Jóhann Jóhannsson passed away earlier this year, but the Icelandic composer lives on in a series of recordings now being released posthumously.
Directed by Panos Cosmatos and starring Nicholas Cage, the film follows Cage’s character in an effort to track down the cult-like group responsible for the murder of his wife.
In a press release about the film, Cosmatos writes, “Jóhann went above and beyond, and I suspect to the limits of his sanity, to make the music for this movie.
His words and his actions made him more than a great collaborator, they made him like a brother to me.
I’m sad our time together was so brief but I’m very proud of what he accomplished on Mandy and I believe he was too.”.
Jóhannsson’s Mandy score was co-produced by Randall Dunn and featured Sunn O)))‘s Stephen O’Malley on guitar.
The soundtrack was later adapted into an album with the assistance of co-producers Pepijn Caudron and Yair Glotman. »
