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Sound

Ólafur Arnalds

Career

Active from 2010 to 2025, busiest in 2017 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Broadchurch
Broadchurch
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ólafur Arnalds Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.7, average 2.5
  • Physical Comedy
    0.6, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Icelandic Drama 2
  • Psychological Exploration 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Psychological Suspense 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 61
Rocket Girl
Rocket Girl (2025)

Original Music Composer

A Silence
A Silence (2024)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Memories of CS:GO - The Early Years
Memories of CS:GO - The Early Years (2024)

Original Music Composer

Inspirations
Inspirations (2024)

Music

Beyond The Wall
Beyond The Wall (2023)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

Deep Rising
Deep Rising (2023)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

The Restless
The Restless (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

When We Are Born
When We Are Born (2021)

Writer, Original Music Composer

Brise-Lames
Brise-Lames (2021)

Original Music Composer

Generation Fridays for Future
Generation Fridays for Future (2020)

Original Music Composer

2010s

16 titles · average score 64
Chasing the Present
Chasing the Present (2019)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer

Let Me Fall
Let Me Fall (2018)
GoodWatch score 81

as Jónas

Out of Thin Air
Out of Thin Air (2017)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

Island Songs
Island Songs (2017)

Original Music Composer, Writer

Life in a Fishbowl
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

Original Music Composer

The Invisible Front
The Invisible Front (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer

Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter (2013)
GoodWatch score 49

Original Music Composer

Blood
Blood (2013)

Original Music Composer

Another Happy Day
Another Happy Day (2011)
GoodWatch score 52

Original Music Composer

Blinky™
Blinky™ (2011)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer

Rivers Return
Rivers Return (2011)

Original Music Composer

Jitters
Jitters (2010)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer