Two Steps from Hell
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Two Steps from Hell was a production music company based in Los Angeles, California.[4][5] It was founded in 2006 by Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix, a pair of composers born in Norway and England respectively.[1][6] They created the company to make trailer music demos to be circulated exclusively within the movie advertising industry for the purpose of licensing;[7][8] and were partnered with Extreme Music who handled licensing arrangements.[5][9] The duo were among the most successful in their field,[10][11][12][13][14] having supplied background tracks for thousands of film trailers and TV commercials.[5][15] They composed separately but released their creations together.[1][6] Typically, their music was orchestral and choral based, but with modern complements[16] and structured similar to pop songs.[1][9] The stentorian nature of their works led the frequent use of a contemporary label, "epic music", to define their style.[lower-alpha 1]
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Production music |
Founded | 14 February 2006 (2006-02-14)[1] |
Founders | Thomas Bergersen Nick Phoenix |
Fate | De facto dissolution 8 April 2024 (2024-04-08)[2][3] |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Trailer music Commercial music E-books Merchandise |
Website | twostepsfromhell |
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.[lower-alpha 2] 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;[8][9][23] 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.[16][24] These were followed by the album SkyWorld (2012), this time consisting entirely of brand new music straight to commercial release.[25] With these albums all successful,[5][8] the duo organized their first concert, at Walt Disney Concert Hall, in 2013.[7][16]
A waning demand for traditional trailer music in the movie industry emerged by the mid-2010s;[6][26] the pair has since focused increasingly on creating further public albums consisting of new and more varied compositions, with far less of an emphasis on composing demos for trailers,[6] while continuing to release more of their back catalog commercially as well.[27][28] Such music performed well in the United States; 13 of their releases reached the top ten of the Billboard Classical Crossover Albums charts, 3 of which peaked at number one: Battlecry (2015), Unleashed (2017),[20] and Myth (2022), the first also charting on the Billboard 200.[29] The 2020s began with the group consolidating their popularity by organizing their first tours in Europe.[6][11] However, in 2024, it was announced that Bergersen and Phoenix were going their separate ways, ending Two Steps from Hell.[2][3]