Beyond too young.

Jóhann Jóhannsson, the Oscar-nominated composer of such films as “Arrival,” “Sicario” and “The Theory of Everything,” was found dead on Friday in his Berlin apartment, his manager said. He was 48.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/j...dies-theory-of-everything-sicario-1202694567/

 

Absolutely devastating news. Really really sad. It makes you wonder what happened... Illness? Suicide? Depression? Whatever the cause, the film music world has lost a super talented and prolific composer.

 

That is really sad news!
On that note I recommend his episode of song explorer where he explained how he did the soundtrack of Arrival.
http://songexploder.net/arrival

 

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Too young ... R.I.P.
Ones of his most interesting tracks:
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Free the Mind

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Flight From The City

And this splendid piece:
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlândia 2008 "I recorded the track with a 50 piece string orchestra in Prague, after recording it first with my regular band in Iceland, in a faster version similar to how we play the song live. It worked in concert, but failed to come alive when recorded so I decided to drastically change it and re-arrange the piece for a large orchestra. I recorded some pipe organ and the low frequency guitars towards the end in a cavernous church in Drammen, Norway. The ending is a 5 minute long continous ritardando, quite possibly the longest one ever on record, should anyone care..."

His website:
http://www.johannjohannsson.com/

 

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Yea, really sad.