Odin's Raven Magic Explained

Odin's Raven Magic
Type:soundtrack
Artist:Sigur Rós, Steindór Andersen, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
Cover:Sigur Rós - Odin's Raven Magic.png
Recorded:2004
Genre:
Length:65:31
Language:Icelandic
Label:Krúnk
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Odin's Raven Magic is a 2002 orchestral setting to the Icelandic poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins. The composition was a collaboration by Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen, Páll Guðmundsson and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir. It was premiered at the Barbican Centre in London on 21 April 2002[1] and then performed at the Reykjavík Arts Festival on 24 May 2002.[2] [3] Video of the production can be viewed in the documentary Screaming Masterpiece or Gargandi snilld, by Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon.

In October 2020, the band announced that a recording of Odin's Raven Magic would be released on December 4, 2020.[4]

Track listing

Adapted from MusicBrainz.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sigur Rós & Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Steindór Andersen: Odin's Raven Magic . Barbican Centre . 20 March 2022.
  2. Web site: sigur rós - press releases . 2009-01-25 . sigur-ros.co.uk.
  3. Web site: sigur rós - press releases . 2009-04-12 . sigur-ros.co.uk.
  4. News: Hussey . Allison . Sigur Rós announce new album Odin's Raven Magic, Share Song: Listen . 23 October 2020 . . 23 October 2020.
  5. Web site: Release “Odin’s Raven Magic” by Sigur Rós with Steindór Andersen, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir - MusicBrainz. 2020-12-07. musicbrainz.org.