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Man-made Mechanical Wilderness: Supergroup Osmium Releases Eponymous Debut
OSMIUM by OSMIUM The latest project featuring Icelandic composer and Academy Award winner Hildur Guðnadóttir, experimental group Osmium self-titled debut is out June 20. Imagine entering the jungle. Dark, suffused with the heavy humidity of the passing monsoon. Outlines of palm…
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Mysterious Sambíó Ad Rates Joker Five Stars
A Sambíó social media advert bluntly states that the recent film Joker: Folie A Deux has received multiple five-star reviews. The advert has left people perplexed given that the majority of film reviewers view it negatively, Vísir reports. The advert, posted on…
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Grapevine New Music: Teitur Magnússon, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Oyama & More
It is. The freakin’. Weekend. So take a break from staring at the screen pretending to do work, pop your earphones in, and check out our new music picks. We’ve got Oyama’s smokin’ new single, some string strokes and strums from zen-pop…
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You Should Have Read This Music News
Artist Salaries Announced For 2023 Last month saw the publication of the list of artists who are to receive the coveted ‘Artist Salary’ funding from the Icelandic state. The grants are allocated to musicians as well as writers, designers and other arts…
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Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir Brings Her Talent To Battlefield 2042
Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, best known for her work in both television and film, has now brought her talent to a new medium: video games. RÚV reports that the award-winning composer is making music for Battlefield 2042. The first person shooter will be…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Wins Grammy for Joker
Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir won a Recording Academy Grammy Award yesterday for her soundtrack to Joker, which she accepted over a video link with the ceremony in Los Angeles. The accolade was awarded in the category of Best Score Soundtrack For Visual…
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2020 In Icelandic Cinema: A Historic Time For International Recognition
One could easily argue that 2020 was the best year in the history of Icelandic cinema. C’mon, an Icelandic artist won not only an Oscar, but more or less every other international award possible for the best cinematic score. We also had…
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2020 In Culture: Joker, Please Perform “Ja Ja Ding Dong”
2020 was pretty heavy on very serious political news. Not naming any names, of course, especially not one whose name bears an eerie resemblance to the author of the 8 AD narrative poem ‘Metamorphoses’. No sir. That doesn’t mean though that there…
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Two Icelandic Grammy Nominees For 2021
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir have both been nominated for Grammy Awards. This is the second time The Iceland Symphony Orchestra has been nominated for a Grammy, although they were last nominated over a decade ago in 2009. This…
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Why All The Awards For Hildur’s Film Scores Should Be No Surprise
Hildur Guðnadóttir has made history by being the first Icelander to win an Oscar, and the first solo woman to win the award for a dramatic score, securing the award along with a Grammy, Emmy, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe,…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Wins Oscar For Best Original Score
Hildur Guðnadóttir took home the Oscar for best original score for ‘Joker’. She is the first solo woman to take home this award for a dramatic composition, and the first Icelander ever to win an Oscar. Rachel Portman won best musical score…
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Avalanches, Epidemics, Bankruptcy And Music Awards
January has been, for lack of a better term, insane. The month kicked off with a series of extreme weather events. First, massive piles of snow kept us inside. Then, an avalanche hit Flateyri, breaking records and destroying homes. Later, at the…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Wins Grammy Award
Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir has secured another momentous win, taking home a Grammy award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for her composition of the score for Chernobyl. 2019 has certainly been a fruitful year for the composer. She has been nominated…
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Award Season Continues To Shower Iceland Music Scene With Love
The world can agree that it’s been a great time for Icelandic music, with Hildur Guðnadóttir conquering the world and all. But award season is here to further prove it. In the UK, the NME awards have nominated Iceland Airwaves for the…
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The Grapevine Music Awards 2020: The Winners Are Here!
The Grapevine Music Awards 2020 is here! As is tradition, we at the Grapevine once again convened a panel of valued experts (see who they were at the foot of this article) to comb through the brightest talents, breakthrough moments, and ear-catching…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Joker Score Secures Oscar Nomination
News has just come in that Hildur Guðnadóttir has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Score for The Joker. She competes for the Oscar in this cateogory with Little Women, Marriage Story, 1917 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.…
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Grapevine Music Awards 2020: Artist Of The Year – Hildur Guðnadóttir
“Yeah, how do I explain it?” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir ponders aloud over the phone. She’s currently in Berlin, sitting in her studio. “This year, just by complete accident, both projects that I worked on—the reception of them—went beyond my wildest dreams. It’s…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Wins Golden Globe For Joker
Hildur Guðnadóttir has won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score for ‘Joker’. This is the first time a woman has won this award as a solo composer in the history of the Golden Globes. The last woman to be nominated for…
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Music News: Icelandic Women Make A Splash, Hatari, And More!
Two Icelandic women are amongst those nominated for the 2020 Grammy Awards, setting a historic precedent for Icelandic music. Anna Þorvaldsdóttir (above) has been nominated for Best Engineered Album, Classical, for her album ‘Aequa.’ Hildur Guðnadóttir has been nominated for Best Score…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Racks Up Another Music Award Nomination
Composer extraordinaire Hildur Guðnadóttir continues to amass accolades for her remarkable talent, as she has now secured a Golden Globe nomination. Specifically, Hildur has landed a nomination for Best Original Score – Motion Picture for the Joker soundtrack, which has generated rave…
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Two Icelandic Women Secure Grammy Nominations This Year
Two Icelandic women are amongst those nominated for the 2020 Grammy Awards, setting an historic precedent for Icelandic music. Anna Þorvaldsdóttir (left) has been nominated for Best Engineered Album in the classical genre for her album Aequa. In addition, Hildur Guðnadóttir has…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Lands Emmy For “Chernobyl” Score
Hildur Guðnadóttir, who composed the haunting score for the HBO hit miniseries Chernobyl, has landed the Emmy that she was nominated for: outstanding music composition for a limited series, movie or special (original dramatic score), specifically for the score in episode two…
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‘Chernobyl’ Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir Lands Emmy Nomination
The mind behind the haunting score for the HBO hit miniseries Chernobyl has secured an Emmy nomination for her work. In the category of “outstanding music composition for a limited series, movie or special (original dramatic score)”, Hildur was specifically nominated for…