Music Review: The End of the Tunnel

THE MINERS’ HYMNS by Jóhann Jóhannsson (Fat Cat)

by Will Wlizlo
July-August 2011

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Staggering depth, blast-furnace heat, and unending blackness—these are the sensations evoked by Jóhann Jóhannsson’s somber and bombastic score for The Miners’ Hymns, an experimental film documenting hardships of the U.K.’s pit mine laborers. Historically, these miners often passed time and bolstered solidarity playing in “colliery”—or coal mine—brass bands. Paying homage to the sooty musicians, Jóhannsson unearths epic compositions by adding resilient horns to his blend of ambient and modern classical music.

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