Born in Sweden 1978, Joel have made music for a wide range of different pro… Read Full Bio ↴Born in Sweden 1978, Joel have made music for a wide range of different productions. Known as one of the parts in the pop-duo The Similou, (All this love) (LadyKillers) (Play With Us) (Wild Beasts). Also known for his music compositions for the computer-game Battlefield 1942. Lately he seems to focus more on film-music. He made the score for the swedish longfilm - 7 millionaires beginning of 2006.
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Атмосферные видео с воздуха - Drone nest

2y↑38

It's been 20 years since I first heard this tune and it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. (by the way, I graduated from a music school)

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

2y↑10

Thank you very much for these words and congrats!

Omicron

2y↑30

One word description: Masterpiece. Every time I started battlefield I always watched the entire intro with this theme. Never once did I skip it. Made the game 1000 times better

Dante

2y↑15

Getting a remaster of this theme from none other than the father himself, a true blessing!

TheDeadDutchman

2y↑71

My god the memories are filling me up giving me all sorts of goosebumps. In my opinion the BF1942 intro was and still is the best game intro ever made music and video wise! Thx for giving me the trip down memory lane!

MrNoobTheBigNoob

1y↑1

that and 2142's intro
man I miss that game

Teplotrass Man

2y↑30

Спасибо за значительный вклад в развитии игр Battlefield. Когда играет ваша композиция, идут мурашки по коже.

2442Random

2y↑9

Hello and thank you for this piece of music! Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2 with their numerous mods were the best entertainment on dark autumn/winter nights here in Nordics! There are many great remixes around the internet, but this is simply the best. When it comes to mods, Point of Existence 1 and 2 had very great soundtracks too.

Patrik Löfgren

2y↑30

The greatest game theme ever made. Period.

Jack R

1y↑1

Im pretty sure Ive been listening to this on repeat for longer than I have had consciousness. Sir, you're the godfather of game soundtracks

Multihog

31w↑1

I like how dynamic this track is. It's like a journey. Transitions really well. Best version of the theme in my opinion and better than the static version that played during the loading. I also like the "Slaughter" track that you composed for the menu of the game. It's cool with the "James Bond" chord progression going on and the almost rock-like riff played by the brass.

Haló Lite

1y↑7

The Best video game music piece of all time hands down! The only thing remotely close is Halo's CE theme. Nostalgia all around.

Sajid30k

1y↑1

Thank you so much Joel for give us beautiful masterpiece Battlefield Theme song Dice should hire you for every Battlefield game

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

1y↑2

Oh, they wouldn’t afford it. Thanks for the nice comment. ;)

therealswonk

1y↑1

I miss the days when me and my dad would hop on bf1942 and play on wake island.
thank you for remastering this classic track, it brings me lots of bittersweet memories.

SanYeeter

2y↑5

I honestly love battlefield 1942, 1943 and BFV themes so much. I remember hearing the bf5 theme couple of years back and when I started playing the game along with hearing the theme randomly in a match, oh my lord I was so happy at the time. Thank you Joel.

damsonn

2y↑10

Nice, that part around 1:31 always felt slightly off beat in the original intro, here it's perfect. After all those years this still gives me goosebumps. True classic.

Alex Kerry

1y↑3

this is one of the best themes of all time! Thank you so much for creating this! It was my childhood, this intro will be imbedded forever in my memory. Your rerecording is sick

Christian

50w↑1

1942, played the Wake Island demo on the LAN for a whole weekend. With four players. After that (partly) EAS, NGL, Gamestar League and BF2. How I just see myself in the inner eye. Home from school, BF1942 training. And bad grades in school. Jo, and now I'm approaching 40. This song just belongs to me!

Thanks, Joel!

- Greetings from Germany, don! suYin :)

H. S

2y↑4

Thank you these re-recordings, Joel! This is one of the most iconic video game themes of all time, and it was all thanks to you. 21 years later I still listen to this theme and to different takes on it over the years. :)

karl karlsson

2y↑17

Thanks a lot Joel for taking the time, I have been listening to the old theme a lot throughout the years because theres no other version that can match the original IMO, and this just made it a lot better!

