HELgi SV. HELGASON

Original music for film, television, documentary and moving image — built from rhythm, texture and instinct.

Music should not sit on top of an image. It should feel as if it was already hiding inside it.

Selected screen work

FILM
& MOVING
IMAGE

Selected score cues spanning film, documentary and moving image — rhythm, texture, tension and space.

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SELECTED RECOGNITION / EDDAN 2026

FJALLIÐ.
ON THE
RECORD.

Film work recognised at Eddan 2026. A marker in an ongoing body of music for screen.

EDDAN
2026

Selected recordings

SELECTED
ALBUMS

A selected slice of a long recording life — drums, percussion, performance and collaboration across jazz, pop, electronic music, afrobeat and experiment.

Jimi Tenor — Saxentric — **JIMI TENOR**Saxentric

Sigurður Guðmundsson og Memfismafían — Nú stendur mikið til — **SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON + MEMFISMAFÍAN**Nú stendur mikið til

Samúel Jón Samúelsson — Fjórar hliðar — **SAMÚEL JÓN SAMÚELSSON**Fjórar hliðar

Jimi Tenor and Hjálmar — Dub of Doom — **JIMI TENOR + HJÁLMAR**Dub of Doom

Diskóeyjan — Memfismafían — **DISKÓEYJAN**MEMFISMAFÍAN

Erlend Øye — Legao — **ERLEND ØYE**Legao

Bogomil Font og Flís — Bananaveldið — **BOGOMIL FONT + FLÍS**Bananaveldið

Egill Ólafsson — Fjall — **EGILL ÓLAFSSON**Fjall

Róisín Murphy — Hairless Toys — **RÓISÍN MURPHY**Hairless Toys

Memfismafían — Okkar eigin Osló — **MEMFISMAFÍAN**Okkar eigin Osló

Hjálmar — Yfir hafið — **HJÁLMAR**Yfir hafið

GusGus — Attention — **GUSGUS**Attention

Egill Sæbjörnsson — Egill S — **EGILL SÆBJÖRNSSON**Egill S

Emilíana Torrini — Miss Flower — **EMILÍANA TORRINI**Miss Flower

Ásgeir — Dýrð í dauðaþögn — **ÁSGEIR**Dýrð í dauðaþögn

Benni Hemm Hemm — Benni Hemm Hemm — **BENNI HEMM HEMM**Benni Hemm Hemm

Sigurður Guðmundsson og Memfismafían — Oft spurði ég mömmu — **SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON + MEMFISMAFÍAN**Oft spurði ég mömmu

Hjálmar — Allt er eitt — **HJÁLMAR**Allt er eitt

Laura Voutilainen — Ihmeitä — **LAURA VOUTILAINEN**Ihmeitä

Jónas Sig — Milda hjartað — **JÓNAS SIG**Milda hjartað

Baggalútur — Pabbi þarf að vinna — **BAGGALÚTUR**Pabbi þarf að vinna

Árný Margrét — I Miss You, I Do — **ÁRNÝ MARGRÉT**I Miss You, I Do

Ásgeir — In The Silence — **ÁSGEIR**In The Silence

SELECTED / NOT COMPLETECOMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY ↗

Selected artists & collaborations

Performance, recording and long-running musical collaborations across genres.

RÓISÍN MURPHYTIMBUKTUERLEND ØYEPEACHESÁSGEIR TRAUSTI EMILÍANA TORRINIJIMI TENORHJÁLMARGUSGUS TONY ALLENÁRNÝ MARGRÉTKALEOBENNI HEMM HEMM MEMFISMAFÍANFLÍSRAGNAR KJARTANSSONEGILL SÆBJÖRNSSON

About

A drummer’s sense of time.
A composer’s sense of story.

Helgi Sv. Helgason is an Icelandic composer, drummer and producer whose work grows out of rhythm, improvisation and an unusually broad musical vocabulary. He began playing drums as a child, later studied at FÍH in Reykjavík and at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen. His musical life has moved through jazz, funk, afrobeat, reggae, free improvisation, Balkan music, electronics, studio production, theatre, dance, advertising and film. He began working with recording, programming and electronic sound at a young age and developed a studio practice that combines live performance, tactile sound, detailed programming and sound design. That combination now sits at the centre of his work for picture.