#a bit of johann johannson

[liahswriting]

Hi liah. Long time reader first time messenger here. I just wanna ask you what your bloodhound look like to you? I see bloodhound as a female and I picture her with red hair just like you! What else can you tell us about your bloodhound? Also I hope your day is great! 🥰

Hello hello! My day is great so far. I hope yours is as as well <3

It seems that red hair is a common headcanon among fans. I think it just has to do with Bloodhound's uncle having red hair. Although, I just want to give a short biology lesson here, red hair is a recessive gene. Meaning BOTH parents have to pass it on to their child for the child to show red hair. We know that Bloodhound's father carries the red hair gene because Uncle Artur is Bloodhound's uncle on his father's side. We don't know anything about Bloodhound's mother, so it's not known if his mother carries the red hair gene.

I REALLY wish I was able to draw, because I just can't find any fanart of Bloodhound that matches what I see in my head. I was able to find this image through Google like forever ago and I edited it a bit in photoshop to more closely resemble my own Bloodhound. It's not perfect by any means, but it's sort of the idea.

Again, this isn't my drawing. I only edited it. All credit goes to the original artist. I don't know who drew it because I found it off of Google, so if anyone knows who the artist is, let me know and I'll make sure to properly credit them.

Basically, my Bloodhound -has red hair -has greyish/light eyes (not exactly blue) -has a few tattoos as seen in the image -and still has the face scars he got as a child from inhaling coolant (I was unable to add the scars into my edit because I couldn't find a way to make them look "natural")

My Bloodhound is also late 30's, like 38-ish. Which is how old he actually is in the Apex universe. I also like to think his name is either Einár Johannson, or Viðarr Johannson. Why?

1) because, historically, Scandinavian culture went by patronyms (naming your child after the father). Most Scandinavian countries no longer use this custom. Norway, for example, made it a LAW back in like the 1920s that every family must have an inheritable surname, so most families at the time either just used the last-given patronym as a surname, or created a surname based on where they lived or what their profession was. My family in Norway has been using the same last name for generations now because of this law. I think it's my great uncle that was the last person to have a patronymic name??? I'm not exactly sure. My family is not exactly close with them because we're so far removed from each other. Iceland still uses patronymic names, and Bloodhound is Icelandic, so I gave Bloodhound a patronym. Bloodhound's father is named Johann, so Bloodhound's patronymic name would be Something Johannsson, which means Son of Johann. Sweden and Iceland use the name ending -sson, whereas Norway and Denmark use the name ending -sen.

2) I chose the name Einár (pronounced aye-narr) because it's an Old Norse name, which I like Old Norse since Bloodhound was raised "by the old ways". It means "one who dies in battle" or "one who fights alone", which I thought was fitting for him because he essentially lives his life in solitude. I also chose the name Viðarr (pronounced Vee-tharr) because Viðarr is the son of Odin, and I thought having a God's name would connect Bloodhound more with The Old Ways. It means "wide warrior", although the name meaning wasn't really why I picked it.

And that's about it for my Bloodhound. Of course I have headcanons related to his personality, but that's just a whole shit load of things that would take too long to type out here. I try to incorporate those headcanons into my fics whenever I can (i.e. Bloodhound having a MASSIVE sweet tooth).

[seoul-bros]

The Astronaut: Jin steps into the unknown

It's less than 24 hours since the first hints about Jin's solo project started surfacing but as I have noted before ARMY are relentless and tenacious detectives and some connections that maybe Jin had thought would be made slightly later are already well known.

We have a logo trailer. Presumably that is Jin on a space walk. It looks a bit like a cross between Sandra Bullock's hair-raising return to earth in Gravity and the classic Asteroid game (if anyone is old enough or retro enough to remember that). Oh and there is a cute canine thrown in for good measure.

The Promotion Schedule promises lots of goodies in the build up to the song's release on the 28 October. The poster has just been released.

Also yesterday the wootteo profile on Instagram was created and was quickly associated with Jin by ARMY and JHope.

I mean there were some giveaways.

And just now, wootteo posted a couple of photos with him and Jin together.

Anyone else reminded of Wall-E and Eva?

Finally, the marketing materials have let even more details out of the bag including the news that the credits on the song include Cold Play members, Kygo and one Johann Johannsson.

