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ALBUMElegy for Lost TimeJóhann Jóhannsson
Albums by Jóhann Jóhannsson
ALBUMJóhannsson: A Prayer To The Dynamo / Suites from Sicario & The Theory of EverythingIceland Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Bjarnason
ALBUMJóhann Jóhannsson: Mystical seduction (Arr. for flute by Claudio Ferrarini) [Arr. for flute by Claudio Ferrarini]Claudio Ferrarini
ALBUMJóhannsson: Drone MassJóhann Jóhannsson, Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier & American Contemporary Music Ensemble
ALBUMBlind Massage (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Jóhann Jóhannsson & Jonas Colstrup
ALBUMThe Shadow Play (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Jóhann Jóhannsson & Jonas Colstrup
ALBUMMary Magdalene (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Hildur Guðnadóttir & Jóhann Jóhannsson
ALBUMPersonal Effects (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Jóhann Jóhannsson
ALBUMLast and First MenJóhann Jóhannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman
ALBUMJóhannsson: 12 Conversations with Thilo HeinzmannEcho Collective
ALBUMTrapped (Original Television Series Soundtrack)Hildur Guðnadóttir, Rutger Hoedemaekers & Jóhann Jóhannsson
Jóhann Jóhannsson's Popular Music Videos
Jóhannsson, Ólafsson: Flight From The City (Víkingur Ólafsson Rework)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yuki Numata Resnick, Tarn Travers, Ben Russell, Clarice Jensen & Christian Badzura
The Sun's Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black
Jóhann Jóhannsson
By the Roes, And By the Hinds of the Field
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra & Anthony Weeden
A Song for Europa
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra & Anthony Weeden
A Pile of Dust (Arr. Rimmer)
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Melodia (Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device Based On Heim's Quantum Theory)
Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Bang on a Can All-Stars
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Jóhann Jóhannsson Essentials
A prolific Icelandic neo-classicist with a widescreen touch.
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Deep Cuts
An exploration of his more aggressive vibes.
Artist Biography
In both his solo albums and film composition work, Jóhann Jóhannsson paired avant-garde arrangements and organic instrumentation with majestic symphonic flourishes. Born in Reykjavík in 1969, Jóhannsson played trumpet and piano growing up, but he cut his teeth playing in various rock-oriented bands. He brought that background in popular music to full-lengths released under his own name—the 2004 instrumental album Virðulegu forsetar brims with solemn horns and keening soundscapes—and early film work, such as the equally haunting, brass-heavy The Miners’ Hymns. Jóhannsson’s film career took off as he worked closely and consistently with Denis Villeneuve on several movies, including the menacing, Oscar-nominated score for 2015’s Sicario, which boasted industrial-inspired, manipulated electronic sounds. His Golden Globe-winning score for James Marsh’s The Theory of Everything was also richly textured, as it weaved keyboards and electronic elements into elegiac piano and glacial strings. Jóhannsson died in 2018 of heart failure, right after finishing the score to Mandy, a stunning creative step forward that applied traditional classical motifs into an unsettling roar redolent of ambient heavy metal.
Hometown
Reykjavik, Iceland
Genre
Classical