Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson dies at 48 years of age

Jóhann Jóhannsson at the Golden Globes in 2015.

Jóhann Jóhannsson at the Golden Globes in 2015. FREDERIC J. BROWN

The tragic news were reported late this afternoon that Icelandic musician and composer Jóhann Jóhannsson was found dead in his Berlin home yesterday. Cause of death is unknown. 

Jóhannsson was a member of the band Apparat Organ Quartet and a founder of the Kitchen Motors movement. He became famous for his film music and received a Golden Globe for his  score to The Theory of Everything and was also nominated for an Oscar, Grammy and Bafta fror the same score.  He was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA for Sicario the following year and for the score to Arrival in 2016. 

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