Angels of the Universe [Soundtrack]

Product Description
Originally an extremely limited release on Sigur Ros' Krunk label, this soundtrack, composed by Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson with Sigur Ros contributing 2 lengthy pieces, is now available on Fat Cat Records.

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Angels of the Universe [Soundtrack]

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Not for everyone...
Brilliant
This is NOT Sigur Ros at all
TOO challenging
( ) is better

Angels of the Universe
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson , Sigur Rós , and Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson
Manufacturer: Fat Cat
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005MJCN
Release Date: 2001-09-18

Tracks:

Approach/Dream
Memory
The Black Dog And The Scottish Play
Degradation
Over The Bend
Colours
Journey To The Underworld
Shave
On The Road
Another Memory
Relapse
Coma
Schiller In China
Helpless
Te Morituri...
Bium Bium Bambalo
Death Announcements And Funerals

Album Description

Originally an extremely limited release on Sigur Ros' Krunk label, this soundtrack, composed by Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson with Sigur Ros contributing 2 lengthy pieces, is now available on Fat Cat Records.

Customer Reviews:

Not for everyone..........2005-09-16

There are some outstanding moments throughout this album which will please even the casual Sigur Ros fan. The final cut is undoubtedly among their best, but the compositions of Himarsson go well beyond the ambitions of Sigur Ros' two recent critically-acclaimed releases. If you are a fan of ambient music and postmodern composition, delight in this, but if you're just looking for something to get stoned to, try ().

Brilliant.......2005-05-03

This is the soundtrack to an Icelandic flick called "Angels of the Universe". It is psychedelic at best although it offers that fuzzy has synonymous with Sigur Ros. I would describe this as a masterpiece. People who also like Björk, Dada Pogrom, and Mum will be pleasantly thrilled. It is perfect bedtime music.

This is NOT Sigur Ros at all.......2004-08-21

What amazes me with the reviews I've read of this album is the fact that people seem to think it was made by Sigur Ros, when in fact they only contributed two songs they had recently recorded for the Ny Batteri EP--those songs being the final two, Bíum bíum bambaló and Death Announcements and Funerals. Furthermore, the songs Sigur contributed weren't even penned by the band. Bíum is an old Icelandic lullably, while Announcements is a song that is played one Icelandic radio whenever deaths of funeral arrangements are announced. Sigur simply remixed the songs about, and made them feel more modern.

With that out of the way, this album is still fantastic. I'd never heard Hilmarsson's work before this album, and it's safe to say I rank him as one of the more talented musical minds around today. There must be something about Iceland that allows its inhabitants to produce such beautiful art, because all the music I've heard from over there--Sigur Ros, Mum, Bjork, Hilmarsson--is unspeakably beautiful. Hilmarsson wrote this album fusing several styles together: there are strong elements of classical music (the Russian composers in particular), background ambience and effects with an electronic touch reminiscent of Sigur Ros or Mum, and finally repeating melodies almost like that of godspeed you! black emperor. I say almost because gy!be uses repetition to slowly lift you up and then throw you, while Hilmarsson uses it almost like a painter would use the same color over and over on his canvas. In the first four or five songs, there is a repeating tune that goes over and over, with slight variations each time in pattern, rhythm, background, etc. Around track six, that tune twist a bit and almost feels like it corrupts or decays. It becomes surreal and haunting. It builds in volume and intensity--again, very similar to gy!be, but not quite the same--until track eight, which completes the first half of the album. The second half has its own common features, even elements from the first half, but seems twisted somehow and otherworldly. There's a lot of fierce, distorted noise towards the end like in tracks eleven or twelve. It gets angrier and angrier until it seems to sort of die. The last tracks before Sigur's work are very soft and mournful, almost wind-like.

Cue Sigur Ros. I'm a huge fan of Jonsi and the gang, don't get me wrong, but...they hardly fit at the end. Hilmarsson's work is rather unique, it's his own, and you can tell yourself that the last two tracks were implanted by someone else. Maybe in the context of the film the last two songs make more sense, but not here. While they're good songs, more great work from Sigur complete with the signature haunting vocals and reverberations in the background, they don't fit on this album. I'd have preferred Hilmarsson to have finished the disc himself, or even by ending it at Te Morituri. While this is a phenomenal disc, and Hilmarsson definitely deserves five stars and due credit for the music HE wrote, the misplaced elements at the end made me bring it down to a three. Hilmarsson also has another CD out entitled 'Children of Nature,' but I've had no luck in finding it...shame this guy isn't better-known. He definitely deserves it, for the beauty of his work.

TOO challenging.......2004-03-22

this was a little too much for me. i love all of sigur ros' albums (i even have von) but this...it's like going to the opera. it's that boring. basically, if you're into classical music, this is definitly great. i'm not denying talent here. sigur ros and whoever this other group is are both awesome on this cd musically, but it's not my thing.

what i'm saying is this: just because you like sigur ros doesn't mean you're going to like this. be careful here. (it is cheap though, if you want it for collection purposes)

( ) is better.......2003-07-15

I would like to consider myself a tough reviewer. The previous CD i bought from Sigur Ros, (), really astounded me in it's beauty, especially becuase it was so simple. It reminded you as to what heaven could be like. This CD, however, despite it's peacefulness, didn't quite measure up to () for two reasons: 1, because there is almost no vocals in it, which is in my opinion, the best part of Sigur Ros, and 2, because it can be very boring. Sometimes it is hard to tell when the songs even change. However, when you come across tracks such as 'Shave' and 'Death announcements and funerals', you are compelled to feel that feeling that can only Sigur Ros can deliver. If you already have all of the other Sigur Ros albums, I would recommend this. Otherwise, it would probably be best to go with ().

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Extraordinary recording!
Ma...I felt as if I really was listening to His angels!
Ma...I felt as if I really was listening to His angels!

A Choir of Angels

Manufacturer: Civic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002W0S
Release Date: 1995-10-09

Tracks:

Magnificat
Angel's Flight: A Tone Poem
Ave Maria
In A Landscape
Xicochi Xicochi Conetzintle
Hanacpachap Cussicuinin
Elegit Eum
Spring Song
Sancta Maria E
Haru No Umi
Hijos De Eva Tributarios

Customer Reviews:

Extraordinary recording!.......1999-05-05

Interesting and unusual selections and virtually flawless performance

Ma...I felt as if I really was listening to His angels!.......1998-09-13

Every song on this album was excellently song. The singers, whether one of them sang solo, or all sang together as a group, sounded as if one could actually hear the 9 choirs of angels singing God's praises in Heaven. The overtone and base voices were very beautiful to listen to. I hope that I Cantori will make more albums of this (choral) music in the future.

Ma...I felt as if I really was listening to His angels!.......1998-09-13

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