Skytturnar (soundtrack)

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Skytturnar
Soundtrack album by miscellaneous
Released	November 1987
Recorded	1987
Genre	Pop
Label	Gramm Cat. No.: Gramm 31
Producer	and

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 and the renowned .
The soundtrack includes several well known Icelandic artists such as , Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Sykurmolarnir (later known as The Sugarcubes) with the collaboration of (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.

Track listing[]

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.

Credits[]

Performers[]

Side A:

• "Skyttan": Bubbi Morthens - music and lyrics.

Bubbi Morthens - vocals. ( - guitar. - bass. - drums. - keyboards).
Production: .
Arrangements: Bubbi & MX-21 / Tómas M. Tómasson.
Recording studio: .

Side B:

• "Drekkin": - guitar & Sykurmolarnir (Björk Guðmundsdóttir - vocals. Einar Örn Benediktsson - vocals. - guitar. Bragi Ólafsson - bass. - guitar).
• "Inn í Borgina": Sykurmolarnir.
• "Stemning": - guitar.

Producer: . Arrangements: Sykurmolarnir.
Recording studio: .

Personnel[]

Sound recording: Þorbjörn Erlingsson and Þorvar Hafsteinsson.
Album design: .
Pressing: Prisma.

See also[]

• 1987 Skytturnar (), the film.

External links[]

• "Friðrik Þór Friðriksson at Hollywood.com". Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2005-11-28.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Filmography of Friðrik Þór Friðriksson at Yahoo.com
• Sykurmolarnir.com
• Official site of Björk - Vocalist of The Sugarcubes.
• Björkish.net - Page about Björk.
• Official site of Sigtryggur Baldursson - Drummer of The Sugarcubes.
• Official Website of Bubbi Morthens^{[permanent dead link]}
• Page about Bubbi Morthens at Rate Your Music.com
• Page of Jakob Smári Magnússon at MySpace.com
• Page of Þorsteinn Magnússon at MySpace.com
• Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson at IMDb
• Page of HÖH at Rate Your Music.com