Atli Örvarsson () is an Icelandic-American film score composer. Atli's credits include composing and orchestrating music for some of Hollywood's biggest projects, including the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Angels & Demons, The Holiday, The Eagle, Vantage Point, Babylon A.D., Thick as Thieves, The Fourth Kind, and Season of the Witch. Atli's most recent credits include Apple TV's Silo and Defending Jacob, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, A Single Shot, NBC series Chicago Fire, and together with Hans Zimmer contributed music to the Zack Snyder Superman reinstallment Man of Steel.
Originally from the small town of Akureyri, Atli became established in the local music scene at a young age. He earned three platinum and two gold records as a member of the Icelandic band Sálin hans Jóns míns before studying film composing at Berklee College of Music and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He excelled in composing and was awarded the Pete Carpenter Fellowship, which brought him to Los Angeles. He began working alongside TV veteran Mike Post on NYPD Blue and three Law & Order brands. Atli soon caught the attention of composer Hans Zimmer, who extended an invitation to join his team at Remote Control Productions.
Filmography Film Year Title Director Notes 2005 Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild Audu Paden 2007 The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams A. Blaine Miller2008Vantage Point Pete Travis Babylon A.D. Mathieu Kassovitz2009 Thick as Thieves Mimi Leder The Fourth Kind Olatunde Osunsanmi 2011 Season of the Witch Dominic Sena The Eagle Kevin Macdonald 2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Tommy Wirkola The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Harald Zwart A Single Shot David M. Rosenthal2015 The Perfect Guy Co-composed with David Fleming Rams Grímur Hákonarson2016 Bilal: A New Breed of Hero Khurram H. AlaviAyman Jamal The Edge of Seventeen Kelly Fremon Craig 2017 The Hitman's Bodyguard Patrick Hughes 2018 How It Ends David M. Rosenthal 2019 Jacob's Ladder 2020 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga David Dobkin 2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard Patrick Hughes 2022 No Limit David M. Rosenthal 2025 Dongji Rescue Guan Hu, Fei Zhenxiang 2026 Ladies First Thea Sharrock
Television Year Title Network Notes 2002, 2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent NBCCo-composed with Mike Post 2003–2004 L.A. Dragnet ABC 2006 Six Degrees Co-composed with Michael Giacchino & Adam Cohen 2010 Law & Order: Los AngelesNBC Theme music composed by Mike Post 2012–present Chicago Fire 2014–present Chicago P.D. 2015–present Chicago Med 2017 Chicago Justice 2019–present FBICBS 2020–presentFBI: Most Wanted 2020 Defending Jacob Apple TV+ Theme music composed by Ólafur Arnalds 2022 Unprecedented Discovery+ 2023–present Silo Apple TV+ 2025 On Call Prime Video
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External links
Interview with Atli Örvarsson at FilmMusicSite