Knut Avenstroup Haugen

Knut Avenstroup Haugen is an award-winning composer celebrated for his evocative scores for video games such as Dune: Awakening, Lords of the Fallen, Conan Exiles and Age of Conan as well as for the beloved Louis & Luca film franchise—among the most-watched films of all time in his native Norway.

Knut is known for his versatility, his ability to create iconic scores and unforgettable melodies and his talent for assimilating musical styles and traditions. Trained as a composer, orchestrator, pianist and musicologist in Norway and the Netherlands, his heritage and his love for music from cultures all around the world are apparent in much of his work.

From intimate and delicate to sweeping and monumental — drawing on everything from classical and folk music to jazz, rock and electronica — Knut’s scores have earned several major international awards and nominations like the World Soundtrack Awards, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Awards, International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Awards, Amanda Awards and HARPA Awards as well as several others.

In addition to his game and film work, Knut has composed for a wide range of high-profile events, including the World Ski Championships, the bicentennials of the University of Oslo and Norway’s national poet Henrik Wergeland, the anniversary of painter Edvard Munch as well as the Oslo Opera Festival, the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Awards, and the Norwegian Music Awards (Spellemannprisen).

Knut collaborates regularly with top-tier orchestras and soloists and his music has been performed and recorded by many of Europe’s leading ensembles, including the Chamber Orchestra of London, Brussels Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Budapest Scoring Orchestra and Choir, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and many others.