Atli Örvarsson

Utley Orvarsson - Icelandic composer for film and television. He won the award-winning film Rams (Hrútar), winner of the Special Look at the Cannes International Film Festival, which sounded "an amazingly minimalist score that:" gives the film a mournful solemnity "- Marc Kermode, the Guardian. The son of two musicians, Atli studied music in his native country, where he learned to play the piano, trumpet and accordion. Later he became a member of one of the most popular groups in the country: Sálin hans Jóns míns. Leaving his life on the concert stage, he continued to study at Berklee College of Music, where he fell in love with the alchemy of writing music for paintings. He continued his undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina School of Art. Utley is currently writing music for the NBC Chicago Fire series, Chicago PD. and Chicago Med. In addition to these regular shows, his latest works include Edge of the Seventeen with Hayley Steinfeld and Woody Harrelson in the lead roles, as well as the animated feature film Bilal: A New Breed of Hero, starring Ian McShane.