Skytturnar (soundtrack)

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Released	November 1987
Recorded	1987
Genre	Pop
Length	??:??
Label	Gramm Cat. No.: Gramm 31
Producer(s)	Tómas Magnús Tómasson and Kjartan Kjartansson
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N/A	Skytturnar (1987)	N/A

Skytturnar is the soundtrack to the Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson in 1987. This 12" EP was released through the Gramm-label and was produced by Kjartan Kjartansson and the renowned Tómas Magnús Tómasson.
The soundtrack includes several well known Icelandic artists such as Bubbi & MX-21, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Sykurmolarnir (later known as The Sugarcubes) with the collaboration of Þór Eldon Jónsson (who would later join the band).
The soundtrack EP includes four of the songs used in Skytturnar, there were 14 different pieces of music used in the movie, mostly as coincidental music. The EP has never been reissued and is currently widely unavailable.

1 Track listing
2 Track notes
3 Credits
- 3.1 Performers
- 3.2 Personnel
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Track listing

Track	Title	Length	Performer	Lyrics	Audio clips
Side A
01	Skyttan	??	Bubbi & MX-21	-	-
Side B
01	Drekkin	01:37	Sykurmolarnir	-	-
02	Inn í Borgina	03:35	Sykurmolarnir	-	-
03	Stemning	??	Friðrik Erlingsson	-	-

[edit] Track notes

"Drekkin" is an Icelandic version of "Dragon", a song that appeared for the first time on The Sugarcubes’ debut album Life's Too Good in 1987.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Performers

Side A:

"Skyttan": Bubbi Morthens - music and lyrics.

Bubbi Morthens - vocals. MX-21 (Þorsteinn Magnússon - guitar. Jakob Smári Magnússon - bass. Halldór Larússon - drums. Tómas Magnús Tómasson - keyboards).
Production: Tómas Magnús Tómasson.
Arrangements: Bubbi & MX-21 / Tómas M. Tómasson.
Recording studio: Sýrland.

Side B:

"Drekkin": Þór Eldon Jónsson - guitar & Sykurmolarnir (Björk Guðmundsdóttir - vocals. Einar Örn Benediktsson - vocals. Þór Eldon Jónsson - guitar. Bragi Ólafsson - bass. Friðrik Erlingsson - guitar).
"Inn í Borgina": Sykurmolarnir.
"Stemning": Friðrik Erlingsson - guitar.

Producer: Kjartan Kjartansson. Arrangements: Sykurmolarnir.
Recording studio: Hljóðaklett.