{"id":50400,"date":"2018-02-11T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T02:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=50400"},"modified":"2018-02-11T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T02:23:10","slug":"vale-johann-johannsson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2018\/02\/11\/vale-johann-johannsson\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Icelandic composer J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson, best known in the film genre for his collaborations with director Denis Villeneuve, has passed away.<\/p>\n

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Mr J\u00f3hannsson began his career as a solo composer, working in areas of classical, metal and electronic music, releasing a number of solo albums between 2002 (Englaborn<\/em>) and 2016 (his final solo work, Orphee<\/em>), and would provide film scores for projects in his native Iceland, but also for major Hollywood productions. The majority of his film compositions have also been released as albums.<\/p>\n

J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson’s film score career began with 2000’s The Icelandic Dream<\/em>, for director Robert Ingli Douglas. His first US project, for director David Hollander’s Personal Effects<\/em>, would pave the way for a successful career internationally, and he would go on to score films for Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners <\/em><\/a>and Arrival<\/em><\/a>\u00a0as well as an unused score for Blade Runner 2049<\/em>), but would receive an Academy Award nomination for his work on James Marsh’s The Theory Of Everything<\/em><\/a>, in 2014. His second Oscar nomination came with Villeneuve’s Sicario<\/em><\/a>, in 2015.<\/p>\n

Other notable film compositions include the 2016 thriller Nerve<\/em><\/a>, a minimalist work for Darren Aaronofsky’s divisive mother!<\/em> in 2017, and posthumous credits will include another collaboration with James Marsh for The Mercy<\/em>, and Garth Davis’ biblical drama Mary Magdalene<\/em>.<\/p>\n

J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson passed away suddenly at his apartment in Berlin on February 9th. He was 48.<\/p>\n

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