Jóhann Jóhannsson nominated for BAFTA for second year in a row
The Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson has been nominated for the BAFTA award for Best Original Music for his score for the film Sicario, which was directed by Denis Villeneuve and stars Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro. This is the second year in a row that Jóhannsson has received a BAFTA nomination. Last year Jóhannsson was nominated for his score for The Theory of Everything, which was also nominated for the Golden Globe (which it won) and Academy Awards for Best Original Score, and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Other nominees for this year's Original Music BAFTA are Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight, John Williams for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Carsten Nicolai for The Revenant and Thomas Newman for Bridge of Spies. Further information on the nominees and awards can be found on the BAFTA website.
This is the third time that Jóhannsson and Denis Villeneuve have worked together – Jóhannsson also composed the scores to Villeneuve's previous film, Prisoners, and his upcoming film, Story of Your Life. Jóhannsson also scored Trapped, a new 10-episode TV series from creators Baltasar Kormákur and Sigurjón Kjartansson
Two Icelanders have previously won BAFTAs: the composer Ólafur Arnalds for his original score for the BBC series Broadchurch (2014), and Valdís Óskarsdóttir for her editing of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2005).