Brought up in the small town of Akureyri in northern Iceland, Atli Örvarsson followed the success of his band Sálin hans Jóns míns by moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in composition. He went on to work extensively beside the prominent TV veteran Mike Post and the great composer Hans Zimmer, and launched a path which led to him scoring over forty films and numerous TV shows.
Following a string of impressive orchestral film soundtracks and his well-received first album You Are Here, Atli Örvarsson set out to make an introspective, stripped-down record of solo piano music.
This collection of reflective pieces, recorded in his home studio in the aforementioned small Icelandic town over the course of 2021, is a solid addition to the composer's repertory. Clouds captivates with its timeless elegance and entices by displaying the composer's more intimate side in a very sophisticated manner.
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