Born 1986 in the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, a few kilometers o… Read Full Bio ↴Born 1986 in the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, a few kilometers outside of Reykjavík, composer/performer Ólafur Arnalds has always enjoyed pushing boundaries with both his studio work and live-shows. Since the release of his debut album "Eulogy for Evolution" in 2007 he has built up a dedicated international following and is well established for his genre-crossing compositions blending classical, pop and ambient/electronica influences to a unique musical language.

Starting out as drummer for several hardcore/metal bands, Ólafur was asked to write instrumental intros and outros for the album "Antigone" of German metal band Heaven Shall Burn. This led to more work in the field of neo-classical strings and piano based music, and ultimately to the release of Eulogy for Evolution and the beginning of Ólafur's partnership with Berlin based label Erased Tapes. In 2008 he embarked on a tour with fellow Icelanders Sigur Rós.

In 2009 he started a week-long project of composing one track by day, making it immediately available online to his fans. The collection was later officially released under the title Found Songs. He repeated the same experiment in 2011 under the title Living Room Songs. Also in 2009 the ballet Dyad 1909 premiered with a score composed by Ólafur. Choreographed by Wayne McGregor and performed by Wayne McGregor Random Dance, the ballet was inspired by Ernest Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole in 1909. That year he also started Kiasmos, together with Janus Rasmussen. Kiasmos is a minimal techno based project. Their self titled debut album was released in 2014, preceded by the Thrown EP.

In April 2010 Ólafur released his second full-length album entitled ...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness, which was backed up with an extensive tour, including his first trip to China.

His third album, and the first to be released under his new partnership with Universal Music's Mercury Classics imprint, is titled For Now I Am Winter and planned for international release in February 2013. Expanding on his previous work the new album features a full orchestra and – for the first time – introduces vocals to his soundworld. Icelandic singer Arnór Dan is to be heard on four tracks of the album.

More recently Ólafur has been venturing into the world of films, writing his first Hollywood film score to Another Happy Day. He also had music in the hit film The Hunger Games and has been featured several times on popular American television show So You Think You Can Dance. For 2013 his scores include the music to the ITV thriller series Broadchurch, starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman, as well as to the film Gimme Shelter, directed by Ron Krauss and starring Vanessa Hudgens and Brendan Fraser.

In 2014 Arnalds won the prestigious BAFTA Television Craft Award for his score to the BBC's hit detective series 'Broadchurch'.

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Ólafur Arnalds Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Ólafur Arnalds:

1953 (instrumental)…
3055 With your mercury mouth in the missionary times And your eye…
A Mother’s Prayer I pray you'll be my eyes And watch her where…
A Stutter The sun is old on water Yearling flakes keep whirling by "…
Back to the Sky Over the moon Under the stars Feel them arresting me Unknowa…
Before The Calm (instrumental)…
Born To Die My oh me, my Feet don't fail me now Take me to…
Brim (instrumental)…
For Now I Am Winter For now I am winter Lungs debut...…

Fyrsta (instrumental)…
Himininn er að hrynja en stjörnurnar fara þér vel Do you still remember when we were little? We were playing…
Himininn er að hrynja, en stjörnurnar fara þér vel Do you still remember when we were little and we…
Himinninn er að hrynja en stjörnurnar fara þér vel Do you still remember when we were little? We were…
Kjurrt (instrumental)…
Lokaðu augunum I remember it well I asked you not to go But all…
Lynn's Theme It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to…
Old Skin Where the woods would wear the wafting sounds of sea Roves…
Price Tag Coconut man, moon head, and pea You ready? Seems like ev…
Reclaim Arms were rivers, through sinuous hills, woe Winds wore sh…
So Close Through dark and light I fight to be, so close,…
So Close feat. Arnor Dan Through dark and light I fight to be So close Shadows and…
So Far So far from who I was From who I love From who…
Take My Leave Of You Walk down to the water Stare out across the blue Look to…
To Build A Home There is a house built out of stone Wooden floors, walls…
Tunglið (instrumental)…
Undone As we get bigger and bigger The distance between ourselves a…
Við vorum smá I remember it well I asked you not to go But all…
Við vorum smá... I remember it well. I asked you not to go.…
Við Vorum Smá... (Dyad 1909 Version) I remember it well: I asked you not to go, But all…

Við Vorum Smá… I remember it well I asked you not to go But all…

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