Based on the cult science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, Jóhann Jóhannsson's opus magnum 'Last and First Men' artfully combines music, film and narration from Tilda Swinton, sitting somewhere between fiction and documentary to form a poetic meditation on memory and loss. Images of a decaying futuristic landscape - filmed in 16mm black and white in the former Yugoslav republics - are placed against Jóhannsson's haunting orchestral score.
Track Listing:
1. Prelude - Various Performers
2. A Minor Astronomical Event - Various Performers
3. A Move to Neptune - Various Performers
4. Physical Description of the Last Human Beings - Various Performers
5. Architecture - Various Performers
6. Supreme Monuments - Various Performers
7. Telepathic Unity - Various Performers
8. Childhood and the Land of the Young - Various Performers
9. The Navigators - Various Performers
1. The Sun - Various Performers
2. A New Doom - Various Performers
3. First Task - Various Performers
4. Second Task - Various Performers
5. The Last Office of Humanity - Various Performers
6. The Slow Destruction of Neptune - Various Performers
7. The Few That Prevail - Various Performers
8. The Last Men - Various Performers
9. Remembrance of the Past - Various Performers
10. The Universal End - Various Performers
11. Epilogue - Various Performers
1. Prelude - Various Performers
2. Introduction - Various Performers
3. A Minor Astronomical Event - Various Performers
4. A Move to Neptune - Various Performers
5. Physical Description of the Last Human Beings - Various Performers
6. Architecture - Various Performers
7. Childhood/Land of the Young - Various Performers
8. Telepathic Unity - Various Performers
9. The Navigators - Various Performers
10. A New Doom - Various Performers
11. Two Tasks - Various Performers
12. The Scattering of Seeds - Various Performers
13. Communicating With the Past - Various Performers
14. The Slow Destruction of Neptune - Various Performers
15. The Universal End - Various Performers
Year of Production: 2020
