Ellen Olaison

Ellen Olaison

Composer with a passion for setting stories to music.

Ellen is a trained sound and music producer at HSM in Gothenburg. Her main area is writing music for film and theatre. She has previously worked in acting, hence her passion for setting stories to music. Ellen's music moves in a raw, minimalist world with wide instrumentation. The focus is often on details and texture in the sound image.

Ellen has, among other things, wrote the music for the short film "Min sorg is my castle" by Alice Månsdotter Viklund which is available on TriArt Play, the short film "Shards" by Henrik Dahlbring which is shown at film festivals around the world. As well as for the performance "Bergslagen Mindfulness" by Jesper Forsberg, which was played at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern's Fria scen in May 2023. In November 2023, she is current as a composer in the radio series "Stargate" produced by Sweden's Radio P1. In 2024, she composed the music for the show "The Collectors" at the Blekinge & Kronoberg Regional Theater and will now work on a project at the Western Regional Theatre.