RIP Jóhann Jóhannsson

Source: The Guardian. Very sad news. I enjoyed the movie Arrival quite a bit and his soundtrack was quite unusual for a “mainstream” film.

Despite its regular use during inspiring moments on nature documentaries, Jóhann Jóhannsson never made music that’s particularly easy listening on its own – and Lord, it’s tough listening to him now. After hearing of his death, I found my notes from when I saw him at the Barbican in 2012: “He makes music for endings, shut-down mines, obsolete mainframe computers and failed utopias … the notes fade away, the stories have already finished, everything ends.”