Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theater, dance, television and films. His work is stylized by its blending of traditional orchestration with contemporary electronic elements.
Golden Globe Awards
Best Original Score
Known For
Arrival
(2016)
Original Music Composer, Musician, Music Arranger, and Music Producer
mother!
(2017)
Music
Sicario
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Prisoners
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Mandy
(2018)
Original Music Composer
The Theory of Everything
(2014)
Orchestrator and Music
Mary Magdalene
(2018)
Original Music Composer
The Mercy
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Last and First Men
(2020)
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, and Musician
The Apparition
(2018)
Music
Lovesong
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Personal Effects
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Mystery
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Corpus Camera
(1999)
Music
The Icelandic Dream
(2000)
Original Music Composer
Plan B
(2000)
Music
ERRÓ - North - South - East - West
(2000)
Music
A Man Like Me
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Dís
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Ashes and Snow
(2005)
Music
Thicker Than Water
(2006)
Original Music Composer
The Sea of Perdition
(2006)
Music
Uku ukai
(2006)
Music
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman
(2007)
Original Music Composer
In the Arms of My Enemy
(2007)
Music
Wrestling
(2007)
Music
Varmints
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Personal Effects
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Mama
(2010)
Original Music Composer
By Day and by Night
(2010)
Music
Copenhagen Dreams
(2010)
Music
The Miners' Hymns
(2010)
Original Music Composer
The Good Life
(2011)
Music
Junk Love
(2011)
Music
The Pitch: A Sports Arena With a Soul
(2012)
Music
White Black Boy
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Mystery
(2012)
Original Music Composer
For Ellen
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Quicksand
(2013)
Music
Prisoners
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Moving Art: Deserts
(2014)
Music
Moving Art: Forests
(2014)
Music
Blind Massage
(2014)
Original Music Composer
End of Summer
(2014)
Original Music Composer and Sound Mixer
The Theory of Everything
(2014)
Orchestrator and Music
Glacier Man
(2014)
Music
I Am Here
(2015)
Music
Sicario
(2015)
Original Music Composer
A Song For Europa
(2016)
Music
A Man Returned
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Arrival
(2016)
Original Music Composer, Musician, Music Arranger, and Music Producer
A Drowning Man
(2017)
Music
mother!
(2017)
Music
Lovesong
(2017)
Original Music Composer
The Shadow Play
(2018)
Original Music Composer
The Apparition
(2018)
Music
Mary Magdalene
(2018)
Original Music Composer
The Mercy
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Mandy
(2018)
Original Music Composer
We Are George Floyd
(2020)
Music
Last and First Men
(2020)
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, and Musician
Evolver
(2022)
Music
Acting
Writing
Melodia (Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device Based on Heim's Quantum Theory)
(2008)
Writer
End of Summer
(2014)
Screenplay
A Song For Europa
(2016)
Writer
Last and First Men
(2020)
Screenplay
Editing
Camera
Production
Directing
Crew