I’ve spent my entire life surrounded by music. Growing up, my father was a jazz musician before becoming a sound designer on several Danish and Norwegian films. Now that I’m a filmmaker myself, I find music to be a central source of inspiration.
In August, we start shooting my next film, The Worst Person in the World, the closing chapter of a trilogy, which includes my debut feature, Reprise, and Oslo, August 31st, which premiered in Cannes in 2011. It’s a strange feeling to be bringing to a close a series of films that has taken me more than a decade.
As we have all been forced to spend more time indoors these past few months, here are some of the songs that are inspiring me to think, to dance, and to dream.
Joachim Trier is a director living in Oslo
