Jóhann Jóhannsson

Composer/Producer

FEATURE FILMS

The Theory of Everything (original score) 2014 Working Title

Director: James Marsh Universal

Actors: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, David Thewlis

I’m Here (original score) 2014 Zentropa Productions

Director: Anders Morgenthaller

Prisoners (original score) 2013 Warner Brothers

Director: Denis Villeneuve Alcon Entertainment

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhjaal, Viola Davis

McCanick (original score) 2013 Woodshed Productions

Director: Josh C. Waller

Stars: David Morse, Rachel Nichols, Ciarán Hinds

Le Grand Cahier (songs) 2013

Directed: János Szász

Producer: Sándor Söth

White Black Boy(original score) 2012 First Hand Films

Director: Camilla Magid

Award for Best Sound Design in a Danish Documentary

Free the Mind(original score) 2012 Danmarks Radio

Director: Phie Ambo Making Movies Oy

Stars: Richard Davidson, Travis Leanna

For Ellen(original score) 2012 Deerjen Films

Director: So Yong Kim RCR Media Group

Stars: Paul Dano, Jon Heder, Margarita Levieva

Nominated for Grand Jury Prize: Sundance Film Festival

Nominated for Grand Prix: Ghent Film Festival

Mystery (original score) 2012 France Cinéma

Directed by Ye Lou Dream Author

Award for Best Original Film Score: Golden Horse Film Fest

Award for Best Film: Asian Film Awards

The Good Life (original score) 2010 Danish Documentary Films

Director: Eva Mulvad Danish Film Institute

Producer: Sigrid Dyekjær

Award for Best Documentary: Karlovy Vary Festival

The Miners’ Hymns (original score) 2010 British Film Institute

Original Score Forma Arts & Media

Director: Bill Morrison

Producer: David Metcalfe

De Dia y De Noche(original score) 2010 Arte 7, Mantaraya

Original Score

Director: Alejandro Molina

Producer: Roberto Garza

Monogamy (songs) 2010 TBD, Renart Films

Director: Dana Adam Shapiro

Producer: Jeffrey Mandel, Randy Manis

Dreams in Copenhagen (original score) 2009 Upfront Films

Original Score Danish Film Institute

Director: Max Kestner

Producer: Henrik Vejleborg

Personal Effects (original score)2009 Cinefilm

Director: David Hollander Insight Studios

Producer: Gil Netter, Kirk Shaw

Varmints (original score)2008 Short Film Studio AKA

Director: Marc Craste

Producer: Sue Goffe, Pam Dennis

Award for Best Original Score: Rhode Island Film Festival

Award for Best Original Score: Sapporo Film Festival

In the Arms of My Enemy (songs) 2007 Rezo Films, Forum Films

Director: Micha Wald Versus Production

Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (songs)2007 EuroArts Entertainment

Director: Janos Szasz Hunnia Studio

Producers: Pal Sandor, Andras Hamori

Thicker Than Water (original score) 2006 Pegasus Films

Director: Árni Óli Ásgeirsson Zentropa

Producer: Snorri Þórisson, Jan Fincke

Ashes and Snow (songs) 2005 Flying Elephant Productions

Director: Gregory Colbert

Producer: Gregory Colbert

Wicker Park (songs) 2004

Director: Paul McGuigan

Producer: Andre Lamal, Marcus Viscidi

Dís (original score) 2004 Blue Eyes Productions

Director: Silja Hauksdóttir

Producer: Baltasar Kormakur

A Man Like Me (original score) 2002 The Icelandic Film Company

Original Score

Director: Robert Douglas

Producer: Júlíus Kemp

The Icelandic Dream (original score) 2000 The Icelandic Film Company

Original Score

Director: Robert Douglas

Producer: Júlíus Kemp

TV SERIES:

Black Angels (2008)

Director: Óskar Jónasson

Producer: Sigurjón Kjartanssson, Kjartan Thor Thordarsson

Saga Film

ORCHESTRAL WORKS:

A Prayer to the Dynamo (Commissioned by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 2012) 40 minutes

CHAMBER WORKS:

Hz (film and score commissioned by Bang on a Can 2013) 6 minutes

THEATER:

Numerous original score for theaters in Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Australia 1995-2011, including:

Det Norske Theater (2008),

Back to Back Theatre (2011)

Icelandic National Theatre (2003-2006)

RECORDS:

Solo Albums:

Free The Mind (Original Movie Score) (NTOV 2013)

Copenhagen Dreams (Original Movie Score) (NTOV 2012)

The Miners Hymns (Fat Cat 2011)

And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound of Bees (Type 2009)

Fordlandia (4AD 2008)

IBM 1401, A User´s Manual (4AD 2006)

Dís (Workers Institute 2004)

Virthulegu Forsetar (Touch 2004)

Englabörn (Touch 2002)

Apparat Organ Quartet:

Apparat Organ Quartet (12 Tónar 2002)

Apparat Organ Quartet: Polýfónía (Crunchy Frog 2012)

Kitchen Motors:

Nart Nibbles (Kitchen Motors 1999)

Motorlab 1 (Kitchen Motors 2000)

Motorlab 2 (Kitchen Motors 2001)

Motorlab 3 (Kitchen Motors 2001)

Kitchen Motors Family Album (Kitchen Motors 2006)

Lhooq:

Lhooq (Echo 1998)

Awards:

Rhode Island Film Festival: First Prize for Best Original Film Score (Varmints)

Sapporo Short Film Festival: Best Original Film Score (Varmints)

Icelandic Music Awards: Best Classical Album 2008 (Fordlandia)

Taipei Golden Horse Festival and Awards: Award for Best Original Score (Mystery)