Absolute shocker. He has passed on:
https://www.facebook.com/JohannJohannssonMusic/posts/10156048107652243
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 February 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
blasting Fordlandia today in memory.
― Simon H., Saturday, 10 February 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
Ugh says he was missing for a few days and then they found him.
― omar little, Saturday, 10 February 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
Lord. Where'd you see that, omar?
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 February 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
Never mind, saw a mention on Indiewire, but that sounds more rumor-like.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 February 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
Yes take it with a grain of salt.
― omar little, Saturday, 10 February 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
I hadn't kept up with his soundtracks or anything but some of his earlier, more personal work like IBM 140 - a User's Manual and Fordlandia were always quite moving to me. Really saddened by this. RIP.
― obnoxious pun (ultros ultros-ghali), Saturday, 10 February 2018 18:07 (six years ago) link
That’s a shock. Found dead in his appartment, according to http://variety.com/2018/film/news/johann-johannsson-dead-dies-theory-of-everything-sicario-1202694567/
― willem, Saturday, 10 February 2018 18:09 (six years ago) link
Listening to his FACT mix right now -- it really does give a good sense, not of everything he drew on necessarily, but the kind of listener he was, and where he wanted to go.
http://www.factmag.com/2015/12/07/fact-mix-527-johann-johannsson/
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 February 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
Shocking news. RIP.
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 10 February 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link
ugh this is so sad
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Saturday, 10 February 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link
Feeling genuinely upset about this. RIP.
― djh, Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
Oh this sucks he was so young.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 10 February 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
This is devastating
I only met him once but he worked with many close friends of mine
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 10 February 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
Damn, sad to hear the news. I've got that FACT mix on now and it's tugging at the heartstrings. I've been a longtime fan of his music. RIP.
― davey, Sunday, 11 February 2018 02:09 (six years ago) link
What a tragedy...
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 11 February 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
Only heard the news now and have difficulty believing it.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 11 February 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link
Quite nice piece in The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/11/johann-johannsson-the-late-icelandic-composer-who-made-loss-sublime
― djh, Sunday, 11 February 2018 21:25 (six years ago) link
Bemused that "Virdulegu forsetar" is rarely being mentioned.
― djh, Sunday, 11 February 2018 21:26 (six years ago) link
Yes, that's my favourite piece of his.
Incredibly sad news - I haven't kept up so much with his latest soundtrack stuff but Virdulegu forsetar, Fordlandia and User's Manual are all excellent and, as the piece in the Guardian says, already elegiac and tinged with death. 48 is so young to die, is there any info out there on how/why?
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 11 February 2018 22:27 (six years ago) link
― djh, Sunday, February 11, 2018 9:26 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I didn't mention it because I thought everyone else had already. It's, by far, his greatest achievement.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:23 (six years ago) link
Good grief how shocking and upsetting. I’m not well versed in his earlier work but his music for Arrival was stunningly original + my favorite film score that year.
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Monday, 12 February 2018 04:16 (six years ago) link
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I meant generally (in real life) rather than here, Le Bateau Ivre - had spent quite some time flicking through Twitter and news stories. I think I was kind of saying "That's the album I need to play, right now."
― djh, Monday, 12 February 2018 07:38 (six years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/SzYzSz3o58— Ólafur Arnalds (@OlafurArnalds) February 11, 2018
― StanM, Monday, 12 February 2018 15:08 (six years ago) link
That's a great story, re: the score. Listening to IBM 1401 now. Part 3 "IBM 1402 Card Read-Punch" reminds me of Gorecki's 3rd. Not as a copy, but with the warm comfort it provides. This was a hard one. Johannssen was someone I avidly followed.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
...despite spelling his name wrong.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2018/02/13/johann-johannsson-obituary/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
http://130701.com/r-i-p-johann-johannsson-1969-2018/
― djh, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 22:49 (six years ago) link
Thank you to @beagewill for reminding me to listen to "The Cause of Labour is the Hope of the World" by the upsettingly dead Jóhann Jóhannsson https://t.co/t2ZGVb5kBf— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) February 16, 2018
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 February 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
^ Strangely, that is the track I've "rediscovered" since his death (Owned it but tended to play other things).
