PATRIK ANDRÉN

November 7, 2025 - ARC Raiders Original Video Game Soundtrack – out now! Credits below.

It has been a fantastic journey and blessing to work on the music for ARC Raiders. From the first sketches in 2020 to final mixes, The project has changed a few times over the years but every time the music has gotten better and deeper; a long wonderful destillation combined with raw sound-making from scratch with our favourite analog and modular synths. By the time ARC Raiders took its final shape, the music did too.

Super thanks to co-composer Johan Söderqvist and everyone at Embark Studios. Huge thanks to (@embarkstudios) audio director Bence Pajor & chief creative officer Stefan Strandberg for your invaluable inspiration, guidance and fun hang, art director Robert Sammelin, Johan Axel-Nilsson . Thanks to our small but super talented music team; Andreas Widegren (additional composing and sound editing/programming), Simon Petersson Holm (additional composing and sound editing/programming), Carl Strandberg (the amazing remix of ARC Raiders(II)), Jesper Söderqvist (Percussion and sound programming), Conrad Gluch (Bass Clarinet), Magnus Palmborg & Jonas Hallén @musicsupercirkus, Björn Engelman @CuttingroomMastering

“…The soundtrack is worth its own love letter. All analog synths and VHS crackle, it hums with nostalgia — not for the ‘80s, but for the future the ‘80s promised and never delivered…” Maya A @AbsoluteGeeks.com

The soundtrack is out now. See you Topside!

https://lnk.to/ARCRaidersOST

October 8, 2025 - Themes from ARC Raiders

We’re proud to announce the EP-release of two themes from the ARC Raiders original soundtrack, now available to stream on Spotify!

Art work: Robert Sammelin

Stay tuned for more music and updates as we approach the full release of ARC Raiders.

September 29, 2025 - Arc Raiders Pre-order now availabe!

Big news! ARC Raiders is running an open server stress test from October 17-19. Help the devs put the servers through their paces ahead of launch.

Even better, pre-orders are now available! Secure your copy today to lock in exclusive rewards and be ready when the full game drops.

Open test: October 17–19
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Don’t miss this chance to try ARC Raiders early and claim your gifts before release.

June 6, 2025 - ARC Raiders is launching October 30, 2025!

… and we just revealed the new trailer at Summer Game Fest!
It’s a tense, cinematic glimpse into the world we’ve been working hard on building.

This time around, the synths take on a life of their own. There’s a pulse running through it all. Hypnotic, gritty, a little eerie. It’s less about nostalgia, more about pushing you into the unknown.

Creating this soundscape has been a very rewarding part of my journey. Hope it pulls you in as much as it did us. Such a great collaboration with the Embark Team and my friend and composer Johan Söderqvist! October 30 can’t come soon enough..

June 5, 2025 - Cannes Lions – International Film Festival 2025

Happy to Be Shortlisted at Cannes Lions for Nescafé 80 Degrees!

We’re incredibly proud to share that our spot for Nescafé 80 Degrees has been shortlisted at Cannes!

Huge thanks to the amazing team at Courage Inc, Canada for their creative vision and collaboration throughout the project.

April 17, 2025 - GORN 2 is Here – And So Is the Soundtrack

GORN 2 is officially out now and I’m excited to share that the original soundtrack is live as well.

Scoring GORN 2 was a wild ride. From bone-crunching chaos to moments of eerie calm before the next battle of carnage, the music was crafted to be as gorny as the gameplay itself.

You can listen to the full GORN 2 (Original Soundtrack) now on Spotify:

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April 14, 2025 - Arc Raiders Tech Test 2 Trailer

The Arc Raiders Tech Test 2 is almost live, and with it comes a brand-new trailer, but this one’s special. It’s not just a glimpse into the next evolution of the game, it’s the sound of wires, oscillators, filter sweeps, voltages, and late-night madness

Composers Patrik Andrén and Johan Söderqvist went deep into the analog cave for this one, modular rigs humming, vintage synths and a mess of patch cables to build a sonic world that feels like the retro-futuristic Arc Raiders!

The result is a score pulsing with tension and texture, gritty basslines, glitched-out arps, and the occasional tape-warped moment of beauty.

March 28, 2025 - The Helsinki Effect

Excited to share that The Helsinki Effect has just premiered at CPH DOX! Much thanks to director & writer Arthur Franck. I had the pleasure of composing the score together with my friend Uno Helmersson for this sharp and witty doc about the 1975 Cold War summit in Helsinki. The project is packed with incredible archival footage and newly declassified transcripts.

Read more here

May 20, 2023 - Album release “The Space between us”

My solo piano album ,The Space Between Us, is out!

To my beloved mamma, Eivor !