Tistou Blomberg

2y↑8

Me and some pals made a video-game-music band in our teens. I was the drummer and this was one of the best songs we learned to play.

Stardust Poetry

1y↑3

Sir, I'm ready to go, Sir! I'm a historian by education and a gamer by choice. Whenever I listen to this legendary theme, I'm having visions of all heroic battles and acts. Thank you, Joel, for all the memories.

St3alth

35w↑1

EA really needs to get Joel to compose their next theme, or at least collaborate. The credit for this amazing score should should be given where it's due. Undoubtedly the most iconic video game theme of the fps world and, frankly, the most iconic video game

akilmaf

1y↑1

Thank you for this amazing masterpiece. My fav game music since my childhood. Now my kids are mumbling BF 1942 theme :)

UselessPpp

2y↑7

I have been chronically online since the late 90s. I never post or comment, i was always a lurker. I could probably list the exceptions on my 10 fingers and this is one of them. I was a child when i first heard this piece, I did not even like the game but found myself replaying the intro over and over. Truly a masterpiece. Its got me into reading up on history a lot (strange, right?) and, well, that interest built my character more than the educational system ever did. After all, any reason a child picks up a book these days is worth its weight in gold. I could not thank you enough.

I am very glad you decided to revisit and recreate this piece, but I will be 100% honest and say I like the original more. However, my favorite rendition of your piece is by the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra. Audio engineering, editing and such has come a long way, but real is real, and you just cant beat the sound of an orchestra. I hope you enjoy the recognition you are getting all these years later, it is well deserved. I saw one comment where you mentioned someone telling you that a composers life truly starts at 40. I would love to see you take the base work, rewrite and extend it, and get an orchestra to perform it. A well paced, 10-15 minute piece performed by an orchestra is something this world really needs. I hope you consider it, it would not be easy, but greatness never is. Push the envelope, embrace the epic and who knows, maybe you can be the next Hans Zimmer. (maybe haha)
Mind blown that you created this at 22. Raw talent.

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

2y↑3

I’m glad to get this rare message and thanks for nice words. What’s the link to the macedonian version that you liked? Would be fun to hear!

Hunterm16a2

@Joel Eriksson aka JOL I believe he's referring to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QukDrlq6lo

It's a cover of Vehicle IV though, not the intro.

Bigun Indaboat

2y↑3

dude it still slaps in 2022 and will still slap in 3022 and beyond

ArkhamTV

2y↑2

Still my favourite videogame intro of all time. This music literally brings tears to my eyes, thank you!

fogeltje

2y↑10

Love it. My brain actually fills in the sound effects and images as I watched the intro so many times in the past.

Velvet Thunder

1y↑3

I swear when this video started I heard the rattling of the Sherman's tracks in the African desert

MrNoobTheBigNoob

1y↑1

same with the bf2142 theme

Quentin Rimaz

1y↑1

One of the greatest video games OST, awesome recording

Ker1m Mdas

1y↑1

Legends never die

Ganten

2y↑7

Så jäkla fint! Ett masterpiece

Mynistrhell

2y↑43

OH YES! THANK YOU JOEL :D i was waiting for this moment for 15 years now haha! By the way i'm actually a 3D student, and i will remake the full intro of BF 1942 with nowdays technologies and i would love to use this version of the song. :)

Dr. Karlow the Octoling

I would love to see the original 1942 intro in blender with this music.

LuccaWulf

2y↑2

@Mynistrhell That’s awesome! I’ll be looking out for that video when you make it :D
I’m currently planning to remake the original reveal trailer. Maybe if you have some extra time you could help out?

