Christine Hals

Norwegian-Swedish film composer Christine Hals came from the snowy mountains and fjords of Norway to the beaches and bright boulevards of Los Angeles, CA after completing a Masters degree in Film Scoring at the highly acclaimed Dramatical Institute and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Weeks after graduating from the prestigious SMPTV program at the University of Southern California, where Christine studied under the mentor ship of A-list composer James Newton Howard, the young composer was head-hunted by Disney Studios. They needed Norwegian lyrics and vocals for a little film called Frozen, and Christine had the perfect artist background. As a young girl, she herded goats using a high-pitched singing style known as "kulning" to call the animals down from icy slopes. She also contributed lyrics in Ancient Norse to one of the songs composed by the film's composer Christophe Beck. The filmmakers praised her work on Frozen which went on to become the top-grossing film of 2013 and win several Academy Awards including Best Animated Picture for directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, and Best Song for songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez.

Christine lives, works and plays in Venice where she writes music for films, TV shows and computer games and also provides vocals for fellow composers. Her background in fine art stands her in good stead when painting with sound for moving pictures.