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{{short description|Icelandic musician and composer (1969–2018)}}
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{{Icelandic name|Jóhann|male}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson<ref name=NYTObit/>
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'''Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson''' ({{IPA-is|ˈjouːhan ˈjouːhansɔn}}; 19 September 1969 – 9 February 2018) was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, television, and film. His work is stylised by its blending of traditional orchestration with contemporary electronic elements.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8099069/oscar-nominated-composer-johann-johannsson-dies-at-48|title=Jóhann Jóhannsson, Oscar-Nominated Composer, Dies at 48|date=10 February 2018|publisher=Billboard.com|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-date=11 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211050550/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8099069/oscar-nominated-composer-johann-johannsson-dies-at-48|url-status=live}}</ref>
Jóhann released solo albums from 2002 onward. In 2016, he signed with [[Deutsche Grammophon]], through which he released his last solo album, ''[[Orphée (album)|Orphée]]''. Some of his works in film include the original scores for [[Denis Villeneuve]]'s ''[[Prisoners (2013 film)|
His only directorial work, ''[[Last and First Men (film)|Last and First Men]]'', premiered at the Manchester International Festival in 2017, where he also performed the score live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Jóhann was born on 19 September 1969 in [[Reykjavík]], Iceland, to Jóhann Gunnarsson, a maintenance engineer who worked for [[IBM]], and Edda Thorkelsdóttir.<ref name=NYTObit>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/obituaries/johann-johannsson-award-winning-movie-composer-dies-at-48.html|title=Johann Johannsson, Award-Winning Movie Composer, Dies at 48|last=Codrea-Rado|first=Anna|date=12 February 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 February 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214001737/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/obituaries/johann-johannsson-award-winning-movie-composer-dies-at-48.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He learned the piano and trombone from the age of 11, but had given them up during his teenage years.<ref name=NYTObit/> Jóhann attended the [[University of Iceland]], where he studied languages and literature.<ref name=NYTObit/>
Jóhann started his musical career in the late 1980s in the proto-[[shoegaze]]-influenced band Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, who released a couple of EPs which were played by British DJ [[John Peel]] and received a fan letter from [[Steve Albini]].<ref name="grapevine"/> He went on to work as a guitarist and producer playing in Icelandic [[indie rock]] bands, like Olympia, [[Unun (band)|Unun]] and
==Solo works==
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In 2021 the ''Gold Dust'' EP was released, containing unused pieces from various previous projects.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 August 2021|title=Jóhann Jóhannsson's Unreleased Songs Collected in New EP Gold Dust|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/johann-johannssons-unreleased-songs-collected-in-new-ep-gold-dust-listen/|access-date=11 August 2021|website=Pitchfork|language=en-US}}</ref>
On 15th Sept 2023, the posthumous album ''Prayer to the Dynamo'' was released on [[Bandcamp]]. This contained suites from ''[[Sicario (2015 film)|Sicario]]'' and ''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]'' and was performed by the [[Iceland Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://johannjohannsson.bandcamp.com/album/a-prayer-to-the-dynamo | title=A Prayer to the Dynamo, by Johann Johannsson }}</ref>
==Film work==
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==Collaborations and other projects==
In March 2015, Jóhann teamed up with ACME (American Contemporary Music Ensemble) and the [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth to perform ''Drone Mass''.
==Personal life==
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* ''I Am Here'' (with [[B. J. Nilsen|B.J. Nilsen]]) (2014, [[Ash International]])<ref name="Discog"/>
* ''The Theory of Everything'' (2014, Back Lot Music)<ref name="Discog"/>
* ''[[Sicario (soundtrack)|Sicario]]'' (2015, [[Varèse Sarabande]])<ref name="Discog"/>
* ''[[Arrival (soundtrack)|Arrival]]'' (2016, Deutsche Grammophon)<ref name="Discog"/>
* ''The Mercy'' (2018, Deutsche Grammophon)
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|''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]''
|James Marsh
|rowspan=2|<ref name="Allmovie" /> nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score
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|2015
|''[[Sicario (2015 film)|Sicario]]''
|Denis Villeneuve
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|''[[Mother!]]''
|Darren Aronofsky
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|''[[Blade Runner 2049]]''
|Denis Villeneuve
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| rowspan="5" |2018
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|''Varmints''
|Marc Craste
|<ref name="Varmints">{{cite web|title=STUDIO AKA: VARMINTS|date=3 January 2010 |url=http://www.studioaka.co.uk/go/varmints/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190040/http://www.studioaka.co.uk/go/varmints/|archive-date=11 February 2018|access-date=11 February 2018|publisher=Studioaka.oco,uk}}</ref>
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|2011
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{{International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Score of the Year}}
{{Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Score}}
{{WSA – Soundtrack Composer of the Year}}
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[[Category:Deutsche Grammophon artists]]
[[Category:20th-century Icelandic people]]
[[Category:Golden Globe
[[Category:Cocaine-related deaths]]
[[Category:Drug-related deaths in Germany]]
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