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Another Happy Day

Olafur Arnalds

Another Happy Day

Third film score from the multi-intrumentalist experimental Icelandic musician and producer

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Erased Tapes
UK Release date
27/02/2012
US Release date
24/02/2012
  1. 8.0 |   DIY

    For the most part he minimally relies on keys and strings, but the effect creates a much more powerful setting and as a result, it’s difficult not to be dragged into it
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  2. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    The album works as a collection of ambient, soothing sound poems
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  3. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Creeps you out, sucks you in and gracefully spits you back again, with a renewed sense of comfortable discontent
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  4. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    It varies between out-and-out subdued bleakness and majestic melancholia, rarely diverting from its haunting and sparse combination of lilting piano and mournful violin
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  5. 6.5 |   The 405

    It’s not going to convince listeners that don’t already appreciate slightly subdued, dramatic electro-classical compositions
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  6. 6.0 |   Mojo

    A low-key mist of strings, piano, percussion and electronics. Print edition only

  7. 5.0 |   Spin

    Decidedly pleasant, plainly classical-ambient score asks and answers, "What Would Max Richter Do?"
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  8. 4.5 |   Pitchfork

    Arnalds' score ultimately isn't as satisfying, especially in the front half where he's excessively patient and slow to build momentum. It can feel stiff, formal
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