Official music videos

Watch...

  • Director: Esteban Diácono | Label: Erased Tapes Records | Year: 2009 | Album: Found Songs
  • Official music video for '3055' taken from Ólafur's debut album "Eulogy For Evolution". Directed by Zoon.
  • Official music video for 'Hægt, kemur ljósið taken from Ólafur Arnalds second full length album '...and they have escaped the weight of darkness' (2010)

Video diaries

Watch Ólafur's video blogs

  • UK/EU tour diary part 1
  • UK/EU tour diary part 2
  • December tour 2007 - a long time has passed since the last video diary so this one follows ca 10 shows..
  • ok this is just to fill up the gap since last time, but we've done like 3 short tours since then but been really lazy with the video diaries...
  • First diary of this endless tour. First leg of the tour is 1 month in Europe
  • Nr 2 of the summer tour. Some footage from Immergut Festival, Magdeburg and Osnabruck
  • some weird stuff that probably no one but us likes watching
  • Making of 3055 music video + Footage from Barbican Hall, London
  • America Song at 6:45 is "New Day" by Kate Havnevik.
  • A visit to Ólafur in the Schimmel Piano factory in Braunschweig, Germany where he was recording the piano tracks for his upcoming album. Features a little interview and some short soundclips from the album. Shot and edited by jooki: www.jooki.de
  • 2nd videoblog from the recordings of my next full-length album. This time we were in Studio Hljóðriti recording drums. Shot and edited by SIR Gussi: www.sir.is
  • 3rd videoblog from the recordings of my next full-length album. This time we were in Studio Sýrland recording the string tracks for the album as well as my sound track for Dyad 1909 and string arrangements i have done for Bloodgroup's new album. Made by Gunnar B Guðbjörnsson - www.sir.is
  • Ólafur Arnalds on his first tour in Asia. Part 2 to come
  • possibly the worst tour diary production ever made... but we thought it was funny (obviously...) so here we go!
  • China and South-Korea. more silliness and talk of pretty girls. We are shallow and stupid, really.
  • EU Tour 2010: First look at the new live show - as well as of course the usual silliness...
  • All the footage we have of the 2010 America tour, which then went straight onto a London show and two shows in Istanbul

Music

Listen to...

  • Click to play Þú Ert Sólin, which is the opening track from ...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness
  • Brotsjór, taken from the soundtrack for Wayne McGregor's "Dyad 1909", which premiered in London at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in October 2009. Click to play.
  • Allt Varð Hljótt appears on the album "Found Songs", where Ólafur recorded a song a day for 7 days and instantly made each track available via Twitter. Click to listen.
  • Ljósið is the final track - or Day 7 - from the Found Songs project - you can read more at foundsongs.erasedtapes.com
  • "Fok" appears on the album "Variations Of Static", which earned Ólafur acclaim from both the contemporary and classical field - transcending a traditional divide
  • From the 2007 debut "Eulogy for Evolution", click to listen to the full track
  • Part of the soundtrack from the film directed by Sam Levinson and featuring Ellen Barkin, Ellen Burstyn and Demi Moore.

Documentaries

The Sky May Be Falling... But The Stars Look Good On You

  • A documentary following Ólafur Arnalds from Iceland Airwaves straight to a full scale UK tour in October 2008
  • The Film focuses on getting to know "Óli" - as his friends call him - and his music
  • The English title is "The Sky May Be Falling... But The Stars Look Good On You", and was directed by Gunnar B. Guðbjörnsson

Live and miscellaneous videos

Past concerts, TV appearances and generally related videos

Fan videos

Alternative videos or covers

  • Scanned film pictures taken with a Nikon F65 and expired neopan film.
  • Jay-Z's 'Public Service Announcement' (from The Black Album) and Olafur Arnalds' '1953' (from Eulogy For Evolution) - Remixed by DoBERMAN.
  • A cover of Erla's Waltz by Ólafur Arnalds from his album Found Songs. Performed in London by Harpist Lara Somogyi. Transcribed and produced by Cyrus Reynolds.
  • Animation by Simon Russell - simonrussell.blogspot.com
  • Animation for Lynn's theme from by Chris Ngai, on Daily Motion
  • A short by Adam Gawenda, directed by Wojciech Nocon, DOP: Adam Gawenda, Edit: Adam Gawenda, Cast: Maks Wodarczyk, Marysia Golab. The music is 'Erla's Waltz'