It’s finally time for Episode 33, and Art of the Score’s analysis of one of the landmark composers of the last decade: Jóhann Jóhannsson. We sit down with special guest, synth (and tape loop) expert Seja Vogel, and Jóhannsson’s soundtrack for Denis Villeneuve’s masterpiece sci fi film, Arrival. Join us for heptapods, looping seals (?), and the only true universal language: film music.

Episode notes:

4:41 – Arrival arrives, and Jóhannsson thrives12:47 – Around the Clock News15:43 – Arriving in Montana21:49 – Seja breaks down the Arrival sound30:05 – Looping with Seja 34:45 – First Encounter39:12 – Sapir-Whorf43:00 – Hazmat49:42 – Heptapod B58:56 – Non-Zero-Sum Game1:02:21 – Deciphering1:06:26 – One of Twelve1:12:22 – Rise, and Max Richter’s On The Nature of Daylight

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