Deutsche Grammophon will release a soundtrack album for Jóhann Jóhannsson’s feature directorial debut Last and First Men. The album features the original music written by the late composer whose film scoring credits include Arrival, The Theory of Everything, Prisoners & Sicario and Yair Elazar Glotman and also features musical performances by Academy Award winner Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker, Chernobyl). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 28 (click here to pre-order). A CD/Blu-ray combo version is set to come out on March 27 (visit Amazon to order) and a vinyl/Blu-ray box set will arrive on April 10 (click here to order). Last and First Men narrated by Tilda Swinton is based on Jóhannsson’s multimedia work (which itself is based on on the 1930 novel by Olaf Stapledon), which was presented as a live performance at the Manchester International Festival in 2017 and involved the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The film just premiered this week at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Prelude – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Viktor Orri Árnason (2:35)
2. A Minor Astronomical Event – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Colin Stetson (3:39)
3. A Move To Neptune – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Paul Corley, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Viktor Orri Árnason (3:47)
4. Physical Description Of The Last Human Beings (Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Else Torp, Kate Macoboy, Liam Byrne, Viktor Orri Árnason & Budapest Art Orchestra (4:36)
5. Architecture – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, Samuli Kosminen, Else Torp, Kate Macoboy, Erik Enocksson, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Viktor Orri Árnason & Budapest Art Orchestra (5:00)
6. Supreme Monuments – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman & Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (1:48)
7. Telepathic Unity – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Sam Slater, Rutger Hoedemaekers & Wouter Rentema (1:58)
8. Childhood / Land Of The Young – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Else Torp, Kate Macoboy, Viktor Orri Árnason & Budapest Art Orchestra (5:35)
9. The Navigators – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Else Torp, Kate Macoboy, Viktor Orri Árnason & Budapest Art Orchestra (8:08)
10. The Sun – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Else Torp, Kate Macoboy, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Viktor Orri Árnason (1:28)
11. A New Doom – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Viktor Orri Árnason & Morris Kliphuis (2:54)
12. Task No. 1: The Scattering Of Seeds – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Ólafur Björn Ólafsson & Samuli Kosminen (1:56)
13. Task No. 2: Communicating With The Past – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Colin Stetson, Viktor Orri Árnason & Budapest Art Orchestra (1:05)
14. The Last Office Of Humanit – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Colin Stetson, Viktor Orri Árnason & Budapest Art Orchestra (2:11)
15. Slow Destruction Of Neptune – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Else Torp, Kate Macoboy, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Viktor Orri Árnason & Morris Kliphuis) (4:25)
16. The Few That Prevail – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Viktor Orri Árnason (2:01)
17. The Last Men – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Liam Byrne, Else Torp, Sara Fors, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Viktor Orri Árnason & Budapest Art Orchestra (3:19)
18. Remembrance Of The Past – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir & Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (2:34)
19. The Universal End – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir & Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (1:23)
20. Epilogue – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Hildur Guðnadóttir & Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (5:08)
