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Jóhann Jóhannsson

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Jóhann Jóhannsson

1969-09-19

Reykjavík, Iceland

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Biography

Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theater, dance, television and films. His work is stylized by its blending of traditional orchestration with contemporary electronic elements.

Best known for:

Arrival

Prisoners

The Theory of Everything

Sicario

mother!

Mandy

Mary Magdalene

The Mercy

Trapped

Lovesong

The Apparition

Personal Effects

Last and First Men

Ashes and Snow

I Am Here

The Shadow Play

For Ellen

Mystery

McCanick

Blind Massage

Opium: Diary of a Madwoman

The Sea of Perdition

In the Arms of My Enemy

In the Blood

End of Summer

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Filmography:

The Icelandic Dream (2000)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Plan B (2000)
WORK AS:
Music
A Man Like Me (2002)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Dís (2004)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Ashes and Snow (2005)
6
WORK AS:
Music
Thicker Than Water (2006)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Sea of Perdition (2006)
WORK AS:
Music
Uku ukai (2006)
WORK AS:
Music

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Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
In the Arms of My Enemy (2007)
WORK AS:
Music
Wrestling (2007)
WORK AS:
Music
Penance (2007)
WORK AS:
Music
Varmints (2008)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Personal Effects (2009)
4.6
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Good Life (2010)
WORK AS:
Music
By Day and by Night (2010)
WORK AS:
Music

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Copenhagen Dreams (2010)
WORK AS:
Music
Junk Love (2011)
WORK AS:
Music
For Ellen (2012)
4
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Mystery (2012)
5.2
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Miners' Hymns (2012)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Pitch: A Sports Arena With a Soul (2012)
WORK AS:
Music
Prisoners (2013)
7.9
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Quicksand (2013)
WORK AS:
Music
McCanick (2014)
3.1
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Moving Art: Forests (2014)
WORK AS:
Music
Blind Massage (2014)
5.7
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Theory of Everything (2014)
7.6
WORK AS:
Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
End of Summer (2014)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Producer, Editor, Sound Mixer
Glacier Man (2014)
WORK AS:
Music
Trapped (2015)
6
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Sicario (2015)
7.2
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
I Am Here (2015)
3.5
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Arrival (2016)
7.4
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Musician, Music Arranger
A Man Returned (2016)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
In the Blood (2016)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
A Song For Europa (2016)
WORK AS:
Writer, Music
Lovesong (2017)
4.3
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
mother! (2017)
6.7
WORK AS:
Music
A Drowning Man (2017)
WORK AS:
Music
Mary Magdalene (2018)
4.9
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Mercy (2018)
4.6
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Mandy (2018)
5
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer, In Memory Of
The Butcher, The Whore and the One-Eyed Man (2018)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Apparition (2018)
4.7
WORK AS:
Music
The Shadow Play (2019)
5.5
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Last and First Men (2020)
5.1
WORK AS:
Musician, Orchestrator, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer, Screenplay
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (2021)
WORK AS:
In Memory Of
Evolver (2023)
WORK AS:
Music