Orphée (album)

Orphée is the tenth full-length studio album by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, released under Deutsche Grammophon on September 16, 2016. The music is inspired by Jean Cocteau's film of the same name^[1] and by Ovid's interpretation of the Orpheus myth.^[2]

Orphée
Studio album by Jóhann Jóhannsson
Released	September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16)
Recorded	2009–2016
Genre	Modern classical
Length	46:26
Label	Deutsche Grammophon
Jóhann Jóhannsson chronology
End of Summer (2015) Orphée (2016) Arrival (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2016)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flight from the City"	6:31
2.	"A Song for Europa"	2:33
3.	"The Drowned World"	2:20
4.	"A Deal with Chaos"	2:05
5.	"A Pile of Dust"	4:51
6.	"A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder"	2:27
7.	"Fragment I"	1:24
8.	"By the Roes, and by the Hinds of the Field"	2:38
9.	"The Radiant City"	3:31
10.	"Fragment II"	2:12
11.	"The Burning Mountain"	2:45
12.	"De Luce et Umbra"	2:28
13.	"Good Morning, Midnight"	3:17
14.	"Good Night, Day"	3:57
15.	"Orphic Hymn"	3:27

All tracks are written by Jóhann Jóhannsson

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)	Position
Icelandic Albums (Plötutíóindi)[3]	68

References

1. Schelm, Benjamin (September 13, 2016). "Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
2. Schelm, Benjamin (September 13, 2016). "Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
3. "Tónlistinn – Plötur – 2016" (in Icelandic). Plötutíóindi. Retrieved 1 April 2022.

External links

• Orphée at AllMusic