Mynistrhell

34w

@LuccaWulf That's a nice idea good luck! i'm curious about it :)

iosefminkov

2y↑1

In my head I can visualize every scene of that amazing intro to the game with your incredible soundtrack. So great to hear the original composer reorchestrate one of the most incredibly iconic songs of the 21st century!

VikingsOfTomorrow

2y↑3

This brings back memories. Not quite of 1942 as i was born a tad too late to play that, but Battlefield 2? Hell to the yeah, and this theme has stuck with me through everything.

BG - Anthemology

2y↑3

My whole childhood in a music video, thanks Joel.

SV

2y↑91

It makes me kinda sad considering the current state of The Battlefield franchise.

Mr_ Mickals

2y↑5

Yeah nothing will ever be the same. 2046 is a joke. Late 90s to early 2000s was the time to be into gaming. Greed has destroyed gaming forever..

Eva Leoo

2y↑1

my favorite music ever (im not even old enough to play the game but im allowed to XD)

Dr. Karlow the Octoling

2y↑3

@Mr_ Mickals Gaming is still good now, but not on a larger scale.

I luv games

2y↑1

How is this comment relate with the song Lol

Kim Yong-Bae

So you hate the current state of the franchise but not appreciate Joel's work?

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Fried MusicS

1y↑1

I really like this BF1942 remakes from you, and I'm curious to get the 2023 version. But I think a harder and stronger brass would go better in this version brass sounds very soft against the other instruments. But i still enjoy listening to it everyday :)

Maarten Bass

2y↑1

Made me tear up, I didn't knew the battlefield could be made more beautiful then the original one, what a master piece! Thank you for bringing me joy my troubled youth

Matt Sampson

2y↑3

This will always be the definitive Battlefield theme. I know that most sources will play the more straightforward Battlefield 1942 version when you ask for "the battlefield 1942 theme," but this more jumpy syncopation always sticks with me, plus the building of tension with the opening

Mr Balsem Gosok

2y↑5

No matter what Battlefield will be after this, these theme should be the main theme for every release of Battlefields..

Jag0to

1y↑1

Казалось-бы, просто интро. Но этот саундтрек... Муражки по коже. Сейчас уже никто не делает так, к сожалению. Спасибо за саундтреки, Джоэль!

EternalV0ID

2y↑3

this version of the battlefield theme is A M A Z I N G great job Joel Eriksson

TheHappyCamper

2y↑2

The memories of simpler and more fun times is enough bring tears to ones eyes, and I was there 20 years ago when it all began...In the years since and across the ages depicted in the games I have battled it out both alongside and against many others like myself who enjoy the sights, sounds, and stories of each title played. I can say with much confidence that not before and never since has a franchise other than Battlefield delivered such consecutively great musical scores to accompany the gameplay it offers.

Reza Hk

2y↑1

Pure Perfection
It has some " Destiny 2 Darkness " motif in It

Tribe

2y↑1

Would love to see this composed live

SiggeVibes

34w↑1

Thank you for making this! How fresh it is!

furkanz zz

2y↑1

Thank you for this masterpiece..🖖

Roger Bravo

2y↑4

Legendariskt!
Spelade trumpet i min ungdom o dedär skojar man inte bort hur som helst 💖

_Lyrical

2y↑1

Honestly, this theme is just unbelievably good
Big big fan of your work!

SongShiyu

2y↑1

Im crying .... This is too good.... 20 years ago, I got to play 1942 and the music instantly hooked me. Then I got interested into world war 2, WW 1, cold war. And then I became so interested in history. What a journey. Thank you for this awesome remaster!

Lukis Milenar

29w↑1

Thank You so much! Didnt notice You made this year after the 1942 Original revisiting. Masterpiece!!!

Estor

2y↑2

God this made me seriously cry. Haven't had music do this to me in a long time

김대동 게임채널

1y↑2

MASTERPIECE

კალდუნა

2y↑1

This would sound even more amazing with the sound effects from the intro. The combination of the music and sound effects made the intro so epic.

bussoclock

2y↑3

this is big part of the franchise

Farhan Syafiq Fadhillah

2y↑1

Imagine BF1942 remastered, maybe this is the music for the trailer announcement. Modern yet classic

Omicron

1y↑1

Have a question that I have been meaning to ask for the last 20 years. Did you create the theme based on the video intro or did they create the video intro based on the theme? Either way it's fucking great!