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September 5, 2022 - DICE™ at the OPERA – celebrating 30 years of gaming music

Performed by The Royal Swedish Orchestra at The Royal Swedish Opera!

MUSIC: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sam Slater, Mikael Karlsson, Magnus Birgersson, Johan Skugge, Jukka Rintamäki, Rami Yacoub, Gordy Haab, Johan Söderqvist, Patrik Andrén

CONDUCTOR: Christian Schumann

VIDEO: Andreas Nilsson

Read more about the event here!

July 10, 2022 - Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

This was a nice film to score a few years ago. Releasing the soundtrack now for this gripping story written and directed by Camilla Ström Henriksen. Thanks to everybody involved and especially to Nils Jansson and his quartet for nice collaborations.

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February 23, 2022 - The process of creating the music for Battlefield 1 & V and Arc Raiders / Game Music Festival 2022

I’m excited to share my lecture on creating the music for Battlefield 1 & V and Arc Raiders! Dive into my process and short behind-the-scenes stories. Check out the full talk below.

June 2, 2021 - Composing for Video Games: The Creative Process – European Film Music Day 2021

This panel discussion is organised in the frame of the European Film Music Day (EFMD) event. The EFMD is organised by the European Composer & Songwriter Alliance with the support of the Creative Europe Programme.

The discussion features composers: Nainita Desai (UK), Bobby Tahouri (US), Joris de Man (The Netherlands) and Patrik Andrén (Sweden). The conversation is moderated by Yati Durant (UK).

The panellists give the viewers insight into scoring gaming soundtracks and the challenges and opportunities that come in the video games realm. They also discuss how music in video gaming has come a long way and will elaborate on their music creating process and the differences between scoring for film/TV and video games.

ECSA European Composer and Songwriter Alliance

August 4, 2020 - Battlefield V: War in the Pacific (OST)

We just released our Japanese part of the Battlefield game. So much fun to make this music and to work with singer and Satsuma-Biwa player Junko Ueda!

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November 16, 2018 - Battlefield V: Original Soundtrack Release

We just released the official Battlefield V soundtrack. Featuring a powerful orchestral score, it captures the intensity and emotion of the WWII setting.

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November 15, 2018 - RECORDING THE BATTLEFIELD 5 – Live at Abbey Road Studios

This is the making of the Battlefield 5 Soundtrack! EA invited me to Abbey Road Studios in London back in June 2018, a month after reveal, to witness many of the parts being recorded that would eventually become the Battlefield 5 soundtrack and some of what I recorded is absolutely astounding! 😀

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February 20, 2018 - Developing the Zebra Nordsund sounds for The Unfinished

I chatted with Uno Helmersson and Patrik Andren, who I worked with to create the sounds in Zebra Nordsund. They are the composers, along with Johan Soderqvist, for the TV series The Bridge, and we talked about how they go about writing for such an intense, long-running series.

And they also give some insight and advice on writing music and working in television.

Hello guys. How does it feel that The Bridge is coming to an end?
Uno: A relief, together with a slight feeling of emptiness. But mostly pride over our collaborative work with the music for all four seasons.
Patrik: We first started working on the music for the season one in 2010 and it has been a fantastic journey to watch it grow. So of course it is a bit sad. At the same time I am very proud of the outcome.

How has working on The Bridge evolved between series one and four? And how has the music evolved? [read more…]

January 27, 2018 - Battlefield 1: In the Name of the Tsar (OST)

We just released our latest Battlefield 1 DLC soundtrack. I am happy and proud to share this Russian part of the game with my co-composers Johan Söderqvist and Fredrik Möller.

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November 1, 2016 - PATRIK ANDRÉN INTERVIEW | MainTitles.net

Patrik Andrén is a Swedish composer known for his collaborations with Johan Söderqvist and Uno Helmersson on the series Bron (The Bridge) and films such as Kvinden I Buret (The Keeper of Lost Causes) and Fasandraeberne (The Absent One). In recent days, the videogame Battlefield 1 was released on 21st of October, scored by both Andrén and Söderqvist.

MT: Can you tell us something about your musical background?

I have always had a passion for music. I started playing the piano from an early age. My father was a jazz pianist and so was his father. So my choice of instrument became easy. I also played the drums and mallets as a teenager. This never became a principal instrument, but learning about rhythms has been a great asset later in life, especially in film music.

Then at the age of 19 I took the leap across the Atlantic to Boston where I attended Berklee College of Music. A fantastic school! At first, I went there to become a jazz pianist, but changed to film scoring that I studied for four years.

I stayed six years in Boston before I moved back to Stockholm, Sweden. I will not go into every detail, but I did a bunch of different things for a while.

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