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Danish composer and record company owner (December 7, 1924 - July 28, 2020). As a composer Fabricius-Bjerre is best known for numerous themes for film and television, a.o. the theme for the Olsen Banden film series and the theme for the popular TV series Matador. His film scoring also led to such Danish evergreens as Nattens sidste cigaret (1959), Forelsket i København (1960) and Jeg Sætter Min Hat Som Jeg Vil (1967).
Internationally he is better known by his alias Bent Fabric. In 1963 he won an American Grammy Award for his composition [m=1172983] (In Denmark known by the title Omkring et flygel)
At the age of 80, in 2004 he had a dance floor hit with [m=247675]
Besides his musical achievements he co-founded the Danish branch of the record company Metronome, [l70690], and later added film and television production to the company and turned into af major player in both music, film and TV in Denmark.