― djh, Friday, 16 February 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
Ughhh that is so fucking beautiful
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 16 February 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
Can't believe I missed this (and the album it is from):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWB9P5dTJcU
― djh, Sunday, 18 February 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
There's a double disc version of Englabörn coming up in March, apparently.
― djh, Sunday, 18 February 2018 22:46 (six years ago) link
https://www.directaudio.net/products/johann-johannsson-englaborn-and-variations-vinyl-2lp-april-6-2018-pre-order
― StanM, Monday, 19 February 2018 07:07 (six years ago) link
Can anyone see a copy of Copenhagen Dreams for sale, for a not silly price?
― djh, Monday, 19 February 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
http://www.johannjohannsson.com/topspin-store/home/ ?
― StanM, Monday, 19 February 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
(worth a try, maybe, don't know if that store is still active)
― StanM, Monday, 19 February 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
Ta.
And any recommendations soundtrack wise? (After The Miner's Hymns, there's a gap in my collection up to Endless Summer & Orphee).
― djh, Monday, 19 February 2018 20:16 (six years ago) link
he doesn't have anything bad (except maybe Dís, which I don't get) - Prisoners, The Theory of Everything, Sicario, Arrival are great. Haven't heard yet: Free the mind, i am here, mcCanick
― StanM, Monday, 19 February 2018 20:21 (six years ago) link
Couple of tribute mixes:
Dr Rob
Low Light Mixes
― groovypanda, Monday, 19 February 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
A CDR (Draft):
The Burning Mountain (O)Salfraedingur Deyr (E)A Song For Europa (O)Odi et Amo (E)Flight From The City (O)Rainwater (AITEP)Petta Gerist a Bestu Baejum (E)1BM 1401 Processing Unit (IBM)A Pile Of Dust (O)The Sun's Gone Dim (IBM)Theme (AITEP)VF Pt1 (VF)Krokodill (E)
Too much Orphee and Englaborn. Didn't include tracks from The Mercy and Fordlandia (which I have). Didn't include anything from End of Summer but only because my computer wouldn't read it. Would have included "The Cause of Labour" from The Miners' Hymns but can't find the CD (despite it being here at some point in the week). Not exactly intended as a "Best of"; more something to make me sit down and listen. Haven't "road-tested" for flow etc.
― djh, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:24 (six years ago) link
Would welcome suggestions as to what from albums I haven't mentioned would bump tracks off this.
― djh, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
Different than the string beauty of his other works, the Dis soundtrack reminds me of a bubbly, electric, mostly instrumental cousin to a John Hughes movie soundtrack. Hotel Borg will give you an idea. A palate cleansing kind of track for that mix.
"Glima", off the Trancendentalism EP, is another pretty one, though comparable to what you've always chosen. "The Cause of Labour...", is also on that EP, besides being on The Miners' Hymns.
Haven't listened to the other soundtracks with the same attention as his albums, but intend to.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
Ta. Strangely, I do have Dis but didn't even think to take it off the shelf.
Toying with the idea of just going and getting the albums I don't own.
― djh, Thursday, 22 February 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
Copenhagen Dreams, the film, is really great as well. The director thinks I'm an asshole, though.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
Why so?
― djh, Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
i'm gonna get another of his soundtracks via my eMusic membership today. Should I get Copenhagen Dreams, Prisoners, or And in the Endless Pause...?
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Friday, 23 February 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
I'd vote "And in the Endless Pause...". Rainwater, one of djh's picks, is stunning, as is City Building.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 23 February 2018 17:29 (six years ago) link
i was leaning endless pause just because of the title :)
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Friday, 23 February 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
Weird: it had never occurred to me that the "Endless Pause" sleeve actually is from the film ("Varmints").
