---
name: "Jóhann Jóhannsson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/johann-johannsson"
fi1m_id: "johann-johannsson"
imdb_id: "nm0433580"
tmdb_id: 117992
wikidata_id: "Q428347"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "19 September 1969"
died: "9 February 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-27T08:29:57.720319+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jóhann Jóhannsson

## Identity

Jóhann Jóhannsson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/johann-johannsson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** johann-johannsson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0433580
- **TMDB ID:** 117992
- **Wikidata ID:** Q428347
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428347, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0433580/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117992

Composer. Born 19 September 1969 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Died 9 February 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 19 September 1969, Reykjavík, Iceland
- **Died:** 9 February 2018
- **Active:** 2013–2017
- **Also known as:** Johan Johannsson, Йохан Йоханссон, Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson
- **Frequently works with:** [Denis Villeneuve](https://film.one/person/denis-villeneuve.md)
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 75 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, Mystery 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $579m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428347, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0433580/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117992

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Arrival*](https://film.one/film/arrival.md) (86), [*mother!*](https://film.one/film/mother-2017.md) (64)
- **Netflix:** [*Trapped*](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md) (81), [*The Theory of Everything*](https://film.one/film/the-theory-of-everything.md) (72)
- **HBO Max:** [*Sicario*](https://film.one/film/sicario.md) (80)

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## Biography

Jóhann Jóhannsson was an Icelandic composer, producer and director. Born in Reykjavík on 19 September 1969, he died in Berlin on 9 February 2018.

He began in experimental music and theatre before moving into film scoring. His credits include the scores for *Prisoners* (2013), *The Theory of Everything* (2014), *Sicario* (2015) and *Arrival* (2016). He won a Golden Globe for the score to *The Theory of Everything* and received two Academy Award nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *mother!* (2017), Fi1m 64, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/mother-2017.md)
- *Arrival* (2016), Fi1m 86, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/arrival.md)
- *Sicario* (2015), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/sicario.md)
- *Trapped* (2015), Fi1m 81, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md)
- *The Theory of Everything* (2014), Fi1m 72, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-theory-of-everything.md)
- *Prisoners* (2013), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/prisoners.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Schnee von gestern* (2024), Music
- *Evolver* (2023), Music
- *The Village Detective: A Song Cycle* (2021), In Memory Of
- *We Are George Floyd* (2020), Music
- *Last and First Men* (2020), Orchestrator, Musician, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer, Screenplay
- *The Shadow Play* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Mandy* (2018), Original Music Composer, In Memory Of
- *Mary Magdalene* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Apparition* (2018), Music
- *The Mercy* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Butcher, The Whore and the One-Eyed Man* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *mother!* (2017), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/mother-2017.md)
- *A Drowning Man* (2017), Music
- *Lovesong* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *A Song For Europa* (2016), Writer, Music
- *Arrival* (2016), Original Music Composer, Musician, Music Arranger, Music Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/arrival.md)
- *In the Blood* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *A Man Returned* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Trapped* (2015), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md)
- *Sicario* (2015), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/sicario.md)
- *I Am Here* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Glacier Man* (2014), Music
- *The Theory of Everything* (2014), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-theory-of-everything.md)
- *End of Summer* (2014), Screenplay, Director, Producer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Sound Mixer, Director of Photography
- *McCanick* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Blind Massage* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Moving Art: Deserts* (2014), Music
- *Moving Art: Forests* (2014), Music
- *Prisoners* (2013), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/prisoners.md)
- *Quicksand* (2013), Music
- *White Black Boy* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Mystery* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Pitch: A Sports Arena With a Soul* (2012), Music
- *For Ellen* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Miners' Hymns* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Junk Love* (2011), Music
- *The Good Life* (2010), Music
- *By Day and by Night* (2010), Music
- *Mama* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Copenhagen Dreams* (2010), Music
- *Personal Effects* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Melodia (Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device Based on Heim's Quantum Theory)* (2008), Writer
- *Varmints* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *In the Arms of My Enemy* (2007), Music
- *Penance* (2007), Music
- *Opium: Diary of a Madwoman* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Wrestling* (2007), Music
- *Uku Ukai* (2006), Music
- *The Sea of Perdition* (2006), Music
- *Thicker Than Water* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Ashes and Snow* (2005), Music
- *Dís* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *A Man Like Me* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Plan B* (2000), Music
- *The Icelandic Dream* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *ERRÓ - North - South - East - West* (2000), Music
- *Corpus Camera* (1999), Music

## Gallery

- ![Jóhann Jóhannsson](https://film.one/media/person/103267/gallery-b20471c9bbb2.jpg) Jóhann Jóhannsson — Sachyn Mital, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson_by_Sachyn_Mital_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Evil Madness 3 (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/103267/gallery-f6f0283ea5a2.jpg) Evil Madness 3 (2006) — Professor Batty, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jóhann Jóhannsson Format: Analog (1904)](https://film.one/media/person/103267/gallery-8de7eaf16a09.jpg) Jóhann Jóhannsson Format: Analog (1904) — SpectreVision Mgmt, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson_Analog.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jóhann Jóhannsson (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/103267/gallery-44d89fe9163a.jpg) Jóhann Jóhannsson (2010) — Amy Hope Dermont from Providence, RI, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson_by_Amy_Hope_Dermont.jpg/1280px-J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson_by_Amy_Hope_Dermont.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jóhann Jóhannsson](https://film.one/media/person/103267/gallery-be5bf8750a0d.jpg) Jóhann Jóhannsson — Image via TMDB
- ![Jóhann Jóhannsson](https://film.one/media/person/103267/gallery-5e653a21594d.jpg) Jóhann Jóhannsson — Image via TMDB
- ![Jóhann Jóhannsson](https://film.one/media/person/103267/gallery-4fb69f34d1e2.jpg) Jóhann Jóhannsson — Image via TMDB
- ![Jóhann Jóhannsson (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/103267/gallery-6f21c03fe6e7.jpg) Jóhann Jóhannsson (2010) — Amy Hope Dermont from Providence, RI, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson_by_Amy_Hope_Dermont_02.jpg/1280px-J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson_by_Amy_Hope_Dermont_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![This is a photo of Icelandic neoclassical composer Jóhann Jóhannsson during a live score/screening of Bill Morrison's "The Miners Hymns". (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/103267/gallery-c91d945c3d44.jpg) This is a photo of Icelandic neoclassical composer Jóhann Jóhannsson during a live score/screening of Bill Morrison's "The Miners Hymns". (2014) — Weinshoesh, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson_live_during_The_Miners%27_Hymns_screening.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2016: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Sicario*
- 2015: Best Original Score (nominated), for *The Theory of Everything*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2014: Best Original Score (won), for *The Theory of Everything*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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