Posts Tagged ‘Johann Johannsson’

Soundtrack Magazine has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2014 Chinese drama Blind Massage directed by Lou Ye and starring Guo Xiaodong, Qin Hao and Zhnag Lei. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario, The Theory of Everything, Arrival, Prisoners, Mandy) & Jonas Colstrup (Tigers, […]

Deutsche Grammophon will release the first-ever soundtrack album for the 2008 drama Personal Effects written and directed by David Hollander and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher, Spencer Hudson and Kathy Bates. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Johann Johannsson (Arrival, The Theory of Everything, Sicario, Prisoners, Mandy). The vinyl […]

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, […]

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Icelandic TV series Trapped. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir (Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Joker, Mary Magdalene), Rutger Hoedemaekers and Johann Johannsson (Arrival, The Theory of Everything, Sicario). The soundtrack is now available to download overseas and will […]

Deutsche Grammophon has released a soundtrack album for the 2012 Danish documentary White Black Boy (Sort hvid dreng). The album features the film’s original music composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson (Arrival, The Theory of Everything, Sicario, Prisoners). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon and will also be included on the label’s 7-CD Retrospective I set, which features […]

Four new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Missing Link written and directed by Chris Butler and starring Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Zach Galifianakis, Timothy Olyphant, Emma Thompson, David Walliams, Stephen Fry and Matt Lucas. Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, Twilight, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) has composed the film’s original score. […]

Variety is reporting that in addition to Green Book, three more scores have been ruled ineligible by the Academy’s music branch. Among ineligible titles are Solo: A Star Wars Story (composed by John Powell with themes by John Williams), which was reportedly submitted too late, Mandy (composed by Johann Johannsson), which violated the rule of its qualifying […]

The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this week is the horror thriller The Possession of Hannah Grace directed by Diederik Van Rooijen and starring Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Kirby Johnson and Stana Katic. The film’s original music is composed by John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Dante’s Peak, Office Space, The Following). No soundtrack album has been announced. […]

Johann Johannsson was named Film Composer of the Year at the 18th World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 45th Ghent Film Festival. Among the late composer’s final scores released over the last year were Mandy, Mary Magdalene (co-scored with Hildur Guðnadóttir who accepted the award on his behalf) and The Mercy. He previously received the […]

Four new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action thriller The Predator directed by Shane Black and starring Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown and Yvonne Strahovski. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, […]