Jóhann Jóhannsson - 461 - Electronic Explorations by Rob_Booth

It is an absolute honour to have Icelandic Jóhann Jóhannsson, the Golden Globe-winning, Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy-nominated artist on EE.

Jóhann Jóhannsson - both his recent album ‘Orphee’ and soundtrack ‘Arrival’ both on [Deutsche Grammophon] have been out for a while > http://www.johannjohannsson.com

Two hours in the company of Jóhann.

01 David Munrow - Zed's Memories
02 David Lang - Pain Changes (Ft Shara Worden)
03 Michael Nyman - String Quartet No. 3 / Beginning
04 Eugen Doga - My Sweet And Tender Beast / Waltz
05 Lutoslawski - Funeral Music / Prologue
06 Mohammad - Sakrifis
07 Jacques Brel - Au Suivant
08 Ennio Morricone - Victima Paschali Laudes
09 Ennio Morricone - Le Voci Dal Liuto
10 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Zentrum Udssr (Russland)/4th Centre
11 Ennio Morricone - Sinfonia D'una Citta 4
12 Roomful Of Teeth - Pieces: Iii. Courante
13 Michael Gordon - Rushes For Seven Bassoons
14 Morton Feldman - Jackson Pollock: Vi. Painting On Glass
15 Morton Feldman - Jackson Pollock: I. Signature
16 David Munrow - Woman On A Horse

Jóhann is a figurehead in a dynamic and developing scene of composers who move freely and inventively between film scores, minimalist classical, ambient and electronic music. He is equally at home writing commissioned works for the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, Bang on a Can and Theatre of Voices ensembles, as he is collaborating with Tim Hecker, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Pan Sonic, CAN drummer Jaki Liebezeit, Marc Almond, Barry Adamson, and Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))).

Requests from filmmakers to use Jóhannsson’s music in their films has led to a flourishing career in writing original music for more than a dozen movies. Jóhannsson was awarded a Golden Globe in January 2015 for Best Film Score for The Theory Of Everything, directed by James Marsh, whilst his music for the film also earned him both Oscar and BAFTA nominations for Best Original Score. Jóhannsson’s score for Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario was similarly honored with a BAFTA and an Oscar nomination in 2016.

This year will see two major films featuring Jóhann’s original music: Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, and James Marsh’s The Mercy starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz.