101 Reykjavik [Import, Soundtrack]

Damon Albarn (Composer), Einar Örn Benediktsson (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 4, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00005B4GY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #488,159 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

UK soundtrack for black comedy played out in the snowy wastes of a grungy Icelandic 'hood'. The soundtrack is a cross between lo-fi pop meets beats & samples. The score was composed by Damon Albarn of Blur & Einar Orn Benediktsson of The Sugarcubes. Includes remixes from Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson & Minus, Emiliana Torrini, Curver, Bang Gang & Gus Gus. 30 tracks. EMI. 2001.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a stroke of genius, April 25, 2002

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Laloux (ARRAS France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Reykjavik (Audio CD)

Resolve yourself never to associate Damon Albarn's work with Britpop Blur ever again ! The 101Reykjavik motion picture soundtrack co-written by Damon Albarn and ex-Sugarcubes Einar Örn Benediktsson bears no relationship to anything ever released by Blur. If similarities are sought, the work could be more closely aligned to the Damon Albarn/Mickael Nyman soundtrack for Ravenous or the Gorillaz hip-hop project. It would even sit comfortably with Radiohead's latest works. With harmonizing electronics and refreshing melodies, it is an amazing mix of lo-fi, big beat, hip-hop and trip-hop, with some punk and reggae added for good measure. It is alternately freedom and recursiveness, weightlessness and obstinacy, coolness and lunacy.... very surprising at first listen but absolutely fascinating once you've gotten used to its peculiarity. A stroke of genius... assuredly.