Odin's Raven Magic

Odin's Raven Magic
Soundtrack album by
Sigur Rós, Steindór Andersen, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
Released4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)
Recorded2004
Genre
Length65:31
LanguageIcelandic
LabelKrúnk
Sigur Rós chronology
Kveikur
(2013) 		Odin's Raven Magic
(2020) 		Átta
(2023)
Singles from Odin's Raven Magic
  1. "Dvergmál"
    Released: 23 October 2020
  2. "Stendur æva"
    Released: 13 November 2020
  3. "Spár eða spakmál"
    Released: 4 December 2020

Odin's Raven Magic is a 2002 orchestral setting to the Icelandic poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins. The composition was a collaboration by Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen, Páll Guðmundsson and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir. It was premiered at the Barbican Centre in London on 21 April 2002[1] and then performed at the Reykjavík Arts Festival on 24 May 2002.[2][3] Video of the production can be viewed in the documentary Screaming Masterpiece or Gargandi snilld, by Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon.

In October 2020, the band announced that a recording of Odin's Raven Magic would be released on December 4, 2020.[4]

  1. ^ "Sigur Rós & Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Steindór Andersen: Odin's Raven Magic". Barbican Centre. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. ^ "sigur rós - press releases". sigur-ros.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  3. ^ "sigur rós - press releases". sigur-ros.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  4. ^ Hussey, Allison (23 October 2020). "Sigur Rós announce new album Odin's Raven Magic, Share Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 October 2020.