Artist: Olafur Arnalds | Album: Another Happy Day | Released: 2012 | Genre: Neo-Classical, Ambient | Country: Island | Duration: 00:33:59
Sumptuous soundtrack for Another Happy Day, Sam Levinson’s 2011 feature about a privileged but severely dysfunctional family, which earned ‘best screenplay’ at the Sundance festival and rave reviews for Ellen Barkin’s central performance. It’s classic 21st century soundtrack fare, all tremulous strings and plangent piano themes, accented with discreet post-rock and percussion touches. There are obvious comparisons to be made with the cinematic romanticism of Max Richter, Michael Nyman et al, but Arnald’s coaxes moments of heart-stopping beauty out of what appear, on first take, to be familiar tropes, particularly on ‘Lynn’s Theme’, which could move a lump of stone to tears, and the crisp, consoling ‘The Wait’.
Tracklisting:
01. The Land of Nod (2:33)
02. Through the Screen (1:42)
03. Before the Calm (1:19)
04. Lynn’s Theme (1:56)
05. Alice Enters (2:58)
06. The Wait (3:35)
07. A Family Stroll (2:11)
08. Poland (3:30)
09. Out to Sea (4:10)
10. Autumn Day (3:27)
11. Everything Must Change (6:38)
Single download
Olafur Arnalds – The Land of Nod 2:33 
Olafur Arnalds – Through the Screen 1:42
Olafur Arnalds – Before the Calm 1:19
Olafur Arnalds – Lynn’s Theme 1:56
Olafur Arnalds – Alice Enters 2:58
Olafur Arnalds – The Wait 3:35
Olafur Arnalds – A Family Stroll 2:11
Olafur Arnalds – Poland 3:30
Olafur Arnalds – Out to Sea 4:10
Olafur Arnalds – Autumn Day 3:27
Olafur Arnalds – Everything Must Change 6:38
Category:Ambient
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