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Biography
Nathan Larson (born September 12, 1970 in Maryland, US) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and author widely known for his numerous film score compositions. He is married to Nina Persson, the lead singer of the Swedish rock band, The Cardigans. In May 2011, Larson's debut novel entitled The Dewey Decimal System was published by Akashic Books. The second book in the series was published summer 2012, and is entitled The Nervous System.
Music career
Larson was the lead guitarist for the 1990s band, Shudder to Think, and the original bassist for the hardcore punk band, Swiz. Larson was also the creative force behind the group Mind Science of the Mind, and founder of the band Hot One.
Larson and his wife Nina Persson have also been frequent musical collaborators, Persson providing vocals on several of Larson's film soundtracks, and Larson being a member of Persson's A Camp project and of the band on her solo album Animal Heart. Larson is also credited as co-writer of several songs on The Cardigans' 2005 album (and last to date), Super Extra Gravity
Larson is also a prolific composer of music for films and has contributed to over 25 movie scores to date.
Select discography
- Jealous God (Artemis Records, 2001)
- FilmMusik (Commotion Records, 2004)
- Your Choice Live Series (Your Choice Records, 1992)
- Pony Express Record (Big Cat UK Records, 1994)
- 50,000 B.C. (Sony Music, 1997)
- High Art (Velvel Records, 1998)
- First Love, Last Rites (1998)
- Mind Science of the Mind (Sony Music, 1996)
- A Camp (Stockholm Records, 2001)
- Colonia (Universal Records, 2009)
- Hot One (Modern Imperial Records, 2006)
Personal life
Larson is married to The Cardigans lead singer, Nina Persson. They have a son named Nils who was born on September 30, 2010. Wed in Malmö, Sweden, the couple currently reside in New York City in the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem. He was previously engaged to actress and musician Kerri Kenney-Silver.
Awards
- GRAS SAVOYE Award at Cannes 2004 for THE WOODSMAN score
- the Georges Delerue Prize for the Best Music, Ghent Film Festival 2009, Belgium for A RATIONAL SOLUTION
- Movieline’s Young Hollywood Award for Best song in a motion picture (Velvet Goldmine)
- Produced Emmy-award winning song for Nickelodeon’s “Nickellinium”
- The Deal received the BAFTA award for Best Television Drama