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]

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)

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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