Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Rams. The album features the film’s original music composed by Atli Orvarsson (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Vantage Point, Chicago Fire, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones). Also included are the songs featured in the movie by Haukur Morthens, Sigurður Skagfield and Stefán Íslandi. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to come out in early 2016. Rams is directed by Grímur Hákonarson and stars Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Theodór Júlíusson. The movie is Iceland’s candidate for the Best Foreign Film category at the next Academy Awards and follows two brothers who live on neighboring sheep farms but have not spoken to each other for 40 years and come together when authorities decree that all the sheep in the valley must be destroyed due to a virus. The dramedy premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released in the U.S. on February 2, 2016 by Cohen Media Group. Visit the official movie website for more information.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Rams
2. Scrapie
3. Preparing for Winter
4. Ökuljóð – Stefán Íslandi
5. Winter
6. They’re Coming
7. Into the Highlands
8. After the Storm
9. Í Fögrum Dal – Sigurður Skagfield
10. Heart and Soul
11. The Ancestors
12. In the Valley
13. Lundarbrekka
14. Aðfangadagskvöld – Haukur Morthens
Good to see Atli is still writing. Unlike his other Remote Control peers, he is taking so very few projects. I wish he was still rolling with team Zimmer – he made some quality tunes for the man back in the days.
On a different note, That cover image has potential to be featured during a semi-final stand up comedy duel show. Oh, the jokes one could make out of it are endless!