― djh, Friday, 23 February 2018 20:47 (six years ago) link
― djh, 22. februar 2018 21:43 (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I organized a screening that didn't go well at all. I'd say it wasn't my fault, but that's not how he sees it :)
― Frederik B, Saturday, 24 February 2018 12:00 (six years ago) link
https://www.mixcloud.com/CrackMagazine/music-by-j%C3%B3hann-j%C3%B3hannsson-mixed-by-dave-howell-130701-fatcat-records/
― djh, Saturday, 24 February 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
Hadn't heard this prior to Howell's mix (from a Touch compilation):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImfG9qKwGlU
― djh, Sunday, 25 February 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
Anyone tempted by/heard the Variations from the new Englaborn re-issue?
― djh, Friday, 9 March 2018 07:33 (six years ago) link
― Le Bateau Ivre,
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 9 March 2018 07:42 (six years ago) link
The two things I acquired since his passing are virdulegu and endless pause, I found the former much the superior of the two (prior to this I only knew arrival (astonishing) and theory of everything (ok)
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Friday, 9 March 2018 12:38 (six years ago) link
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2018/event/johann-johannsson-last-and-first-men
― djh, Thursday, 22 March 2018 23:06 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZrRhRIWXPM
― djh, Saturday, 31 March 2018 22:10 (six years ago) link
https://www.abconcerts.be/en/agenda/events/in-remembrance-of-johann-johannsson-virulegu-forsetar/20870/ <- in a church in Brussels, on his birthday
― StanM, Saturday, 7 July 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/johann-johannssons-mandy-soundtrack-his-final-work-to-be-released/
― djh, Monday, 16 July 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
Mandy OST has been released (as has his cause of death, it's on wikipedia)
― StanM, Friday, 21 September 2018 01:57 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnOMjw3jHZc
― StanM, Monday, 3 December 2018 12:40 (five years ago) link
Thanks for posting that, StanM.
― djh, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4837189 ? is this a new Copenhagen Dreams remaster or just a reissue?
― StanM, Monday, 8 April 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link
It also features as part of the Retrospective box - there's no mention of any remastering.
― djh, Monday, 8 April 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link
Anyone buy the retrospective (first volume)?
― djh, Sunday, 26 May 2019 22:11 (four years ago) link
I'm really into Hildur Guðnadóttir's scoring these days! She seemed to come up under Johann and has taken over a few of the gigs that I would've anticipated would've been his, and her work is fabulous! I was watching Chernobyl last night and it was just great
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 27 May 2019 01:24 (four years ago) link
^ There have been some soundtracks recently that have seemed to be download only but from playing samples have sounded great.
― djh, Monday, 27 May 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
The approaching winter means I am revisiting this guy's music lately. I think his early (non soundtrack) music is my favorite, but lately I have been going to sleep to Free The Mind and 2016's Orphee and it's been very, very nice.
In general I think I prefer when his music incorporates electronic elements more prominently, and I don't just say that because I am a recently recovering reflexive hater of orchestral-sounds-as-orchestral-sounds (by which I mean that like a lot of people a lifetime of Hollywood crap prevented me from differentiating / enjoying any *classical music until only about five years ago)
(*except weird stuff)
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
Volume 2 of his retrospective arrived today. About to dive in ...
― djh, Saturday, 3 October 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnkrh240RGk
― djh, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 16:56 (two years ago) link
Am sure I've missed some other JJ releases recently, too.
― djh, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 17:00 (two years ago) link
Oh, "Blind Massage" and "Shadow Play" on Chinese label Soundtrack Magazine. Anyone heard?
― djh, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 10:48 (two years ago) link
Just checked - they are on Spotify.
― djh, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 10:51 (two years ago) link
Enjoying "Blind Massage", in particular.
― djh, Sunday, 13 March 2022 19:41 (two years ago) link
In the time that I have taken to decide I should buy them, they have sold out, obviously.
― djh, Thursday, 17 March 2022 21:48 (two years ago) link