"Mountain Sound" is a single by the Icelandic indie folk/indie pop band Of Monsters and Men. The song was released as the second single from the international version of their debut studio album, '' My Head Is an Animal''. It was written by Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson,

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and Ragnar Þórhallsson; and produced by

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Music video

The music video for "Mountain Sound" was filmed on location at a festival held at the Hljomskalagardurinn park in

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, Iceland, on 7 July 2012. The band was filmed while performing at the festival. The video was first released onto

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on 14 September 2012 at a total length of four minutes.

Use in media

The song was used in the trailer of ''

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It can be heard in a bar in the fourth episode of the first season of ''

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'', "Perros". It is also included as a playable song in ''

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Lyric video

A lyric video was released in 2014 with the presence of the music video. The video features horses running through mountains and caves also shaped like horses.

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References

2012 singles Of Monsters and Men songs Song recordings produced by Jacquire King Republic Records singles 2011 songs {{2012-single-stub