Composer
Johann Johannsson
Icelandic musician and composer (1969–2018)
1969–2018
12 works in the index
- Born
- 1969
- Died
- 2018
- Birthplace
- Reykjavík
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Citizenship / historical state
- Iceland
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈjouːhan ˈjouːhansɔn]; 19 September 1969 – 9 February 2018) 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. Jóhannsson was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for both The Theory of Everything and Sicario, and won a Golden Globe for Best Original Score for the former. He earned a second Golden Globe nomination for Arrival. He was a music and sound consultant on Mother!, directed by Darren Aronofsky in 2017. His scores for Mary Magdalene and Mandy were released posthumously.
His only directorial work, Last and First Men, premiered at the Manchester International Festival in 2017, where he also performed the score live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; record producer; film score composer; pianist; music arranger; technician; film director; musician
- Recorded memberships
- Unun; HAM; Apparat Organ Quartet
- Instruments played
- piano; pipe organ; synthesizer
- Awards
- Golden Horse Film Festival; Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score; Icelandic Music Awards
- Official website
- https://johannjohannsson.com/
- Birth name
- Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson
- Native languages
- Icelandic
- Languages used
- Icelandic
- VIAF ID
- 7693504
- ISNI
- 0000000004496761
- GND ID
- 1028404484
- Library of Congress ID
- n2014066283
- MusicBrainz ID
- 578c1e77-4756-44dd-86a9-b1e71a5b635e
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Keyboard, Piano
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 12
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wedding | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
| Rowing | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
| A Brief History Of Time | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
| Cambridge, 1963 | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
| Chalkboard | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
| Domestic Pressures | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
| The Dreams That Stuff Is Made Of | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
| Forces Of Attraction | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
| A Game Of Croquet | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
| A Model Of The Universe | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
| The Origins Of Time | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
| The Whirling Ways Of Stars That Pass | — | — | — | Piano, Keyboard | — | 1 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 7693504. Portrait: Sachyn Mital, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.