Lane Visitor Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Has anyone seen the film? I enjoyed it thoroughly, and was heavily effected. I've never experienced an end scene that took me to such an emotional place. I literally cried, no balling or anything lol, but a few tears down my cheek, totally shameless. It was worth every minute. Typically movies give you bits of meaning throughout and big payoffs after the rising action or right before, with a nod and some reflecting on emotion at the end, but this film felt like a giant crescendo of emotion that just exploded, yet so gracefully at the end. Totally unexpected and a beautiful experience. I don't know if I 'd feel this way however, without the absolute masterpiece of a score which closed with that ending finale--a gentle but powerful pulsing through mountains of feeling, oozing out of those triumphant cello passages. It was like everything i could dream of for a film score in a matter of minutes. I immediately thought to myself. "This HAS to be Ryuichi Sakamoto", but after researching, discovered it was this composer Johann Jóhannsson, who I've never heard of. Looks like he's done work with Tim Hecker , Pan Sonic and other experimental electronic artists. I'm left incredibly inspired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanu reeves Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 The score to The Revenant was done by Ryuichi and Alva Noto in case you dint know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdant Hickies Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 The trailer looks shit. I love Johann Johannsson though so i might give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
may be rude Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 it has a pretty good tomatoes score https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arrival_2016/ its based on a book thats supposed to be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyeboy Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Fantastic film and soundtrack, it all comes together in a perfect way for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 that Johansson man somehow triggers me. There's a lot of praise for him, but whenever I try listening it's same pretentious, tear-jerky, boring shit. Seems to be an either love him or hate him kinda deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I find his music boring most of the time but he did great job with the soundtrack imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanu reeves Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 that Johansson man somehow triggers me. There's a lot of praise for him, but whenever I try listening it's same pretentious, tear-jerky, boring shit. Seems to be an either love him or hate him kinda deal. feel this way about max richter. no opinion on johansson although some of the music in arrival was cool in a ligeti jupiter and beyond sort of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 The score to The Revenant was done by Ryuichi and Alva Noto in case you dint know Yes for sure, loved that score/movie. Sakamoto was like 75% of the reason i went to see it lol... Have you heard their minimal / glitch collab album together? Brilliant stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Actually come to think of it, there are some Sakamoto / Morelenbaum similarities in those cadences in the piece from The Arrival, but looking back, I know if it was Sakamoto doing it, he would have added some slight jazzy dissonance in the variations and transitions--just enough to make the pretty parts even more pretty, and juxtapose them with darkness--creating an instant nut-in-your-pants effect. :D The Johann piece was bursting with color and feeling for sure, I wonder if he borrowed a few lessons from the Babel soundtrack. The only piece that might be more beautiful to me is Ryuichi's Energy Flow or maybe Rain. I would say Ascience (my fav piece of his) though that piece is almost in a different category, because it's more spiritful, and epic with contemporary Asian elements than his other more reflective numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 @xox & keanu yea agree.. as film score, his stuff works. he also did Sicario which I like a lot, including the soundtrack. but aye, Max Richter bleh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilwx Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Finally saw this a few days ago. Excellent film, and I love this flavor of sci-fi. Conversely with some opinions here, I didn't think much of Johannsson's score, but the one track I really liked was what turned out to be the Richter piece. I haven't really listened to much of his work, but a year or two ago I attended and enjoyed a performance of his piece "Infra." Anyway, I also haven't dug around Johannsson's discography much but I can recommend that IBM User Manual one, it is pretty cool. I don't think it's as unnecessarily repetitious as his other work, as odd of a complaint that is coming from a fan of repetitive music. The score to The Revenant was done by Ryuichi and Alva Noto in case you dint know Yes for sure, loved that score/movie. Sakamoto was like 75% of the reason i went to see it lol... Have you heard their minimal / glitch collab album together? Brilliant stuff. Cyclo - id is one of my favorite raster-noton releases. V good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 that Johansson man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilwx Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Ha, oh shit I confused Sakamoto with Ikeda, oops. Re: those collabs for real though, they're all worth checking out! There's one with a chamber string ensemble with a great atmosphere: utp_. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watmmisdead Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 that Johansson man somehow triggers me. There's a lot of praise for him, but whenever I try listening it's same pretentious, tear-jerky, boring shit. Seems to be an either love him or hate him kinda deal. im a fan of certain Johannsson albums since 2012, he only released 2 albums I really like: Copenhagen dreams (2012) (arguably his best work) and Orphée (2016) (one of my favorite release this year). dont miss Copenhagen dreams, a true masterpiece in the genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Sadly, he has now died. http://www.factmag.com/2018/02/10/johann-johannsson-has-died-aged-48/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosebrian Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Sad news. I bought concert tickets last year, but forgot to go to the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUNKUM Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Just found out. Awful news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 Really strange and very sad. I wonder what his story was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 well i just heard / the news today / that johannsson / has passed away i close my eyes / and begin to say / wtf mannnn / this shit's so gaaaaaaaayyyy im reallllly pissed off aww yeahhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Really strange and very sad. I wonder what his story was. I wondered if it was tied in with the Bladerunner 2049 score. There was never any official explanation as to why he was taken off the project. Maybe it was actually due to health concerns. Anyway, his death is a private thing for his family and shouldn’t really concern anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitonly Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 wtf is up with this week. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghOsty Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 RIP :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I wondered if it was tied in with the Bladerunner 2049 score. There was never any official explanation as to why he was taken off the project. Maybe it was actually due to health concerns.Oddly enough the same thought crossed my mind too, the whole dropping of this work definitely seemed ominous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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