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Olafur Arnalds, “So Close”

Olafur Arnalds, “So Close”

Ólafur Arnalds is a BAFTA-winning multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. Ólafur Arnalds mixes strings and piano with loops and edgy beats crossing-over from ambient/electronic to pop. Ólafur was a drummer of hardcore / metal bands Fighting Shit and Celestine, as well as others.

In 2009, Ólafur also formed an experimental techno project, entitled Kiasmos, with Janus Rasmussen from the Icelandic electro-pop band Bloodgroup. In 2014 Ólafur announced his electronic debut album under the Kiasmos project.

Broadchurch is a British television crime drama broadcast on ITV. It was created and written by Chris Chibnall and produced by Kudos Film and Television, Shine America, and Imaginary Friends. Broadchurch series one focused on the search for a boy’s murderer by detectives Alec Hardy (played by David Tennant) and Ellie Miller (played by Olivia Colman). Chibnall was inspired by the Jurassic Coast of Britain to set his crime drama in a fictional, close-knit small town in Dorset. Much of the tone of the series was inspired by the music of Ólafur Arnalds, who also composed the soundtrack for the program me.

Highly recommend this series of detective stories; great acting; hot detective; and the sound of the show by Arnalds is superb.

Another great song by Olafur Arnalds. This one was used in the closing credits of Broadchurch, one of my favorite detective series. If you like this song, see the show, available on Netflix. You will not be disappointed.

 

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Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, “The Road”

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, “The Road “(Extended) from the Soundtrack of “The Road”

The Road is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic drama film directed by John Hillcoat from a screenplay written by Joe Penhall, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 novel of the same name by American author Cormac McCarthy. Principal photography took place in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, West Virginia, and Oregon. The film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

The Road received a limited release in North American cinemas from November 25, 2009, and was released in United Kingdom cinemas on January 4, 2010. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with the performances of Mortensen and Smit-McPhee garnering praise. It also received numerous nominations, including a BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography.

The music score was created by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. The movie “The Road” is a great powerful film without the “Disney-esque” happy ending. It is a very deep film showing no matter how desperate the situation or fatal the outcome, humans seek to prevail until the bitter end. A must see.

Kenji Kawai, Inner Universe, Ghost in the Shell

Kenji Kawai, Inner Universe, “Ghost in the Shell”

The Ghost in the Shell (Kokaku Kidotai) is a 1995 animation film based on the manga series of the same name. It was directed by Mamoru Oshii, written by Kazunori Ito and Masamune Shirow who wrote the comic series. It starred Atsuko Tanaka and Iemasa Kayumi.

It was later redone as a live actor movie in 2017 directed by Rupert Sanders and starring Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt, and Juliette Binoche. It was filmed at locations in New Zealand and China.

In this post-cyberpunk iteration of a possible future, computer technology has advanced to the point that many members of the public possess cyberbrains, technology that allows them to interface their biological brain with various networks. The level of cyberization varies from simple minimal interfaces to almost complete replacement of the brain with cybernetic parts, in cases of severe trauma. This can also be combined with various levels of prostheses, with a fully prosthetic body enabling a person to become a cyborg.

The main character of Ghost in the Shell, Major Motoko Kusanagi, is such a cyborg, having had a terrible accident befall her as a child that ultimately required that she use a full-body prosthesis to house her cyberbrain. This high level of cyberization, however, opens the brain up to attacks from highly skilled hackers, with the most dangerous being those who will hack a person to bend to their whims.

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The Avener, “To Let Myself Go” Featuring Ane Brun

The Avener, “To Let Myself Go” Featuring Ane Brun, From the Album “The Wanderings of the Avener”

Ane Brun is a Norwegian songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist of Sami origin. Since 2003 she has recorded eight albums, six of which are studio albums and one live DVD. She has lived in Stockholm, Sweden, since 2001, where she writes, records, and runs her own label.

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Grizzly Bear, “Two Weeks”

Grizzly Bear, “Two Weeks”, from the Veckatimest Album, Live on MTVuk

Grizzly Bear, a Brooklyn, New York rock band,  began as a moniker for songwriter Ed Droste’s music in the early 2000s. Regarding the band’s origins as a solo project, Droste noted, “It was just like doing a little home project, and I thought “oh, this is fun, I’m just going to call this stuff Grizzly Bear. […] Our name was actually just a nickname for an old boyfriend of mine.”

Veckatimest was released in May 2009 and was named “after a tiny, uninhabited island on Cape Cod that the band visited and was inspired by, particularly liking its Native American name.” Upon release the album reached No. 8 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and met with widespread critical acclaim.

Compared to Yellow House, the band’s 2009 release, Veckatimest is more of an accessible pop record with traditional and electronic instruments mixed with the use of vocal harmonies . Veckatimest made many Top Album lists for 2009 (#1 Wall Street Journal, No. 6 Pitchfork, No. 6 New York Times, No. 8 Time).

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