from hell type private industry music production founded los angeles california u.s. 2006 ; 10 years ago 2006 founder thomas j. bergersen nick phoenix headquarters los angeles california products movie and trailer music website twostepsfromhell.com two steps from hell is an american production music company based in los angeles california founded by thomas j. bergersen and nick phoenix in 2006 . 1 the company focuses predominantly on movie and trailer music and has supplied tracks to films such as harry potter pirates of the caribbean and x men . contents 1 history 1.1 founding and initial success 2006 10 1.2 main appearances 1.3 other major appearances 1.4 concerts 2 discography 2.1 public albums 2.2 demonstration albums 2.3 other albums 2.4 commercial singles 2.5 standalone tracks 3 name origin 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit two steps from hell was founded in 2006 when thomas bergersen and nick phoenix joined forces to write original music for movie trailers . bergersen moved from trondheim norway to the united states in 2003 along with phoenix who began composing in 1997 before moving to los angeles . the two formed the company in early 2006 and have composed music for over 1 000 major motion picture trailers . 2 founding and initial success 2006 10 edit two steps from hell mainly produces trailer music and epic music although recently it has also been used for television shows and video games . despite the company finding success for its music the tracks were never officially released to the public until the may 2010 release of the commercial album invincible . in addition to approaching gold record status invincible became the first of several such albums to chart in the itunes top 100 soundtracks . 3 as of july 2014 two steps from hell has published 8 public albums in addition to 20 demonstration albums with almost 1 000 unique tracks in total . the album sun which was released on september 30 2014 is the second solo album from thomas bergersen . preview tracks were released from the album titled cry and sun the former of which can be downloaded from bergersen s official website . 4 an official music video for sun was also released on youtube 5 preceding the announcement of a signed limited deluxe edition cd release set to include additional tracks and notes from thomas as well as a large size poster featuring his artwork . 6 additionally in july 2014 two steps from hell released an e book known as colin frake on fire mountain which features a 75 000 word novel written by nick phoenix with illustrations by otto bjornik as well as an original score also made available via a soundtrack release . 7 two steps from hell s main graphic artist is steven gilmore 8 who has created album covers for almost every promotional and public release including the logo of the company with the only exception being the 2009 dvd release of their library for which the album cover was created by paul zeaiter . 9 additionally thomas bergersen s illusions solo album features design by jesper krijgsman 10 while its sequel sun features artwork created by thomas himself . 11 main appearances edit the company s music has been featured in trailers for but not limited to harry potter and the order of the phoenix harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1 harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 star trek star trek into darkness the dark knight the fighter rise of the planet of the apes tron legacy anna karenina no country for old men 2012 captain america the first avenger the avengers x men first class x men days of future past pirates of the caribbean at world s end super 8 inception world war z the chronicles of narnia the voyage of the dawn treader lincoln wall e up the twilight saga eclipse hugo the town priest prince of persia interstellar and the man who knew infinity . video games such as resident evil 6 mass effect 2 mass effect 3 taking back earth trailer black blade planetside 2 killzone 3 star wars the old republic elder scrolls online league of legends e sports tournaments ; various pieces from the burn album the witcher 3 a night to remember trailer ; a hole in the sun f1 2013 and assassin s creed iv black flag . television series such as breaking bad 12 doctor who game of thrones sherlock i m a celebrity ... get me out of here revolution homeland the walking dead supernatural merlin deadliest warrior nathan for you the world wars and during the 2012 london olympics . the track archangel from the album of the same name was also used in an episode of britain s got talent . the track nero was also used in the top gear special the perfect road trip and heart of courage was used in season 17 episode 3 and in season 18 episode 4 of the series . other major appearances edit two steps from hell s music is also used extensively in a variety of places from global events to local concerts some of which are listed below their song heart of courage was used in the beginning of uefa euro 2012 matches in the beginning of the london 2012 olympic games athletics finals and also in a promotional video for the 2011 world youth day in madrid . 13 the song invincible was performed live by royal marine bands in the royal albert hall in london in april 2013 . 14 on june 4 2012 an official app was announced for ios and android containing 19 tracks of previously released music in a compilation album called demon s dance . the app was announced via the company s official twitter feed . 15 16 the app was officially released on june 26 2012 for ios 17 followed by the android release the next day . 