Quicksilver and Sunspot are the first songs to be released from our upcoming album Supernature. Geislar: Sigríður Thorlacius: vocals Styrmir Sigurðsson: piano/keyboards Ómar Guðjónsson: guitar Óskar Guðjónsson: saxophone Magnús Trygvason Eliassen: drums Valdimar Kolbeinn Sigurjónsson: bass Music by: Styrmir…
Geislar is a band I formed with some of my favourite musicians in the world: Sigríður Thorlacius, Ómar Guðjónsson, Óskar Guðjónsson, Valdimar Kolbeinn Sigurjónsson, and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen. Kjartan Kjartansson engineer / mixer and Dóra Ísleifsdóttir lyricist and graphic designer…
A documentary about the Artic Fox by Guðbergur Davíðsson. After a long and cold winter a vixen gives life to fox cubs and their adventure begins. The score is mainly written for a string quartet, accompanied by upright piano, and…
A score I did for a documentary by Guðbergur Davíðsson. The documentary focuses on a Icelandic one-family history, and the restoration of their family’s graveyard. The restoration work is mostly done in an old metal workshop in a small remote…
I had toyed with the idea of studying jazz piano for years and in the middle of a directing job, I suddenly felt that I had to. We were shooting thirteen commercials in one day, all different versions of the…
Photograph: Sveinn Speight I made a new years resolution to do a pop album with my original music. Sara Marti Guðmundsóttir, singer (Lhooq, DIP), joined me. A few years later this album finally surfaced. We got some friends to help…
Early nineties I was playing around with sampled loops and acid jazzy moods in my bedroom studio. By some strange coincidence two, quite different legends happened to rap over some of my music. We met the legendary French rapper MC…
Geiri Sæm and I were working on a joint project when I selfishly jumped ship and went to film school abroad. We had made a demo deal with A&M Records and had gone to London together the year before. We…
A documentary by Guðbergur Davíðsson / Egill Helgason. A title theme for a documentary I scored about an Icelandic missionary, Ólafur Ólafsson, who lived in China with his family between 1921 – 38 and documented his work and their lives…
One of the most interesting bands that came out in Iceland during the 80’s was definitely Pax Vobis. They appeared on the scene so advanced, creatively and musically. My good friend, Þorsteinn, joined them as a drummer, and when they…