Johann Johannsson

I am a trombone player, and that was my first instrument.

— Johann Johannsson

I have a Yamaha YC-45D organ in my studio. It's actually Terry Riley's favorite keyboard, so if you find old clips of…

— Johann Johannsson

I try not to obfuscate or to be to obscure or to be too cerebral. I like to work on a visceral,…

— Johann Johannsson

I'm far from casual. I'm a huge fan of 'Blade Runner.'

— Johann Johannsson

I very much enjoy working with talented filmmakers who have a good sense for music, who have a strong feel for music…

— Johann Johannsson

I think my music is a way of communicating very directly with people and with people's emotions. I try to make music…

— Johann Johannsson

I always do very detailed demos. I feel that it's better to show the director a demo that sounds as close to…

— Johann Johannsson

'Orphee' is, for me, about changes: about moving to a new city, leaving behind an old life in Copenhagen, and building a…

— Johann Johannsson

I'm a huge fan of Philip K. Dick.

— Johann Johannsson

I am not very extreme in my life. But I'm very attracted to art that works with extremes and works with limits,…

— Johann Johannsson

Even when I was studying piano, I always preferred to play around with my own improvisations rather than do my studies. So…

— Johann Johannsson

I tend to spend quite a lot of time on the film scores that I do.

— Johann Johannsson

Brass has a very distinctive sound. It's delicate but powerful, but it's also melancholic and plaintive.

— Johann Johannsson

I get restless very easily; I don't like to do the same thing twice.

— Johann Johannsson

'End of Summer' expands the way I want to express myself as a composer. It's a piece of visual music that has…

— Johann Johannsson

I don't really take vacations.

— Johann Johannsson

Cheap electronics are not built to be repaired. They're just used and then discarded.

— Johann Johannsson

The drone is a very fundamental part of my music, although it's not always present.

— Johann Johannsson

Sometimes you write music to a script or while a film is being edited. Sometimes I write without seeing any images, but…

— Johann Johannsson

It's very common in Iceland, this music-making and artistic expression by non-professionals. The brass band tradition is not as big, but there…

— Johann Johannsson

I think there's very little interesting in art that is not transgressive in some way. And I don't think that's a very…

— Johann Johannsson

I'm interested in extremes, in many ways.

— Johann Johannsson

Music should resonate with people on an emotional level. That's one of the criterions I use for an idea. Does it speak…

— Johann Johannsson

I think that the essence of being an artist is to break rules. You have to learn rules, and you have to…

— Johann Johannsson

I was completely fascinated by the studio process and layering sounds and creating soundscapes out of layering massive squalls of sound.

— Johann Johannsson