Anders Frøen, professionally known as Mood Melodies, is a Norwegian record producer and songwriter. He has produced and written songs for Zedd, Jessie J, Alan Walker, Brandy and Karmin.[1][2]
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| Birth name | Anders Frøen |
| Origin | Oslo, Norway |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Website | moodmelodies |
Career
editMood Melodies got his big international break when Alan Walker's "Faded" became an international hit in 2016, with more than 3 billion YouTube views to date.[3][4] He signed to Stargate and Sony/ATV's joint venture publishing company Stellar Songs in 2016.[5][6][7]
Alan Walker controversy
editIn May 2017, Future Music Magazine uploaded a video in which showcases how Alan Walker's song Alone was produced. However, throughout the video, Walker appears very uncertain in the video and conveys a sense of planlessness or helplessness, whereas Melodies was able to convey the production process in great detail. This was met with overwhelmingly negative responses from fans, particularly those of Walker. The event allegedly lead Mood Melodies to step down from co-producing with Walker, leading to many of his later songs like "On My Way" and "Alone, pt. II" receiving mixed-to-negative reviews from fans, whom most of them favor Walker's signature electro house style. Despite this, Mood Melodies returned to co-production with Walker on his song "Hello World", which was released in March 2022.
Songwriting and production credits
edit| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with | Produced with |
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| "Conquer the World" (featuring Brandy) |
2013 | Jessie J | Alive | Co-writer | Jessica Cornish, Claude Kelly, Jonathan Webb Jr., Jamil Debardlabon, Are Sorkness | - |
| "Drifter" | 2014 | Karmin | Pulses | Amy Heidemann, Nicholas Noonan, Jonathan Webb Jr. | - | |
| "Play My Drum" | 2015 | Sandra Lyng | Non-album single | Co-writer/Producer | Sandra Lyng, Elias Kapari, Gunnar Greve, Touraj Keshtkar | - |
| "Night After Night" | Sandra Lyng, Jesper Borgen | Jesper Borgen | ||||
| "Faded" | Alan Walker | Faded Japan EP | Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen, Gunnar Greve | Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen | ||
| "Moonrise" | 2016 | Sandra Lyng | Non-album single | Sandra Lyng, Gunnar Greve, Frida Amudsen | - | |
| "Sing Me to Sleep" | Alan Walker | Faded Japan EP | Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen, Gunnar Greve, Thomas La Verdi | Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen | ||
| "Alone" | Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen, Gunnar Greve, Jonnali Parmenius | Alan Walker | ||||
| "Back to Beautiful" | 2017 | Sofia Carson | Non-album single | Sofia Carson, Julia Michaels, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Justin Tranter, Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen, Gunnar Greve | Alan Walker, StarGate, Tim Blacksmith, Danny D | |
| "Stay" (with Alessia Cara) |
Zedd | Co-writer | Anton Zaslavski, Jonnali Parmenius, Linus Wiklund, Sarah Aarons, Alessia Caracciolo | - | ||
| "Tired" (featuring Gavin James) |
Alan Walker | Faded Japan EP | Co-writer/Producer | Alan Walker, Gunnar Greve, Fredrik Borch Olsen, Lars Rosness, Marcus Arnbekk, Gavin Wigglesworth, Ollie Green, Mike Needle, Daniel Bryer | Alan Walker, Gunnar Greve, Fredrik Olsen, Lars Rosness, Marcus Arnbekk, Carl Hovind | |
| "The Spectre" | Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen, Lars Rosness, Marcus Arnbekk, Gunnar Greve, Thomas La Verdi | Alan Walker, Lars Rosness, Marcus Arnbekk, Gunnar Greve, Fredrik Olsen | ||||
| "All Falls Down" (featuring Noah Cyrus and Digital Farm Animals) |
Different World | Alan Walker, Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman, Sarah Blanchard, Daniel Boyle, Nicholas Gale | Alan Walker, The Six, Chris "Tek" O'Ryan, Gunnar Greve, Jenna Andrews, Alex Holmberg | |||
| "Darkside" (featuring Au/Ra and Tomine Harket) |
2018 | Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen, Lars Rosness, Marcus Arnbekk, Fredrik Borch Olsen, Gunnar Greve, Thomas La Verdi, Atle Petterson, William Wiik Larsen, Jamie Stenzel, Andrew Frampton | Alan Walker, Fredrik Olsen, Gunnar Greve, Jesper Borgen, Mere Music | |||
| "Diamond Heart" (featuring Sophia Somajo) |
Alan Walker, Thomas Troelsen, Kristoffer Haugen, Edvard Normann, Gunnar Greve, Yann Bargain, Victor Verpillat, Fredrik Borch Olsen, Sophia Somajo | Alan Walker, Yann Bargain, Victor Verpillat, Jesper Borgen, James Njie, Gunnar Greve, Big Fred, STATE |
References
edit- ^ "Writer profile - Anders Froen - Musixmatch". Musixmatch.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Mood Melodies". Discogs. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Du har hørt om Kygo og Alan Walker, men neppe denne karen ..." Aftenposten.no. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Alan Walker hits 1 Billion plays on Youtube with 'Faded'". Edm.com. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Industry Talk: Anders Frøen - Music Norway EN". Musicnorway.no. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Sony/ATV celebrates five years at top of US publishing rankings". Musicweek.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Instagram post by Sony/ATV Music Scandinavia • Oct 20, 2016 at 2:11pm UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
External links
edit- Mood Melodies discography at Discogs
- Official website
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