From "Traitor" to Atlantic Crossing:

How Raymond Enoksen creates musical universes

He colors reality, TV drama and grand cinema. Raymond Enoksen is perhaps Norway's most productive and versatile film composer, and you've surely heard his music. Hear how he works in Musikkskaperne.

 / 24/09/2026 /

Traitor, The Game, Atlantic Crossing, Hammarskjöld, North, The Hunt for the Monster Halibut, The Nerdrum Family and the Monsen series. Reality, documentary series, TV drama and feature film in a beautiful combination.

Raymond Enoksen has done most of it, and if you watch movies or TV, you've definitely heard his music.

I don't episode of The Music Makers we examine how one of Norway's most productive and versatile composers works.

Music as manipulation

How do you create tension in Traitor? Why does the western music work in the Monsen series? Why do some TV series feel disturbing, dramatic or adventurous?

In the episode you can hear how Enoksen works with, among other things, harmonics, instrumentation and time signatures to build unique musical universes for each production, and how he plays on the audience's associations to shape the experience of what they see on screen.

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