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I read in the news this morning that he passed away. He was very quickly becoming one of my favorite composers.

Deadline article

Yeah, that's sad, he was only 48. Will be spinning McCannick tonight. RIP

Very sad, far too young to go. :(

Sad news, rest in peace Mr. Jóhannsson.

What terrible news. I, like many of you, have been listening to Jóhann Jóhannsson for over a decade. Jóhannsson maintained his originality and independence even as his popularity and success rose to the point where his "sound" was beginning to be copycatted. I've already spun IBM 1401, A User's Manual and Fordlandia this morning. Inevitably, I'll end up playing Virðulegu Forsetar today, but I don't think I'm quite ready for that yet. This one has me and I don't like it.

Absolutely gutted, he was on the verge of greatness. Just saw on the news

I can only add my voice to those here- terribly sad, his name attached to any project was practically a guarantee of something great, or at the very least never run-of-the-mill. (Remember how excited we all were when the Blade Runner score was first announced? And how confused and disappointed later on?)
I will console myself by exploring the material with which I'm not yet familiar, being a latecomer to his work specifically through the film scoring. Already sense that brother Mateo has dropped a couple of essentials above.

Not alway being up with current events, I only heard this news yesterday. So sad. I'm more of a pictures rather than words kind of person so I thought I'd share with you guys this sketch I made yesterday: a whole note as a heptapod logogram. Arrival is my favourite movie in years, and Jóhann's music was a massive part of that.

@zuko-

That's beautiful.

That's cool, Zuko.

Thanks guys.