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

1y↑2

I recall that the final intro was sent to me and I arranged the music to the pictures.

Roger Bravo

2y↑1

Ett återbesök någon månad senare, fortfarande fantastisk! 😍🙏🏼

Raphael Oliveira

2y↑4

This brings me so many good memories. Thanks for this...

Mr_ Mickals

2y↑1

The goosebumps are real

Jörgen Nätterlund

2y↑1

Många fina spelminnen kopplat till det här stycket. Oavsett nostalgin så är det otroligt mäktigt och vackert!

Zeagods-CyberShadow8809

2y↑1

I never you would make another one Joel. You legend

Poop Dumper 3000

2y↑6

Thank you so much. This one has the quality so high i can appreciate the smaller details i may have not picked up from a bad quality version.

MultiWatcher1000

2y↑9

Brings back so many memories...
How old were you back then when you first composed it ? You still look young now.

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

2y↑7

Ha! Thanks. I was 22

MultiWatcher1000

2y↑4

@Joel Eriksson aka JOL To compose such iconic theme at 22, you must have great talent. Keep up the good work. I hope you will get more recognition in the years to come.

sinister is random

2y↑2

@Joel Eriksson aka JOL That makes you 42 which seems to be the franchise lucky number.

DANTHEMAN1942

2y↑2

Just as good 20 years later

Ridge

2y↑2

ABSOLUTELY stellar, just like your version from 2021! Experienced serious frisson from that intro, so badass. Excuse me while I pick my jaw up from the floor.

Leopardipzg

1y↑2

I can hear the tank tracks screeching even though they're not in this recording, the intro has clearly burned itself into my brain lol.

ThatSwedishF1Guy

2y↑2

Efter fem månader och jag älskar denna låten fortfarande! 😌

crynetsystemsde

2y↑3

Great! Thank you and nice work, Joel!
I believe and trust that the ORIGINAL IS THE APEX!
There's thing I'm looking for : Could you distribute master track for public?
I wanna save your work in my iPhone and play it on its music app!

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

2y↑1

Well it's on Spotify / Soundcloud. Hope that works.

Kristýna Sulková

2y↑3

So beautiful, so powerful...

Andreas Palmblad

2y↑4

Amazing!!! Can you put this on Spotify? Or make it a ringtone?

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

2y↑5

https://open.spotify.com/track/3MLhNB1lKDQao6DFda0dtt?si=iCJXyCwpRWaiOCSmoXo09g

Andreas Palmblad

2y↑3

@Joel Eriksson aka JOL Wow thanks!

Kambei Seven

2y↑1

Great! Bringing back good memories about classic battlefield! Many hours has spent in that game. I think you can add good original video intro in you soundtrack...

Salty Swede

2y↑3

Any plans to revisit Slaughter IV? There have been so many re-orchestrations and remixes of the main theme, but as far as I have seen, nobody has really bothered to give that good ol' main menu theme a crack.

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

2y↑1

Thanks Salty it could be nice, I might do it someday ;)

pou

2y↑9

This is very very cool I can't wait to hear a Slaughter IV 2022 version.
If that happens obviously

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

2y↑1

It's a cool request. Will think about it.

quic173

2y↑1

You are awesome Joel, thank you!

Avͫaͤrͫiͤk von Nom

2y↑3

And good memories it brought, wonderful work Joel!

Soham Biswas

2y↑1

You have uploaded f18 super hornet model in WT Live few days back .
Can you make an user mission with it like Battlefield 3 Going Hunting (jet mission) pls...

