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Ólafur Arnalds
Ólafur Arnalds is an Icelandic multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. He mixes strings and piano with loops and beats, a sound ranging from ambient/electronic to atmospheric pop. He is also the former drummer for hardcore punk and metal bands Fighting Shit, Celestine, and others. In 2009, Ólafur also formed an experimental techno project, entitled Kiasmos, with Janus Rasmussen from the Icelandic electro-pop band Bloodgroup, announcing his electronic debut album in 2014. In 2013, Ólafur composed the score for the 2013 ITV series Broadchurch, for which he won the 2014 BAFTA TV Craft Award for Best Original Music. In 2020, Ólafur was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music, for his title theme to Apple TV+ series Defending Jacob. In 2021, he was nominated in two categories at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. "Loom" was nominated in the Best Dance/Electronic Recording category and "The Bottom Line" was nominated in the Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals category. Both songs appear on his fifth studio album Some Kind of Peace. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Happiness Does Not Wait (2021 Version)
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So Far (feat. Arnór Dan)
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Near Light
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Only The Winds
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We Contain Multitudes — piano reworks

Albums

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A Dawning

2025
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re:member

2018
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The Chopin Project

2015
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some kind of peace — piano reworks

2022
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Broadchurch - The Final Chapter (Music From The Original TV Series)

2017
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Broadchurch (Music From The Original TV Series)

2015
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Surface (Music from the Original TV Series)

2022
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Island Songs

2016
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some kind of peace

2020
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Late Night Tales: Ólafur Arnalds

2016

Singles & EPs

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SAGES

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improvisation

Single2024
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Hafursey (Yfir)

Single2023
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In The Sound Of Breathing

Single2025
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the world is finally quiet

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and we’ll leave it there…

Single2023
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Opening

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It’s 2am and i’m not tired

Single2023
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Forever Held

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trying to think of nothing

Single2023

Videos

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Ólafur Arnalds & Talos - We Didn't Know We Were Ready (feat. Niamh Regan & Ye Vagabonds)

Ólafur Arnalds24K views
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We Contain Multitudes (Yiruma Piano Rework)

Ólafur Arnalds112K views

Featured on

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Electronic Dream

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sleep

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Classical for Sleeping

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Electronic Focus

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Late Night Classical Music

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Classical Meditation

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Classical Spring

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Symphonic Serenity

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Classical for Autumn

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Evocative Instrumentals

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Playlists by Ólafur Arnalds

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some kind of peace — piano reworks

PlaylistÓlafur Arnalds117K views
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SAGES by Ólafur Arnalds & Loreen

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A Dawning (Official Visual Album)

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