Ólafur Arnalds is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer who started as a drummer for a series of metal bands in his native Iceland. His entry into the neo-classical field was somewhat accidental. After German band Heaven Shall Burn heard some solo demo material, they asked him to provide piano-and-strings pieces for their 2004 album Antigone. The Erased Tapes label heard the album, was impressed with Arnalds' contributions, and contacted him about recording a full album of material in that vein. The life-cycle concept album Eulogy for Evolution, released in 2007, was the result, with Arnalds -- primarily on piano -- supported by a string quartet. A trio of EPs followed in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, Arnalds provided the scores for the 13-minute short Blinky TM and the feature-length Órói (Jitters), and he also released …And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness, his second proper album. His score for Sam Levinson's Another Happy Day (2011) greatly increased his profile, as he continued to release works like Stare (2012) -- a collaborative EP with Nils Frahm -- and For Now I Am Winter (2013). Source: allmusic
Artist Biography by Andy Kellman
influences to a unique musical language.
Starting out as drummer for several hardcore/metal bands, Ólafur was asked to write instrumental intros and outros for the album Antigone of German metal band Heaven Shall Burn.
Starting out as drummer for several hardcore/metal bands, Ólafur was asked to write instrumental intros and outros for the album Antigone of German metal band Heaven Shall Burn.
This led to more work in the field of neo-classical strings and piano based music, and ultimately to the release of Eulogy for Evolution and the beginning of Ólafur’s partnership with Berlin based label Erased Tapes. In 2008 he embarked on a tour with fellow Icelanders Sigur Rós.
In 2009 he started a week-long project of composing one track by day, making it immediately available online to his fans. The collection was later officially released under the title Found Songs.
In 2009 he started a week-long project of composing one track by day, making it immediately available online to his fans. The collection was later officially released under the title Found Songs.
He repeated the same experiment in 2011 under the title Living Room Songs. Also in 2009 the ballet Dyad 1909 premiered with a score composed by Ólafur. Choreographed by Wayne McGregor and performed by Wayne McGregor Random Dance, the ballet was
inspired by Ernest Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole in 1909.
In April 2010 Ólafur released his second full-length album entitled …And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness, which was backed up with an extensive tour, including his first trip to China.
His third album, and the first to be released under his new partnership with Universal Music’s
Mercury Classics imprint, is titled For Now I Am Winter and planned for international release in February 2013. Expanding on his previous work the new album features a full orchestra and – for the first time – introduces vocals to his soundworld. Icelandic singer Arnór Dan is to be heard on four tracks of the album.
More recently Ólafur has been venturing into the world of films, writing his first Hollywood film score to Another Happy Day. He also had music in the hit film The Hunger Games and has been featured several times on popular American television show So You
Think You Can Dance. For 2013 his scores include the music to the new ITV thriller series Broadchurch, starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman, as well as to the film Gimme Shelter, direted by Ron Krauss and starring Vanessa Hudgens and Brendan Fraser. Source: last.fm
inspired by Ernest Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole in 1909.
In April 2010 Ólafur released his second full-length album entitled …And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness, which was backed up with an extensive tour, including his first trip to China.
His third album, and the first to be released under his new partnership with Universal Music’s
Mercury Classics imprint, is titled For Now I Am Winter and planned for international release in February 2013. Expanding on his previous work the new album features a full orchestra and – for the first time – introduces vocals to his soundworld. Icelandic singer Arnór Dan is to be heard on four tracks of the album.
More recently Ólafur has been venturing into the world of films, writing his first Hollywood film score to Another Happy Day. He also had music in the hit film The Hunger Games and has been featured several times on popular American television show So You
Think You Can Dance. For 2013 his scores include the music to the new ITV thriller series Broadchurch, starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman, as well as to the film Gimme Shelter, direted by Ron Krauss and starring Vanessa Hudgens and Brendan Fraser. Source: last.fm
Watch and listen the videos: And They Have Escaped
The Weight of Darkness (full), NPR Music Front Row,
Living Room Songs (Full), Live on KEXP, For Now I
Am Winter (full), Ljósiô, Eulogy for Evolution (full),
Improvisations, Mix (99 videos), Broadchurch, Only
The Winds, Ágúst, This Place was a Shelter, Found Songs, Near Light, Hands Be Still, 3055, Live in the Lobby, Pú Ert Sólon, Live in Warsaw, The Wait, Raein
Happiness Does Not Wait, A Stutter, Gleypa Okkur,
So Close, Improvisation, Endalaus II, Lag Fyrir Ommu, Say My Name and Mix (50 videos).
The Weight of Darkness (full), NPR Music Front Row,
Living Room Songs (Full), Live on KEXP, For Now I
Am Winter (full), Ljósiô, Eulogy for Evolution (full),
Improvisations, Mix (99 videos), Broadchurch, Only
The Winds, Ágúst, This Place was a Shelter, Found Songs, Near Light, Hands Be Still, 3055, Live in the Lobby, Pú Ert Sólon, Live in Warsaw, The Wait, Raein
Happiness Does Not Wait, A Stutter, Gleypa Okkur,
So Close, Improvisation, Endalaus II, Lag Fyrir Ommu, Say My Name and Mix (50 videos).
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