To the more experimental pieces of music such as 'A Pile of Dust' and 'A Song For Europa', this is an album that has taken me several days to adjust to. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orphée_(album)&oldid=982790737, Articles needing additional references from October 2018, All articles needing additional references, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "By the Roes, and by the Hinds of the Field", This page was last edited on 10 October 2020, at 10:52. Orphée was Jóhann Jóhannsson's last solo composition. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Truly haunting and atmospheric. There's a problem loading this menu at the moment. Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. Orphée was Jóhann Jóhannsson's last solo composition. The song is performed by Mamoru Miyano and was released on July 13, 2011 as his sixth single. [3] Miyano described it as an "energetic" song, which he had written in hopes of cheering up his audience after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Beautiful stuff and highly recommended. You want atmosphere? Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits. This is the interview Simon gave within the documentary, La dernier chant d’Orphée, about playing Orfeo at La Monnaie. He even includes disembodied voices from the legendary numbers radio stations, where coded number strings were spoken over the airwaves to spies throughout Europe at the height of the Cold War, the emotionless recital adding to the eerie ambience. Jóhannsson: A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder, Jóhannsson: By The Roes, And By The Hinds Of The Field, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The song is performed by Mamoru Miyano and was released on July 13, 2011 as his sixth single. "Orphée" is the opening theme song of Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000%, which Miyano co-starred in as Tokiya Ichinose. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2017. From its repetitive and yearning pieces of shadowy subterranean beginnings, one is ascended to light through the aching womb of metamorphosis … A interior journey … a musical landscape coupled with vividness, emotional luminosity and solace. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2019. It is both poignant and beautiful. ", "Moonlight" served as the ending theme songs to Miyano's radio programs, Mamoru Miyano's M-1 Grand Prix! It's definitely an album that takes time to listen to and the longer you spend listening to it, the more peaceful you become. Listen to this and realise why Mr Johannsson is one of the go-to guys for modern movie scores. “I won’t be flattered into thinking I’m a dancer or that I’m even… that I’m dancing. [1] The single was released on July 13, 2011, and also included the tracks "Moonlight" and "Stand Up Soul. His score for one of this past year's best movies - the alien first contact film 'Arrival' - added immeasurably to its impact and he has been getting a lot of love from radio stations such as Radio 6 Music in the UK. All tracks are written by Jóhann Jóhannsson. Miyano described "Moonlight" as a "gentle" and "emotional" song on his blog, comparing the song to the "soft moonlight" late at night. [6], "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Chart (July 25, 2011)", "Billboard Japan Hot Animation Chart (July 25, 2011)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orphée_(song)&oldid=933220426, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 December 2019, at 17:20. Superbly recorded and played by the composer and his guests, including the Theatre Of Voices and the American Contemporary Music Ensemble. Johannsson understands how to blend electronic and acoustic elements like few others. I wasn’t aware of Johann’s Work before he died. Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. Have listened to this so many times now and never fail to be captured by its simplicity and its beauty. A 2016 album by Jóhann Jóhannsson inspired by the Cocteau film and using texts of the Orpheus myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Orphee is the first studio album in six years since The Miners’ Hymns, which is not a soundtrack for some movie project (some of which directed by himself). A masterpiece of sparse, minimal atmosphere with emotive arrangements. 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].