Christoffer Franzén

Christoffer Franzén
Born (1988-06-11) 11 June 1988
Genres Post-rock, alternative rock, ambient, shoegazing, dream pop
Occupation(s) Music producer, Film composer
Instruments Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, keyboards, programming, piano, synthesizer, glockenspiel
Years active 2010–present
Labels Deep Elm Records
Associated acts Lights & Motion
Website facebook.com/lightsandmotion

Christoffer Franzén (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkrɪstɔfər franˈseːn]) is a Swedish musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist and composer from Gothenburg. He is known for his alternative solo-project Lights & Motion, in which he plays all the instruments and writes all the music. Franzén created the project in 2012 as a result of a longer period insomnia and gained worldwide recognition when his music was featured in Google's commercial at the Oscars in 2013.[1] His music has since been featured in multiple Hollywood trailers, fashion shows, commercials and TV-Shows.[2]

Musical career

Christoffer Franzén created the musical project Lights & Motion in early 2012, after having experienced a prolonged period of insomnia. The band have so far released four full-length albums, Reanimation, Save Your Heart, Chronicle and Dear Avalanche.

In 2016 his song "Stardust" was featured in the trailers for the film Rules Don't Apply.[3] His music has been used by Apple on several occasions. In 2017 Apple chose to include two songs written by Franzen to be a part of their Memories Feature, available on all Apple devices globally.

In December 2013, Lights & Motion was voted as "The Best New Artist" in the annual polls by Post-rock on Facebook, the world's largest post-rock community.[4]

Outside of the Lights & Motion project, Franzén have released 2 albums under his own name, as well as scoring movies.[5][6]

Equipment

Franzén has been a long time user of Fender Guitars. He has used the Telecaster, most notably, the 72 deluxe reissue and the thinline.

References

  1. ↑ Carl Henrik Larsson (25 February 2013). "Från Munkebäck till Oscarsgalan" (in Northern Sami). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  2. ↑ "Christoffer gör musik för Hollywood – P4 Göteborg" [Christoffer makes music for Hollywood] (in Northern Sami). Sveriges Radio. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  3. ↑ "Song in Movie".
  4. ↑ "Postrock results".
  5. ↑ "Deep Elm Records".
  6. ↑ "IMDB".


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