Two Steps From Hell (production music library [XTS#])

~ Other

Annotation

Two Steps From Hell is both a label and and epyonymously named artist. The label was founded in 2006, releasing production music industry-only releases. These were popular enough that in 2009, the label decided to begin separately releasing some material to the public, under the same name as the label, 'Two Steps From Hell'.

Only the public releases should be listed under the artist Two Steps From Hell. All industry releases should be listed using composer-as-artist style. Note that many public releases share the same name, and many of the same tracks, as the industry releases, so the industry releases are listed in the same release groups as the public releases.

*Note that information above is the private opinion of the editor and not an official guide/style of musicbrainz.*

Public album releases to date:

Annotation last modified on 2023-06-25 09:46 UTC.

Wikipedia

Two Steps from Hell is a production music company based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2006 by Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix, a pair of composers born in Norway and England respectively. The two friends created the company to make trailer music demos to be circulated exclusively within the movie advertising industry for the purpose of licensing; they are partnered with Extreme Music who handle licensing arrangements. The duo are among the most successful in their field, having supplied background tracks for thousands of film trailers and TV commercials. They compose separately but release their creations together. Typically, their music is orchestral and choral based, but with modern complements and structured similar to pop songs. The stentorian nature of their works has 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. These were followed by the album SkyWorld (2012), this time consisting entirely of brand new music straight to commercial release. With these albums all successful, the duo organized their first concert, at Walt Disney Concert Hall, in 2013.

A waning demand for traditional trailer music in the movie industry emerged by the mid-2010s; the pair have since focused increasingly on creating further public albums comprising new and more varied compositions, with far less of an emphasis on composing demos for trailers, whilst continuing to release more of their back catalog commercially as well. Such music has performed increasingly well in the United States; 13 of their releases have reached the top ten of the Billboard Classical Crossover Albums charts, three of which have peaked at number one: Battlecry (2015), Unleashed (2017), and Myth (2022), the first also charting on the Billboard 200. The 2020s began with the group consolidating their popularity by organizing their first tour, in Europe.

Continue reading at Wikipedia... Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license

Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2006Volume OneTwo Steps From Hell2
2006Shadows and NightmaresTwo Steps From Hell5
2007DynastyTwo Steps From Hell54
2007All Drums Go to HellTwo Steps From Hell3
2007NemesisTwo Steps From Hell53
2007PathogenTwo Steps From Hell2
2008LegendTwo Steps From Hell7
2008AshesTwo Steps From Hell1
2008Dreams & ImaginationsTwo Steps From Hell3
2009The Devil Wears NadaTwo Steps From Hell2
2010Power of DarknessTwo Steps From Hell3
2010InvincibleTwo Steps From Hell55
2010Dreams & Imaginations AnthologyTwo Steps From Hell1
2010All Drones Go to Hell / Mystical BeginningsTwo Steps From Hell4
2010IlluminaTwo Steps From Hell2
2010Trailer ToolkitTwo Steps From Hell1
2010SinnersTwo Steps From Hell2
2011FactionTwo Steps From Hell1
2011NeroTwo Steps From Hell43
2011Balls to the WallTwo Steps From Hell51
2012Two Steps from HeavenTwo Steps From Hell32
2012SkyWorldTwo Steps From Hell46
2013SolarisTwo Steps From Hell2
2013CyanideTwo Steps From Hell1
2013OrionTwo Steps From Hell2
2013Crime LabTwo Steps From Hell1
2014Open ConspiracyTwo Steps From Hell1
2014Colin Frake on Fire MountainTwo Steps From Hell1
2014QuarantineTwo Steps From Hell1
2014AmariaTwo Steps From Hell1
2014Too Big to FailTwo Steps From Hell1
2015BattlecryTwo Steps From Hell54
2015EmpireTwo Steps From Hell1
2015Stronger Faster BraverTwo Steps From Hell2
2016Two Steps From Hell: RingtonesTwo Steps From Hell1
2016Trailer Tools, Volume 1: StingersTwo Steps From Hell1
2016Trailer Tools, Volume 3: SwooshesTwo Steps From Hell1
2016Trailer Tools, Volume 4: RisersTwo Steps From Hell1
2016Trailer Tools, Volume 6: DownersTwo Steps From Hell1
2016Trailer Tools, Volume 5: BoomsTwo Steps From Hell1
2016Trailer Tools, Volume 2: HitsTwo Steps From Hell1
2016Trailer Tools, Volume 7: ElectroTwo Steps From Hell1
2016VanquishTwo Steps From Hell44
2017HammerfistTwo Steps From Hell1
2017Battlecry AnthologyTwo Steps From Hell2
2017Nero AnthologyTwo Steps From Hell1
2017Heaven AnthologyTwo Steps From Hell1
2017Power of Darkness AnthologyTwo Steps From Hell1
2017UnleashedTwo Steps From Hell4
2018TrapstarTwo Steps From Hell1
2018Illumina AnthologyTwo Steps From Hell1
2019DragonTwo Steps From Hell5
2019Legend AnthologyTwo Steps From Hell1
2020LandscapesTwo Steps From Hell1
2020Mind TracerTwo Steps From Hell2
2020Neon NightsTwo Steps From Hell42
2020Chaos TheoryTwo Steps From Hell2
2020DaybreakTwo Steps From Hell1
2021InsurgentTwo Steps From Hell2
2022MythTwo Steps From Hell2
2023Maze of DreamsTwo Steps From Hell1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2009Two Steps From HellTwo Steps From Hell1
2011ArchangelTwo Steps From Hell4.52
2012HalloweenTwo Steps From Hell1
2012Demon's DanceTwo Steps From Hell1
2013Classics, Volume OneTwo Steps From Hell3
2014MiraclesTwo Steps From Hell3
2015LegacyTwo Steps From Hell2
2015Classics, Volume TwoTwo Steps From Hell2
2018Impossible-不可能-Two Steps From Hell1
2020Greatest Hits RemasteredTwo Steps From Hell2

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2022Live - An Epic Music ExperienceTwo Steps From Hell2

Album + Remix

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2012BurnTwo Steps From Hell1

Single

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2014StayTwo Steps From Hell feat. Merethe Soltvedt1
2014MiraclesTwo Steps From Hell1
2015Christmas Medley / Two Steps From XmasTwo Steps From Hell2
2023Off the MapTwo Steps From Hell1
2023MadrigalTwo Steps From Hell1
2023Gundham NationTwo Steps From Hell1
2023Harley TemplarTwo Steps From Hell1
2023Atlantis AscendingTwo Steps From Hell1
2023Dr. MorbiusTwo Steps From Hell1
2023HadesTwo Steps From Hell1
2023Maze of DreamsTwo Steps From Hell1
2023The WoodsmanTwo Steps From Hell1
2023Blackout Suite 2023Two Steps From Hell1
2023One Above All 2023Two Steps From Hell1
2023SnowbirdTwo Steps From Hell1

Single + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2022Flight of the Silverbird (live)Two Steps From Hell1
2022Protectors of the Earth (live)Two Steps From Hell1
2022Fire Nation (live)Two Steps From Hell1
2022Wings for Ukraine (live)Two Steps From Hell1

EP

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2023Dr. MorbiusTwo Steps From Hell1

Other

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2014Colin Frake on Fire MountainTwo Steps From Hell1
2017Colin Frake - AsclepiusTwo Steps From Hell1

Showing official release groups by this artist (Show all release groups / Show official various artist release groups)