Orphée (album)

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Orphée
Album cover
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2016 (2016-09-16)
Recorded2009–2016
GenreModern classical
Length46:26
LabelDeutsche Grammophon
Jóhann Jóhannsson chronology
End of Summer
(2015)
Orphée
(2016)
Arrival (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2016)

Orphée is the tenth full-length studio album by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, released under Deutsche Grammophon on September 16, 2016. The music is inspired by Jean Cocteau's film of the same name[1] and by Ovid's interpretation of the Orpheus myth.[2]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Jóhann Jóhannsson

No.TitleLength
1."Flight from the City"6:31
2."A Song for Europa"2:33
3."The Drowned World"2:20
4."A Deal with Chaos"2:05
5."A Pile of Dust"4:51
6."A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder"2:27
7."Fragment I"1:24
8."By the Roes, and by the Hinds of the Field"2:38
9."The Radiant City"3:31
10."Fragment II"2:12
11."The Burning Mountain"2:45
12."De Luce et Umbra"2:28
13."Good Morning, Midnight"3:17
14."Good Night, Day"3:57
15."Orphic Hymn"3:27

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2016) Position
Icelandic Albums (Plötutíóindi)[3] 68

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schelm, Benjamin (September 13, 2016). "Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Schelm, Benjamin (September 13, 2016). "Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  3. ^ "Tónlistinn – Plötur – 2016" (in Icelandic). Plötutíóindi. Retrieved 1 April 2022.

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