Biggi Hilmars is the frontman of the band Ampop. Born in 1978 in Reykjavik, the London based composer and artist has already made an impact on the film and tv scene composing for international films such as IDFA and Edda Oscar Awards nominee ‘Future of Hope’ (2010) and ‘Heaven on Earth’ (2009) by award winning director Deepa Mehta.

Blending classical, electronic, ambient, avant-garde and pop influences, Biggi Hilmars, has developed a distinctive, haunting, provocative, original music style, for which he is becoming so sought-after.
Brought up listening to artists such as Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Electric Light Orchestra, Depeche Mode, Brian Eno and The Beatles, his interest in classical music was never far away. In his late 20´s after moving to London he started working with classical musicians, which lit his interest in writing classical music, being influenced by modern composers Philip Glass, Max Richter, Ludovico Einaudi, John Williams and Yann Tiersen. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.