Last And First Men
豆瓣
简介
Based on the cult science fiction novel of the same name by Olaf Stapledon, Jóhann Jóhannsson's opus Magnum Last and First Men artfully combines music, film and narrative spoken by Hollywood star Tilda Swinton, to form a poetic meditation on memory and loss. Images of a decaying futuristic landscape - filmed in 16mm black and white in the former Yugoslavia - combine with Jóhannsson's moving orchestral score, which was written over seven years. At the time of Jóhannsson's unexpected death in 2018, he was still working on Last and First Men, with the assistance of Berlin-based composer and sound artist Yair Elazar Glotman, who subsequently completed the score. For the recordings, Jóhannsson's close musical companions of many years, such as Grammy winner Hildur Guðnadóttir (vocals, cello, drums), members of Theatre of Voices and many more, came together to complete his breathtaking work. The film is celebrating its premiere at this year's BERLINALE and will be released simultaneously on Blu-ray for the first time in a bundle with the original recording of the score on CD and in a Limited Deluxe Vinyl Art Edition on Deutsche Grammophon.
tracks
01 PRELUDE 2:35
02 A MINOR ASTRONOMICAL EVENT 3:40
03 A MOVE TO NEPTUNE 3:48
04 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LAST HUMAN BEINGS 4:37
05 ARCHITECTURE 5:01
06 SUPREME MONUMENTS 1:48
07 TELEPATHIC UNITY 1:59
08 CHILDHOOD / LAND OF THE YOUNG 5:36
09 THE NAVIGATORS 8:09
10 THE SUN 1:29
11 A NEW DOOM 2:54
12 TASK NO. 1: THE SCATTERING OF SEEDS 1:56
13 TASK NO. 2: COMMUNICATING WITH THE PAST 1:06
14 THE LAST OFFICE OF HUMANITY 2:11
15 SLOW DESTRUCTION OF NEPTUNE 4:25
16 THE FEW THAT PREVAIL 2:01
17 THE LAST MEN 3:19
18 REMEMBRANCE OF THE PAST 2:35
19 THE UNIVERSAL END 1:23
20 EPILOGUE 5:09