Johann Johannsson

I'm interested in extremes, in many ways.

— Johann Johannsson

I love 'Treasure.' It's one of my favourite albums.

— Johann Johannsson

I don't really take vacations.

— Johann Johannsson

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

— Johann Johannsson

Film is a collaborative medium, and I very much enjoy that.

— Johann Johannsson

Always really good audiences in Belgium.

— Johann Johannsson

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

— Johann Johannsson

I like the whole Pacific Northwest.

— Johann Johannsson

Silence can be very effective, and it gives the music space to breathe.

— 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

The more effort you put into something, the more you get out of it.

— Johann Johannsson

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

— Johann Johannsson

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

— Johann Johannsson

A lot of my music tends to combine electronics and orchestra.

— Johann Johannsson

I've been sort of playing music since I was probably 8 years old or something like that.

— Johann Johannsson

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

— Johann Johannsson

I like to work with people that I find interesting and stimulating artistically, and the field in which they're perceived to work…

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

— Johann Johannsson

I had three older sisters whose record collections I borrowed, so I was listening to The Velvet Underground as well as Bach…

— Johann Johannsson

My first album, 'Englaborn,' was based on music originally written for the theatre. My solo albums, like 'IBM 1401, a User's Manual'…

— Johann Johannsson

With 'The Theory of Everything,' it seems that people really like the voice I've found with the music, which is great. But…

— Johann Johannsson

Give the composer time to experiment, time to try out ideas. Also, the time to fail. When the composer has very little…

— Johann Johannsson

When I write music for a film, I'm not writing a solo album, and I'm not writing a personal piece. I'm part…

— 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

I think it took me until - my twenties were really a time of exploration and experimentation with different groups and different…

— Johann Johannsson

That's one of the hardest parts of putting together an album - finding that concept, that unifying idea. Especially as I write…

— Johann Johannsson

I always relish the idea of collaborating with the director on creating the sound world, the sound spectrum, and the sound environment…

— Johann Johannsson

I don't want to make light of the importance of my musical upbringing, as you cannot avoid being influenced by the area…

— Johann Johannsson

There's very little synthesized sound in the 'Arrival' score. There are a couple of synthesized beats in there, but 99 percent of…

— Johann Johannsson

When I make film music, I'm a filmmaker first and foremost. It's about serving the needs of the film. You're telling a…

— Johann Johannsson

When I'm writing film music, I feel like I'm more a filmmaker than a composer. It's more about what the film needs.…

— Johann Johannsson

Public speaking is something I fear more than death itself.

— Johann Johannsson

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

— Johann Johannsson

Very early on, I started improvising. I was more interested in the music that came out of me than any music I…

— Johann Johannsson

I'm very interested in voice synthesis and vocoders in general.

— Johann Johannsson

I think I have a sound or a certain feel in certain harmonies in the way I construct melodies.

— Johann Johannsson

I think melancholy is kind of a misunderstood emotion. I don't think it's necessarily an unpleasant or bad emotion.

— Johann Johannsson

Pan Sonic sound like they are playing music of the future made with the electric instruments of yesterday.

— Johann Johannsson

The idea that things should last just doesn't fit the economic model anymore.

— Johann Johannsson