Jóhann Jóhannsson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Icelandic musician and composer

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1969

Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

Date of Death: 09-Feb-2018

Profession: composer, record producer, pianist, musician, film score composer, music arranger, technician

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Jóhann Jóhannsson

  • Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson (Icelandic pronunciation: ?['jou?han 'jou?hans?n]; 19 September 1969 – 9 February 2018) was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, television, and films.
  • 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.
  • Jóhann 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 was a music and sound consultant on Mother!, directed by Darren Aronofsky in 2017.
  • His scores for Mary Magdalene and Mandy were released posthumously.

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