Jóhann Jóhannsson
Born: 19th September 1969, Reykjavik, Iceland
Died: 9th September 2018, Berlon, Germany
Nationality: Icelandic
Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, television, and film. His work is stylised by its blending of traditional orchestration with contemporary electronic elements.
Jóhann released solo albums from 2002 onward. In 2016, he signed with Deutsche Grammophon, through which he released his last solo album, Orphée. Some of his works in film include the original scores for Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners, Sicario, and Arrival, and James Marsh's The Theory of Everything.
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Dalia Stasevska on her Mixtape
26th Sep 2024
The Finnish conductor discusses her first project on Platoon, featuring orchestral music by contemporary composers including Anna Meredith, Caroline Shaw, Noriko Koide and SØS Gunver Ryberg - and explains her mission 'to become the Koussevitzky of my generation'...
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Paul Hillier on Jóhann Jóhannsson's Drone Mass
3rd May 2022
The conductor of Theatre of Voices talks about his new recording of a striking, atmospheric work by Jóhann Jóhannsson.
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Film & TV Music
All Works: Jóhannsson, J
- A Pile of Dust (2)
- A Song for Europa (1)
- By the Roes, and by the Hinds of the Field (1)
- De Luce et Umbra (1)
- Fragment I (1)
- Fragment II (1)
- Good morning, midnight (2)
- Good night, day (4)
- Orphic Hymn (1)
- The Burning Mountain (1)
- …eins og venjulegt fólk (1)
- "Ég heyrði allt án þess að hlusta" (1)
- 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann (1)
- A Deal With Chaos (1)
- A Prayer to the Dynamo (2)
- A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder (2)
- Arrival OST (1)
- Englabörn (1)
- Flight from the City (4)
- Forces of Attraction (5)
- Heptapod B (2)
- Jói & Karen (1)
- Odi et Amo (1)
- Sálfræðingur deyr (1)
- Sicario: Suite (2)
- The Drowned World (1)
- The Mercy OST (1)
- The Radiant City (2)
- The Theory of Everything Suite (3)
Recent Best Sellers: Jóhannsson, J
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Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works
Alice Sara Ott (piano)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Neoclassical Recording
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Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée
Jóhann Jóhannsson (piano, organ), Yuki Numata Resnick (violin), Tarn Travers (violin), Ben Russell (viola), Clarice Jensen (cello), Hildur Guðnadóttir (cello), The Dirac Quartet (string quartet), Else Torp (soprano), Signe Asmussen (mezzo-soprano), Elenor Wiman (mezzo-soprano), Ellen Marie Brink Christensen (mezzo-soprano), Kristin Mulders (mezzo-soprano), Chris Watson (tenor), Paul Bentley-Angell (tenor), Jakob Bloch Jespersen (bass-baritone), Jakob Soelberg Hammershøj (bass-baritone), Paul Hillier (chorus conductor), Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra, Theatre of Voices, Anthony Weeden
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Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà
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Infinity
Voces 8
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