The soundtrack was recorded in Prague, Copenhagen and his native Reykjavik. It seemed a natural choice, given that the story is very much about language and communication. Johannsson worked with several singers and vocal ensembles and combined both classical and avant-garde elements in his compositions, augmenting his already unique approach of combining orchestral writing with digital sound processing.

Johannsson also integrated some found sounds from the legendary avant-garde vocalist Joan La Barbara into his score. More than a conventional sci-fi thriller, this is a thoughtful, intellectual drama with a genre twist. Arrival is a very unique science fiction film and I decided early on that the human voice would feature prominently in the score, says Johannsson.

As recently announced, their next joint project will be the much anticipated sequel to the legendary science fiction film Blade Runner. Arrival stars amy adams, jeremy renner and forest whitaker, Adams playing the lead role of a linguist who attempts to communicate with the alien intelligence controlling a fleet of spacecraft that has suddenly and ominously appeared at sites all around the globe.

. Deutsche grammophon is excited to announce the release of Arrival Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with music composed and produced by Johann Johannsson. The paramount pictures film arrival, following on from last years crime thriller Sicario, is the composers third cinematic collaboration with French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, which garnered Johannsson an Oscar nomination for best original score.

As mankind teeters on the brink of global war, she and her team embark on a race against time to find out why these craft have come to earth.

Orphee LP

Rather, the music seemed to be waiting for its form, for its momentum. One of these pieces seemed to ask for vocals, and the composer was drawn to the text of Ovid s Metamorphoses, and the poet s version of the Orpheus myth, whose multiple meanings offered Jóhannsson a rich source of inspiration. OrphÉe is his highly anticipated new studio album the first in 6 years! Jóhannssons genre-blending score represents all facets of his previous works from intimate string quartet pieces, piano, organ, drones, to large string orchestra works, featuring electronics, choir, as well as enigmatic shortwave broadcasts to create an evocative & immersive sound.

This album is an oblique reflection on personal change. I began to reshape and transfigure these ideas, writing many different variations. I think that s why i gravitated to Ovid s version of the Orpheus myth, which tells of death, rebirth and an artist s search for truth. Unlike many of my previous albums, this one didnt start out with a conceptual or narrative theme binding the music together.

Jóhann jóhannsson orphÉe is a melancholic, yet optimistic musical journey inspired by the Orpheus myth Orpheus rising from the underworld, trying to escape darkness into the light. I started writing this album in 2009, using a number of simple contrapuntal themes. Prolific and critically acclaimed composer Jóhann Jóhannsson releases his DG debut album.

Orphée was for me about moving to a new city, breaking up old relationships and beginning new ones, leaving behind an old life in Copenhagen and building a new one in Berlin.

Blade Runner 2049 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Over a backdrop of cyber-infused soul production, it delivers a hypnotic and haunting performance. Original and classic compositions round out this sci-fi noir masterpiece. The blade runner 2049 soundtrack highlights the entrancing, hidden figures, the Dark Knight, and enigmatic original score composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer Inception, Gladiator, The Lion King and Golden Globe & Emmy nominee Benjamin Wallfisch It, ethereal, Annabelle: Creation.

Finally, the album concludes with an original song by GRAMMY Award nominee, Lauren Daigle. Shrink-wrapped.

Sicario Johann Johannsson 2 LP

Limited run double lp gatefold version for Johann Johannson's dark and hypnotic score for 'Sicario'. Shrink-wrapped.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers - The Complete Recordings 5LP 180 Gram Blue VinylLimited

Housed in a collector’s box with a blue leather-style spine, the collection is limited to 8, 000 individually numbered copies on blue vinyl. Shrink-wrapped. Shrink-wrapped. The lord of the rings: the two towers – the complete recordingS on vinyl for the first time as a 5-LP boxed set.

The Blue Notebooks LPLimited Edition

Opening with a text from franz kafka over a sparse piano melody, the album moves through heart-wrenching strings of On The Nature Of Daylight to lyrical piano pieces. Now his second album is presented in 180 g vinyl along with a parallel release on CD. The blue notebooks was max richter's second solo album, a distinctive and adventurous work that is beautifully recorded and cinematic in scope.

Max richter s dg catalogue was offered in a deluxe 4-CD set, Retrospective, earlier this year. Shrink-wrapped. Using piano, alongside electronic beats made using a variety of antique electronics and Reaktor, violin and viola, cello, spoken word passages and the occasional field recording including a very realistic crow that you probably think comes from your garden; other sounds were generated via old guitar pedals and vocoders.

The blue notebooks will be newly presented in luxurious 180 g heavyweight vinyl pressings from OPTIMALThe release includes a voucher with a unique code to download the digital audio files MP3 of the full album for freeThe CD version of the album will be released in parallel to the LP Shrink-wrapped.

Mandy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 2 LP

From lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", an all-new epic adventure. Shrink-wrapped. Theaters on december 16, 2016. Rogue one: a star Wars Story" opens in U. S. Shrink-wrapped. This key event in the star wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.

Rogue one: a star wars story" is directed by gareth edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, Mads Mikkelsen, Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, with Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire s ultimate weapon of destruction.

Kathleen kennedy, allison shearmur and Simon Emanuel are producing, with John Knoll and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers.

Interstellar Hans Zimmer

Shrink-wrapped. It tested our limits: the limits of what musicians are capable of, the limits of everyone's stamina, the limits of what could be recorded, commitment and invention, and I think we got it. Shrink-wrapped. This movie virtually dictates that you put everything on the line and keep the laboratory doors wide open and experiment to the very end.

Interstellar pairs the creative forces of Zimmer and esteemed director Christopher Nolan, who collaborated previously on The Dark Knight film trilogy and Inception. Double vinyl LP pressing. Every conversation was about pushing boundaries and exploring new territories. Chris wanted us to push the limits, " offers Zimmer.

Original soundtrack to the 2014 motion picture composed by Hanz Zimmer.

IBM 1401- A User's Manual

Johann’s scores have been nominated for two Academy Awards®, two Golden Globes®, a Grammy® and three BAFTA® awards. Released in 2006, blade runner 2049, notably scoring movies such as Arrival, the decade since its release has seen Jóhann establish himself as one of the most important composers in the world, Sicario and The Theory of Everything.

Shrink-wrapped. For the album release, he rewrote the piece for a sixty-piece string orchestra, with a new final movement built around a poem by Dorothy Parker and incorporating both electronics and reel-to-reel recordings made by his father and friends in 1971 of the IBM 1401 mainframe computer singing the hymn Ísland Ögrum Skorið by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns as it was being decommissioned.

He was awarded the golden Globe® for Best Original Score for The Theory Of Everything. Pressed on clear vinyl, two live tracks recorded with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra have also been added. Shrink-wrapped. First ever vinyl pressing deluxe gatefold sleeve, 2 x clear lp two bonus tracks, download code included never before pressed on vinyl, ibm 1401, a User’s Manual, is one of Jóhann Jóhannsson’s most-loved works.

Inspired by the work his father did in the sixties when chief maintenance engineer of one of Iceland’s first computers, A User’s Manual to accompany a dance piece by long-standing collaborator and friend, Jóhann originally wrote IBM 1401, Erna Ómarsdóttir. The first ever pressing of ibm 1401, a user’s Manual comes in a deluxe gatefold sleeve, reworked by Chris Bigg v23 from his original design.

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Englab”rn & Variations Remastered 2017 2 LP

2lp 2018 reissue of 2002 debut album, remastered with additional album of reworkings featuring Vikingur Olafsson, Ryuichi Sakamoto & A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Shrink-wrapped. Shrink-wrapped. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl with a download code.