Frans Bak played piano throughout his childhood and later graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Experimenting with music in different bands, he fused together his classical training with different genres, sounds and modern technologies, and in doing so, has carved out a unique sound through his own compositions - ambient, melodic, atmospheric. Bak is known for creating dreamy and intense soundscapes for immersive listening experiences.

Today, Frans Bak works as a highly accomplished composer, with over thirty years experience scoring for the film, TV and advertising industry, receiving international critical acclaim for his compositions for Nordic, French, American and British TV series including "Disparue", "Doctor Foster" and "Lilyhammer".

A pioneer of the Nordic noir genre, his mesmerising music for "The Killing" (the original Danish TV series "Forbrydelsen" as well as the US remake) set new musical standards for crime TV and inspired other composers to apply the ‘Nordic feel’.
He has also scored three Oscar nominated shorts "Ernst & Lyset", "Helmer & Son", "Skal vi være kærester?", the 1948 Danish silent movie “They Caught the Ferry” and the German drama “Geborgtes Weiß”.