Longer shadows, softer stones Snorri Hallgrímsson

• 1 Three Week Cloud 05:30
• 2 With Love, Despite the Pain 03:57
• 3 And I Alone 02:55
• 4 Sumrar 03:51
• 5 Móanóra 02:06
• 6 Hinum megin 02:35
• Total Runtime 20:54

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Acclaimed Icelandic composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Snorri Hallgrímsson releases his DG debut Longer shadows, softer stones. After several collaborations in recent years, Hallgrímsson has now produced six thought-provoking original works that aim to free his listeners from their disillusionment with the uncertainty of our world and instead encourage them to face it with hope.

‘The older I get and the more I learn, the more I realise this strong sense of disillusionment that I've always felt,’ says Hallgrímsson. ‘We often associate melancholic music with depression, but for me depression is something that happens when we spiral into escapism in order to block out our discomfort. I am happiest when I endure, live and breathe disillusionment so that I can use it as a motor for my creativity.’

Halgrímsson grew up in a musical family, was trained as a classical guitarist and studied composition at the Iceland Academy of Arts and Berklee College of Music. He began writing his own works at an early age, creating soundscapes of subtle beauty and hopefulness, often characterised by an atmospheric mood.

Snorri Hallgrimsson, vocals, piano, electronics
Streicher des Reykjavik Orkestra
Viktor Orri Arnason, direction

Snorri Hallgrímsson
One of music’s best-kept secrets, whilst his music is streamed more than 3m times a month, solo artist, film composer and producer Snorri Hallgrímsson grew up in a strong Icelandic choral tradition, beginning his career as a classical guitarist before falling in love with film music in his teens and going on to study composition at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and at Berklee College of Music. In his music, Snorri is able to find ways to balance emotion without invoking overdramatic exuberance. His string arrangements, informed by his early and continued involvement in choral singing, are deeply atmospheric.

His debut solo album, Orbit, was released in 2018, two years after he returned to Iceland having lived away in Spain and Mexico and traces the journey of living in different environments, whilst characterized by Icelandic melancholy and electronic undercurrents. The double EP Landbrot I and Landbrot II: an introspective and personal collection of instrumental pieces for piano and strings, was released in 2020–2021. Snorri’s 2nd full length album, I Am Weary, Don’t Let Me Rest was released in June 2023 and went on to receive 3 nominations at the Icelandic Music Awards – winning 1 award for Production of the Year.

In 2024, Snorri signed with Deutsche Grammophon. His debut release with the renowned label being the EP Longer shadows, softer stones. His 2nd EP via the yellow label The Importance of Birds followed 2025.

Snorri collaborated with Ólafur Arnalds on the BAFTA award winning score for Broadchurch. His impressive growing list of individual film credits include; Jaula/The Chalk Line (released in 2022, the #2 most watched film globally (non-English language) on Netflix, for 4 weeks running) and the documentary feature Innocence (launched at the 2022 Venice Film Festival and for which Snorri won Best OST at the 2025 Icelandic Music Awards). Released in cinema’s worldwide in May 2025, his most recent score was for Words of War, directed by James Strong (Broadchurch) and produced and distributed by Sean Penn’s production company.

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