Two Steps from Hell

Article summary

Two Steps from Hell was an American production music company based in Los Angeles. It was founded in 2006 by Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix, a pair of composers born in Norway and England, respectively. They created the company to make trailer music demos to be circulated exclusively within the movie advertising industry for the purpose of licensing, and were partnered with Extreme Music, which handled licensing arrangements. The duo were among the most successful in their field, having supplied background tracks for thousands of film trailers and TV commercials. They composed separately but released their creations together. Typically, their music was orchestral and choral based, but with modern complements and structured similar to pop songs. The stentorian nature of their works led the frequent use of a contemporary label, "epic music", to define their style. They established themselves as a major player in the market of the late 2000s, providing tracks to trailers for major film franchises such as Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek and Twilight. As the public became exposed to their music, the pair gained a cult following online who pleaded for their compositions to be made available to purchase; Two Steps from Hell soon released their first two public albums, Invincible (2010) and Archangel (2011), collections of their most popular demo music to date.…

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1. date of foundation: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2010 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2010 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2014-09-30 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. release date: 2017 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359596583