AIR Studios), Hulu's I Am Greta, Amazon Studios All the Old Knives, A24's My Mercury, HBO's Pray, Obey, Kill, and Universal's Explorer. Her screen work is characterized by a deep, intuitive sense of dramaturgy and emotional storytelling-skills developed through her wide-ranging artistic background and a strong commitment to socially engaged narratives.

In parallel with her scoring career, Karijord has released six solo albums and built a rich collaborative practice. Notable recent projects include Archives of Longing with Andrew Yee of the Attacca Quartet and Complete Mountain Almanac, co-created with visual artist Jessica Dessner and musicians Bryce and Aaron Dessner of The National. Her seventh album, The Bell Tower (released April 25th, 2025 on Bella Union), continues her exploration of the human voice as an instrument. The album, composed using a self-built instrument made from hundreds of vocal samples, features the Grammy-winning ensemble Roomful of Teeth and pushes the sonic boundaries between the organic and the synthetic.

Karijord trained at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Institute and brings a multidisciplinary perspective to her work, drawing on experience as an actor, playwright, studio technician, and performer. She composes for a wide range of musical constellations-from orchestras and vocal ensembles to minimal electroacoustic setups-and often chooses projects with clear humanistic or political resonance.

She works from her studio in the countryside south of Stockholm.

- IMDb mini biography by: Jacob Snavely