18 american artistic gymnast alicia sacramone used heart of courage combined with another song for her floor routine in 2011 . ukrainian rhythmic gymnast alina maksymenko used a medley of songs of the team producers for her hoop routine in 2012 she finished 6th at the rhythmic gymnastics individual all around final in london . that same medley was used in 2013 by italian artistic gymnast enus mariani for her floor routine . swiss artistic gymnast giulia steingruber used the song love and loss as her floor music in 2013 . 2013 america s got talent winner kenichi ebina used a number of songs in his performances en route to his victory in the reality show including ocean princess promise and for the win . 19 2014 america s got talent contestants valo and bobby used archangel in their quarterfinal performance . the calgary flames used the song sons of war in their 2011 2012 season opening video . 20 russian figure skater elena radionova used the song nero as her short program music in 2013 2014 . australian snooker player neil robertson uses heart of courage as his walk on music in competitions . 21 the song heart of courage was used by the springbok rugby team in may 2015 in their build up video for the 2015 irb world cup . 22 in october 2015 microsoft used the song rebirth from the orion album in the unveiling of the company s first laptop the surface book . 23 concerts edit two steps from hell hosted a live concert on june 14 2013 at the disney hall in los angeles california performing some of their most popular songs such as heart of courage protectors of the earth to glory strength of a thousand men black blade and breathe as well as ocean princess age of gods and remember me from bergersen s album illusions . 24 the next day they confirmed on facebook further concerts with venues and dates to be announced . 25 on june 26 2013 bergersen confirmed the next concert to take place in europe 26 intending to begin touring at some point in 2016 . 27 discography edit public albums edit source 28 invincible 2010 compilation of some of the most popular two steps from hell tracks . also available on extrememusic . 29 illusions 2011 thomas bergersen solo album formerly titled nemesis ii . also available on extrememusic . 30 archangel 2011 compilation of more of the most popular two steps from hell tracks . demon s dance 2012 compilation of tracks from various albums spanning multiple genres available only on the two steps from hell app for ios and android . halloween 2012 compilation of well known horror tracks from several demonstration albums with several other genre tracks as well . 31 skyworld 2012 first public album to use mostly all new tracks . expanded version available on extrememusic . 32 classics volume one 2013 compilation of previously unreleased tracks in the same vein as invincible and archangel . first public album available in lossless audio . expanded version available on extrememusic . 33 speed of sound 2013 nick phoenix album . all new tracks . also available on extrememusic . 34 35 36 miracles 2014 an epic drama emotional album with the best of illumina dreams & imaginations two steps from heaven and a few new tracks composed by thomas bergersen . 37 colin frake on fire mountain 2014 soundtrack for an e book penned by nick phoenix . composed by thomas bergersen with additional music by nick phoenix . 38 39 sun 2014 all new tracks by thomas bergersen . follow up to illusions . also available on extrememusic . 40 41 battlecry 2015 public album ; ultra epic follow up to skyworld and the first public album to be released on two discs . also available on extrememusic . 42 43 44 legacy 2015 japan exclusive album featuring compiled tracks from previous public albums . 45 classics volume two 2015 compilation of new and previously unreleased tracks . two steps from hell ringtones 2016 a collection of ringtones released on google play . 46 vanquish 2016 upcoming public album . 47 demonstration albums edit source 28 volume one 2006 first album featuring various genres shadows and nightmares 2006 horror genre album along with a sound effects library dynasty 2007 epic genre album all drums go to hell 2007 heavily percussion oriented album pathogen 2007 epic futuristic metal album mostly composed by nick phoenix nemesis 2007 epic genre album mostly composed by thomas bergersen dreams & imaginations 2008 new age album legend 2008 epic genre album with some tracks composed by troels folmann ashes 2008 horror genre album the devil wears nada 2009 mostly light and humorous album power of darkness 2010 epic genre album all drones go to hell 2010 new age album ; also known as mystical beginnings . 48 49 illumina 2010 new age album 48 balls to the wall 2011 percussion album with some tracks composed by alex pfeffer . nero 2011 epic genre album with some tracks composed by alex pfeffer . two steps from heaven 2012 pet project of thomas bergersen featuring inspiring emotional and adventurous music . burn 2012 a small collection of eight dubstep remixed tracks . 50 cyanide 2013 percussion album crime lab 2013 electronic industrial album 51 open conspiracy 2014 electronic hybrid album composed by hitesh ceon nick pittsinger thomas bergersen and nick phoenix . 52 amaria 2014 new age drama album composed by thomas bergersen . 28 too big to fail 2014 sound effects library trailer toolkit . 53 54 55 empire 2015 industry album . mostly consists of tracks from classics volume two composed by nick phoenix . 56 stronger faster braver 2015 subtitled as extreme sports music . motivational energetic and driving compositions . 57 other albums edit there are a number of albums made by other composers from the company which are not considered part