Backing tracks for instrumentalists
Elite Backing Tracks is a YouTube channel started in 2014 by guitarist and composer Brynjar Bøe to provide high-quality backing tracks in various genres. The channel quickly gained popularity and has over 100k subscribers as of 2024, with the tracks receiving over 20 million streams. Customers can purchase audio and chord sheet bundles from the website, which have received positive feedback from music teachers and students. These bundles can also be useful in areas with limited internet connectivity
BRYNJAR BØE: RESUME
Education & Experience
Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA.
Sep 2008 - May 2010
Composition major.
Studied composition, orchestration, jazz-composition, and guitar performance. Was the winner of the Millican Award for composition, and had many of my pieces performed by orchestras at Berklee Performance Center, and at the El Portal Theatre in Los Angeles.
UCLA Extension - Los Angeles, CA.
Sep 20125 - May 2013
Film Scoring Certificate.
Studied scoring to picture with some of the top people in the field, and was trained in conducting to picture, scoring for commercials, writing for animation, among other subjects. Live recording sessions in professional studios with top studio musicians from L.A. was part of the curriculum.
University of Oslo - Oslo, Norway.
Aug 2010 - June 2012
M.A. degree in musicology.
Studied the music of Bernard Herrmann and specifically how the harmonic structures corresponds to the picture in the movie "Vertigo" by Alfred Hitchcock.