Musik from the documentary film Draumalandið / Dreamland

Northern European film soundtracks and dramatic scores don't get a lot of attention, but they could arguably be their own pop music subgenre at this point. From Jóhann Jóhannsson's Englabörn to Erik Enocksson's Man Tänker Sitt, they often contain similar ingredients-- gothic strings, terse pianos, haunting vocals, and a melancholy atmosphere. But due to the format and the potency of the style, you can actually get away with making some very slight music. At minimum, you have to write only one memorable, stirring theme. Record it in a string-led arrangement, and again in a piano-led one. Stash allusions to it in a bunch of filler drone you use to glue things together and, voila, you're done.

Music after Valgeir Sigurðsson

Dreamland / Draumalandid CD has 12 tracks

1. Grýlukvæði 4:51
2. Dreamland 3:46
3. Past Tundra 5:06
4. "I Offer Prosperity and Eternal Life" 1:51
5. Laxness 1:20
6. Cold Ground, Hot 1:46
7. Draumaland 2:28
8. Economic Hitman 1:15
9. Cold Ground, Hot 4:43
10. Beyond the Moss 2:55
11. Nowhere Land 4:54
12. Helter Smelter 4:17