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.
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Public album releases to date:
- American Dream
- Archangel (CD version)
- Atlantis Ascending (Singles)
- Battlecry (CD version)
- Battlecry Anthology
- Christmas Medley
- Classics, Vol. 1 (CD version)
- Classics, Vol. 2 (CD version)
- Colin Frake on Fire Mountain
- Colin Frake on Fire Mountain (Novel)
- Colin Frake - Asclepius
- Demon's Dance
- Dragon
- Dreams & Imaginations Anthology
- Gundham Nation (Singles)
- Halloween
- Harley Templar (Singles)
- Heaven Anthology
- Humanity - Chapter I
- Humanity - Chapter II
- Humanity - Chapter III
- Humanity - Chapter IV
- Humanity - Chapter V
- Illumina Anthology
- Illusions (CD version)
- Impossible-不可能-
- Invincible (CD version)
- King of One
- Legacy
- Legend Anthology
- Live - An Epic Music Experience (CD version)
- Madrigal (Singles)
- Miracles (CD version)
- Myth
- Nero Anthology
- Off the Map (Singles)
- Orion
- Power of Darkness Anthology
- Seven (CD version)
- SkyWorld (CD version)
- Speed of Sound
- Stay
- Sun (CD version)
- Two Steps From Hell: Ringtones
- Unleashed (CD version)
- Vanquish (CD version)
- Wide World
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.
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