Classically trained, Torjussen’s musical influences extend well beyond the Western tradition, encompassing jazz, funk, electronic music, Indonesian gamelan and North Indian classical music. His pre-college travels included a seven-month stint teaching in the Himalayan mountains and exploring the length of India, which further shaped his musical voice. Following his travels, he gained his bachelor’s degree in music at the University of York, UK, with First-Class Honors, and his Masters in composition at the University of Southern California where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a US/UK Fulbright Scholar.

Straight out of USC, Torjussen began his Hollywood career as an orchestrator and additional composer. He collaborated closely with Academy Award-nominated composer Marco Beltrami on films such as Terminator 3, Blade 2, Hellboy, Hitman: Agent 47, Repo Men, Die Hard 4 and Underworld Evolution. After this early apprenticeship, Torjussen shifted his focus entirely to composing original scores.

Recent credits include the hit Netflix drama series Delhi Crime (seasons 2 & 3), and the documentary film Tom Daley: 1.6 Seconds (Discovery+/HBO Max) about the British Olympic diver. Ceiri has scored two theatrically-released features for Danish auteur Ole Bornedal: the dark thriller Nightwatch: Demons are Forever, and the acclaimed Netflix film The Bombardment (the latter co-scored with Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders).

Some notable TV credits include composing a chilling new main title theme and underscore for A&E’s true crime series Cold Case Files, and a retro synth-infused score to Blumhouse’s alien-invasion tale Into the Dark: Crawlers (HULU). Alongside Jongnic Bontemps, he co-scored the critically-lauded CNN docuseries The People vs The Klan, which tells the extraordinary true story of the mother whose civil lawsuit helped dismantle the KKK.

Ceiri scored the cult horror film The Canal, which features some terrifying experimental sounds. Other feature credits include the thriller Burn, starring Josh Hutcherson and Suki Waterhouse, the dark drama All Creatures Here Below, and the horror films Primal Rage and Jack Goes Home (starring Rory Culkin and Lin Shaye).

Test, (which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and was the feature winner at Outfest), is a drama set in the 1980s, and features Ceiri’s moody, ambient electronic score. At the other end of the stylistic spectrum, Big Ass Spider! (Syfy) is a nod to the classic monster-movie scores of the 1950s and features full orchestra with a hard-rock edge.

No stranger to comedies, he scored The Right One (starring Cleopatra Coleman and Nick Thune) and India Sweets and Spices (HULU), while his earlier score to the Warner Bros. feature Funky Monkey has become a cult favorite in Japan. An experienced animation composer, Ceiri was nominated for an Emmy Award for his music to the animated series, Dive Olly Dive! which has played in dozens of countries worldwide and has been turned into four animated feature films.

His extensive documentary work includes such award-winning films as Mr. Calzaghe (BBC), about Welsh boxer Joe Calzaghe; and Becoming Bulletproof (Showtime), about disabled filmmakers making a Western. He has scored several docuseries, including the 4-part Pistorius for Amazon, about famed Paralympic athlete and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius; and the 5-part series UFOs: Investigating the Unknown for Nat Geo / Disney+ / HULU.

Torjussen has composed concert music since his youth, and has been commissioned by groups such as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, The Vale of Glamorgan Festival and the Henry Mancini Institute. His BBC commission Blodeuwedd, for full orchestra, was given its US premier as part of the Hear Now Festival, Los Angeles. Most recently, three of his works were performed by the Orchestre National de Bretagne, conducted by Grant Llewelyn. His music has been recorded and released commercially and performed worldwide, including the USA, UK, Germany, France and India. He is a dual US/UK citizen.