Music from The County OST. Revisited and Reworked.
1. The County (Revisited by Paul Corley) 08:24
2. The County (Revisited by Francesco Fabris) 06:26
3. The County (Revisited by Dylan Henner) 04:24
Music from The County OST. Revisited and Reworked.
1. The County (Revisited by Paul Corley) 08:24
2. The County (Revisited by Francesco Fabris) 06:26
3. The County (Revisited by Dylan Henner) 04:24
Little Moscow is the new EP from Valgeir Sigurðsson, out on November 15 on Bedroom Community. The EP is the soundtrack of the namesake movie by Grímur Hákonarson.
“I wanted to create a score that resonates with the isolation, suggests nostalgia for a simpler time and acknowledges the recent shifts”
– Valgeir Sigurðsson –
Composed, produced, mixed and mastered by: Valgeir Sigurðsson at Greenhouse Studios, Reykjavík.
Performed by: Budapest Art Orchestra, Francesco Fabris, Daniel Pioro & Valgeir Sigurðsson.
ABOUT THE MOVIE:
In the Cold War, Iceland was a western democracy. The United States operated a base there and Iceland was a member of NATO. Coalitions of center-right parties ran the government and town councils all over the country. But there was one exception: In Neskaupstaður, a town of 1500 people in the east of the country, Socialists ran the show. They came to power in 1946 and kept control for 52 years. The town of Neskaupstadur has been undergoing a lot of transitions in recent years. For half a century the town was ruled by socialists and called “Little Moscow”. These days capitalism has taken over, companies have been privatized and a tunnel is being drilled through the mountain that will open the community to the outside world. Director Grímur Hákonarson tells the curious story of a town in the east of Iceland that until not very long ago was one of the most isolated places in the country.
Purchase Little Moscow here.
The opera’s premise is that a sequence of smells guides us through a oblique parable about industrialisation, through short episodic bursts of information. Some smells are dirty, like the rubber of a train in Paris, and others are classically blended harmonically well-rounded scents. Occasionally, a clean, neutral, pure sound arrives as a little flute-scented garden which should have the effect of clearing the chaos of the surrounding music (and, indeed, smells).
Nadia Sirota and Helgi Hrafn Jónsson join us as two of the essential voices that bind the narrative together. The multivalent collaboration yielded many surprising results: a 14-minute score that is funny, aggressive, shape-shifting, electronic, acoustic, and strange
Scent Opera
Composed by Nico Muhly & Valgeir Sigurðsson
Produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson
Orchestrated & Conducted by Nico Muhly
Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Valgeir Sigurðsson at Greenhouse Studios, Reykjavík
Green Aria, a Scent Opera was created, written and directed by Stewart Matthew
Scents by Christophe Laudamiel
Commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum (NY)
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Trombone, Vocals:
Helgi Hrafn Jónsson
Solo Viola:
Nadia Sirota
Solo Bass:
Borgar Magnason
Marimba, Vibraphone, Tubafone: Frank Aarnink
Harp:Katie Buckley
Violin:
Sif Tulinius
Pálína Árnadóttir
Ingrid Karlsdóttir
Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
Kristín Björg Ragnarsdóttir
Rósa Hrund Guðmundsdóttir
Hrafkell Orri Egilsson
Margrét Árnadóttir
Cello:Júlía Mogensen
Double Bass:
Borgar Magnason
Óttar Sæmundsen
Bass Clarinet:Snorri Heimisson
Flute:
Kolbeinn Bjarnason
Melkorka Ólafsdóttir
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Piano, Celesta, Dulcitone, Glockenspiel, Percussion: Nico Muhly
Programming, Synth: Valgeir Sigurðsson
Artwork by Muriel McDonald
Nico Muhly published by St. Rose Music Publishing Co., Inc.
Valgeir Sigurðsson published by Faber Music Ltd.