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Lasse Elkjaer Andersen (February 10, 1978) is a Danish film composer and orchestrator known for his work in film and television scoring. He composed the score for the first Danish Halloween feature film, The Seekers: Thrill Night (Forsvundet til Halloween ) (2021) and gained special recognition for his award winning score for the horror short film Sticks (2018) where Elkjaer worked with cellist Tina Guo.

He has also contributed with orchestral arrangements for symphonic metal bands including Dragony, Visions of Atlantis, Ebony Archways and collaborated with film composers such as Jacob Groth and Christopher Young,

Early life and education
Lasse Elkjaer was born February 10, 1978, in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark. His family have been working in the floral industry through several generations. Elkjaer holds a Master’s Degree in Film Scoring at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, South Danish Conservatory of Music and finished his studies in Los Angeles at the Thornton Screen Scoring Program at the University of Southern California (USC). Growing up, he studied piano, guitar and violin and played in several rock bands and classical ensembles.

At age twenty one, Elkjaer won his first prestigious award Berlingske Tidende / Rytmiske Musik Konkurrence for Composition and Performance.

Career
Elkjaer's first film score was for the independent film Brutal Incasso (2005), directed by Jonas Kvist Jensen. In 2012, he was hired as an additional orchestrator on the action film Dead Man Down (2013), starting his career working on big-budget films.

Since moving to Los Angeles, Elkjaer has been involved in films such as Bad Santa 2 (2016), the Chinese epic block buster Monkey King 2 (2016), NBC TV series Midnight Texas (2017-2018), and Netflix TV series Lost In Space (2018-). He has also done orchestrations for concerts, such as the charity concert Nordic Noir at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, done orchestral arrangements for several symphonic metal bands, and had his music performed by the LA-based ensemble Helix Collective at the Barnsdall Theatre Gallery in Hollywood.

In 2018, he gained special recognition for his award winning score for the horror short film Sticks (2018). Elkjaer worked with cellist Tina Guo on this score.

In 2021, Elkjaer scored the Danish featurefilm The Seekers: Thrill Night (Forsvundet til Halloween ), produced by Copenhagen Bombay and directed by ''Philip Th. Pedersen''. The film premiered in Danish theaters 7th of October, 2021. The film is the first Danish Halloween feature film. The film was nominated for a Robert Award by the Danish Film Academy.

In 2022, Elkjaer released his first solo album Landscapes & Vignettes . An instrumental album recorded with orchestras in Budapest and Prague, including several ensembles and solo musicians from Copenhagen, Serbia and Los Angeles.

In 2023, Elkjaer scored the Danish Sci-fi Drama Light of my Eyes (Kazarians Pagt) and was nominated in the category Best Original Music at Ekko Shortlist Award 2023.

On April 25, 2024, he got attached to the action film Stand Your Ground (2024) starring Peter Stormare and Eric Roberts.

Discography
Solo
 * Landscapes & Vignettes (2022)
 * Light Sound Action (2022) (Single)
 * The Dark Tapes (2023) (EP)
 * Jul igen (2023) (Single)

Soundtracks

Dragony
 * Dead Man Down (2013) (as additional orchestrator)
 * Killing Season (2015) (as additional scoring assistant)
 * A Nightmare On Elm Street: 2 Freddy's Revenge (OST) Reissue (2015) (additional arrangements on Nightmare On Elm Street Suite - Suite Dreams")
 * The Monkey King 2 (2016) (as additional scoring assistant)
 * Wilson's Heart (2018) (as scoring assistant) (video game soundtrack)
 * Lost In Space (2018) (as copyist)
 * Forsvundet Til Halloween (2022)
 * Yesterday She Was Here (2022) (short film soundtrack)
 * STICKS (2022) (short film soundtrack)
 * RAE (2023) (short film soundtrack)
 * Lost Souls (2023)
 * Rakshasa (2023) (music from movie pitch)
 * Distance (2023) (short film soundtrack)
 * ClassDojo: Big Ideas Seasons 6 to 9 (2024) (web series soundtrack)


 * The Untold Story (2024) (single) (as orchestral arranger on The Untold Story)

Ebony Archways


 * Nothing (2024) (single) (as orchestral arranger on Nothing)

Kristen Lawrence


 * Hallowe'en Night of Spirits (2018) (as guitarist on Demons)

The Osmonds
 * Very Merry Rockin' Good Christmas (2018) (as guitarist on Little Drummer Boy)