Floydy

change the music in Battle Thunder 1944 to this

jcong000

2y↑3

I'd like to know if you still composing for Video games or other things,
for me this theme is the ID for the franchise, i have great memories in this game and this theme when played OH GOD!! i'm fighting in World War.
My question is what's inspired you to make this piece. Big love you are one of my favorite compoeser ❤❤

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

2y↑2

Hi Claire! I compose and sound design small game projects for a living but don’t show much publicly. I always put passion in whatever I compose. Looking for to find an edge, to not make it generic. I try focus on music before sounds, if you know what I mean. Thanks for the words. For the BF I tried to make it adventurous rather than brutal war-ish style. I’d love to compose for some new AAA game giving it my best writing, but those opportunities, a bit strangely, seem to evade me.

Dat Thai

2y↑2

Thanks for this masterpiece. I live exactly right moment. With love from Viet Nam.

luc jazz

2y↑1

Hi Joel. Thank you for the music. This is a legend. I wanted to ask you how do you evaluate the work of the composers of Battlefield 1 and 5? In my opinion, the soundtrack of Battlefield 1 is one of the best in history. There are some very good variations of the main theme. What do you think?

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

Thanks! Yes, BF1 and 5 sounds great. And I’m happy that the original songs have lived on in new interpretations by talented people.

DillaDawg88

1y↑1

Always beautiful

Melih Akkas

2y↑1

thank you for leaving us a hymn

Safa Abedian

2y↑8

Reject modernity, embrace tradition

Snake8418

2y↑1

"Hope it brings good memories." Oh, trust me, it does...

Qiāng HuángShā

1y↑1

Hello!! this is literally one of my all time favourite songs, i was wondering if i could purchase it? i'd love to support you financially <3

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

The recording can be found on iTunes Store. And costs about one dollar. Apple takes a piece of the cake, and the rest will find me. Now don’t feel obligated to do this and anyway, thanks for the support Wikikomoto!

Manouil III

1y↑1

Battlefield 1942 was released in September 2002, sold more than 3 million copies by July 2004; Most of the people haven't seen this yet.

serzeniş

35w↑1

What if JOL composed the next Mission Impossible movie theme song? It would be a great epilogue :))

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

34w

I’d love to make that. Hmm, though.. that theme is already so good.

Aidan War

2y↑1

Yes finally the king of battle field it's the best song ever you made my child hope my favorite part is when all the drums and trumpets are playing dun dun dun dun battle field is the best

李宗鳴石

Hi! Is there any lossless format of this soundtrack available? I wanna download it and keep it with the BF1942 OST I had a long time ago

TheDoctor1225

2y↑1

Damn! I was eating dinner while this was playing and it turned into a K-Ration!

Magnus Ander

2y↑3

Allt hår på ryggen står upp! :)

Andreas Elf

2y↑3

My goosebumps had goosebumps.

Joel Eriksson aka JOL

Brilliant idea for an ever zooming animation ;)

Ringvel

2y↑1

Iconic..

Rafuschka

1y↑1

Makes me want to go to war :D So epic. Thanks! Masterpiece

Idiotic45

2y↑1

That note in the beginning is super low
Not saying it’s a bad thing, I think it’s good

Soham Biswas

2y↑5

need more battlefield themes..............................

Redlin Ranger Studio

i always wonder if there was a version for the battlefield secret weapons and vietnam theme.

Toa Sully

0:21 It's ain't the same without the BF1942 playing

Arnisho

2y↑8

Since Battlefield is officialy dead. I feel like they should play this at the funeral.
2002-2021
Rest in peace!

Dr. Karlow the Octoling

2y↑3

Instead of ridiculous hero characters we need to harass people in a U-Boat.

Le Trepidant

@Dr. Karlow the Octoling Aye, mate. Bringing HMS Starling about your bearing. Mind the depth chages. Cheerio.

Jonas Quant

2y↑1

The KING!

T S

2y↑1

joel please remake slaughter4
we need the menu music

fondlemyballs

2y↑2

Fuckin awesome man

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