Arnór Dan Arnarson (often credited as Arnór Dan) is an Icelandic musician best known as the lead singer of the
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...
band
Agent Fresco as well as for his collaborations with Icelandic multi-instrumentalist
Ólafur Arnalds. He was selected male vocalist of the year at the
Icelandic Music Awards in 2016.
Career
Arnór Dan got his musical start in a high school band called Rosa. In 2008, he helped found the progressive rock band
Agent Fresco, which has since released two studio albums and one EP. He has frequently collaborated with fellow Icelandic musician
Ólafur Arnalds. He contributed vocals on four tracks of the latter's 2013 album, ''For Now I Am Winter''. Also in 2013, working with Arnalds again, he contributed vocals to the song "So Close" for the British police procedural TV show ''
Broadchurch
''Broadchurch'' is a British crime drama television series broadcast on ITV for three series between 2013 and 2017. It was created by Chris Chibnall, who acted as an executive producer and wrote all 24 episodes; it was produced by Kudos in a ...
''; the song wasn't released until 2015, together with the track "So Far". In 2014, he sang several songs on the soundtrack of the TV anime ''
Terror in Resonance''. In 2017, Arnarson further contributed to the ''Broadchurch'' soundtrack, with "Take My Leave of You".
In 2018, he released his debut solo single, titled "Stone by Stone", which was co-written with Janus Rasmussen (
Kiasmos) and Sakaris Emil Joensen.
Discography
with Agent Fresco
Albums
* ''
A Long Time Listening'' (2010)
* ''
Destrier'' (2015)
EPs
* ''Lightbulb Universe'' (2008)
Solo
Singles
* "Stone by Stone" (2018)
Contributions
* "Út" ''Föstudagurinn Langi'' (Úlfur Úlfur, 2011)
* "For Now I Am Winter" ''For Now I Am Winter'' (
Ólafur Arnalds, 2013)
* "A Stutter" ''For Now I Am Winter'' (Ólafur Arnalds, 2013)
* "Reclaim" ''For Now I Am Winter'' (Ólafur Arnalds, 2013)
* "Old Skin" ''For Now I Am Winter'' (Ólafur Arnalds, 2013)
* "No. Other" ''For Now I Am Winter'' (Ólafur Arnalds, 2013)
* "Von" ''
Terror in Resonance'' OST (
Yoko Kanno, 2014)
* "Birden" ''Terror in Resonance'' OST (Yoko Kanno, 2014)
* "Bless" ''Terror in Resonance'' OST (Yoko Kanno, 2014)
* "Akkeri" ''Tvær Plánetur'' (Úlfur Úlfur, 2015)
* "So Close" ''
Broadchurch
''Broadchurch'' is a British crime drama television series broadcast on ITV for three series between 2013 and 2017. It was created by Chris Chibnall, who acted as an executive producer and wrote all 24 episodes; it was produced by Kudos in a ...
'' OST (Ólafur Arnalds, 2015)
* "So Far" ''Broadchurch'' OST (Ólafur Arnalds, 2015)
* "
Say My Name" (
Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child was an American girl group whose final lineup comprised Beyoncé, Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams (singer), Michelle Williams. The group began their musical career as Girl's Tyme, formed in 1990 in Hou ...
cover) ''Late Night Tales: Ólafur Arnalds'' (Ólafur Arnalds, 2016)
* "Waves" ''Waves – Single'' (Hugar, 2016)
* "Take My Leave of You" ''
Broadchurch – The Final Chapter (Music from the Original TV Series)'' (Ólafur Arnalds, 2017)
* "Gravity" ''
Made in Abyss Original Soundtrack 3'' (
Kevin Penkin, 2022)
References
External links
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1985 births
Icelandic composers
Icelandic male musicians
Living people