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Högni
Music for Katla
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Icelandic composer Högni‘s score for the much-acclaimed Netflix’s series Katla will see its full release on July 28.
The series takes place in Iceland, after the subglacial volcano Katla has been erupting constantly for a whole year, the main character Gríma is still looking for her missing sister who disappeared the day the eruption started. As her hope of ever finding her body is fading, the residents of the surrounding area start to have visits from unexpected guests. There might be something hidden under the glacier no one could ever have foreseen.
Speaking about the score, Högni says: “when I was asked by Baltasar [Kormákur] – the director and show creator – I started writing so when the filming was finished, I had already written a number of pieces for the show. As relatively inexperienced in the field I imagined that my work was finished and the rest was a matter of post-production and music editing. However it immediately became clear that my ambitions and the nature of the project called for second, third and fourth wind in order to fulfil the auditory architecture that needed to be built.”
Realising it was a monumental task, Högni kept a strict schedule every day – writing and arranging in the morning; recording and mixing in the afternoon; presenting to the producer each evening – to then repeat the process the following day.
The score was written and partly recorded in Högni’s own studio, where he and his collaborators consisting of Tóti Guðnason, Inga Magnes, Petter Ekman, Þórunn Ósk and Sigurgeir found themselves working in a completely different way than they’ve done before, due to the nature of the project: “we worked the music out of my studio in Reykjavík, where a healthy number of musicians rotated through at the pace of an average ice cream parlour on a long summers evening in Reykjavík. The urgency of delivering cues and material left one in the state of instinctual execution at all hours without hesitation.”
The score was recorded with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daníel Bjarnason at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík.
Music for Katla is released on July 28 as a limited edition vinyl on Erased Tapes, and digitally via Netflix.
Credits
All tracks composed by Högni Egilsson
Track 2 co-written with Hatis Noit
Track 5 co-written with Thorvaldur Doddi Thorvaldsson
Published by Erased Tapes Music and Maisie Anthems
Tracks 1, 3, 6 and 10 performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daníel Bjarnason
Tracks 8, 12 and 13 performed by Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir and Sigurgeir Agnarsson
Track 2 performed by Hatis Noit, Áslákur Ingvarsson and Steinunn Arnbjörg Stefánsdóttir
Track 4 performed by Joaquin Páll Palomares and the Budapest Art Orchestra, conducted by Högni Egilsson
Track 5 performed by Thorvaldur Doddi Thorvaldsson and Högni Egilsson
Track 7 performed by Eron Thor Jónsson and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Track 9 performed by Hamrahlíðarkórinn, conducted by Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir
Track 11 performed by Högni Egilsson
Track 13 performed by Hallveig Rúnarsdottir, Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir and Sigurgeir Agnarsson
Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 10 recorded by Sveinn Kjartansson at Harpa Concert Hall
Tracks 2, 5 and 11 recorded by Högni Egilsson at HEX studios
Track 4 recorded by Högni Egilsson at HEX studios and Miklós Lukács at Magyar Rádió, Budapest
Track 9 recorded by Bergur Þórisson at Háteigskirkja
Tracks 8, 12 and 13 recorded by Tóti Guðnason at HEX studios
All tracks orchestrated by Högni Egilsson with the exception of tracks 1, 3, 6 and 10 orchestrated by Petter Ekman
Produced by Högni Egilsson
Production assistant: Tóti Guðnason
Music editor: Inga Magnes Weisshappel
Score supervisor: Emily Appleton Holley
Executive producer: Robert Raths
Mastered by Zino Mikorey
Lacquer cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnittstelle, Berlin
Design by Robert Raths
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