As far as I know Johann Johannsson actually died in 2018. He was a long time musical collaborator of Denis Villeneuve who is currently bringing Dune to the big screen (with imo significantly more success than the 1984 cinematic debacle).

Johannson wrote original scores for Prisoners, Sicario and Arrival. He also worked on Blade Runner 2049 until Villeneuve decided to go in a different direction with the musical score. So since he is in no position to write new music, I am wondering could the production team be using bits from the score developed for Blade Runner 2049 in The Astronaut or does that sound too far fetched?

Post Date: 19/10/2022

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3 and 30.

Okay I am so sorry :D I cant really do ask thingies and then proceed to just not answer any of them but... yeah been very busy as always so here we go (although the internet has probably already forgotten about it)

3 - THREE SONGS YOU WERE RECENTLY OBSESSED WITH

Everytime - Brittney Spears. Just one of those that get stuck in my head after one of my roommate listens to it in the shower on full blast so don’t even ask :D

No Love Lost - Keaton Henson. Some rainy day tea in the Wintergarden with my cat in my lap

30 - THREE SONGS YOU WANT YOUR FOLLOWERS TO KNOW (FOR REASONS OTHER THAN ALL THOSE ABOVE)

Such a fucking hard question MAAAAAN okay

Light - Sleeping at last. Because everyone need a bit of childlike wonder in their life

Nessus Dorma - with Aretha Franklin Because Jesus that woman can sing Oo

Honestly some good old Bach or Tchaikovsky or Dvoraks Symphony No9. - there are too many to list but I honestly think that classical music has smth very unique and powerful and soothing that at least I personally can’t find in contemporary Music. Might be because I grew up on it but with every nervous breakdown for me comes Bach's H-Moll Messe for me… but if you don’t want any of that at least go for Johann Johannson - Fordlandia or Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight

If you have no idea what this is about OR want to join in

[andreariveroscomposer]

Thank you @flutistree for tagging me! I love these games! 

rule: tag 21 people

nickname(s): many people just call me Andre, some people jokingly call me “little miracles” (from one of my names), and two friends call me “Lupita”. 

star sign: Libra

height: 1m 53cm, (roughly 5′) 

last film watched: Pompeii on (TV), The Sword in the Stone (online), and Aladdin on cinemas (I didn’t like it)

favourite musician: At the moment I’m in love with Johann Johannson and Philip Glass, but I also adore Beethoven. 

song stuck in my head: 4′33″ by John Cage

other blogs: @othrrthingsilike (second Tumblr blog where I post non-music related stuff)

do i get asks: Not really. 

following: No idea.

what I’m wearing rn: White shirt, jeans and white converse. Nothing special. 

dream job (buckle your seatbelts): In my field I would love to be a working composer (I’ll be releasing one of my pieces as soon as I get some legal stuff clear), maybe someday write a soundtrack, or be premiered by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Outside of my field I would love to be a writer and write novels.

dream trip: I loved New York, and I’d love to go back. I also want to go to Paris and London someday (and Vienna).

play any instruments: My main instrument is the piano, and actually I do that as a second study,  but a while back I took violin lessons, and I also play guitar, electric bass, and a little bit of drums. 

languages: My native language is Spanish, but I’m very fluent in English (some people don’t know I’m not a native English speaker, and I’m very proud of that). I also took some semesters of French in college, but I’d love to be fluent, and also learn some Italian, German, Russian and Latin. (I love languages!)

favourite food: I don’t really have a favourite anything. I like traditional soups from my country (Colombia), especially the Cocido Boyacense.

favourite song: I don’t really listen to popular music, and I hate classical songs, so none.

random fact: I love daydreaming, and there are people -that I call triggers- that make me go into daydream mode as soon as I see them, no matter where or what they’re doing. And usually the things I imagine are not so good (which doesn’t mean I wish ill upon anybody), but I don’t like calling them Maladaptive Daydreaming or Intrusive Thoughts because I tend to do it voluntarily, and they do not interrupt my daily life. I usually daydream while commuting. 

Tagging: @four-flats @you-had-me-at-e-flat-major @secretstradivarius @thepianoblog @perks-of-being-a-violinist @the-sassy-composer @dschbach @dotted-half-note @chopinisbae @soprano-and-the-altoclef @aug-mentation @liebesstudie @the-versatile-composer @the-sleepy-musician @the-quirky-pianist (no idea who else, sorry )

[kkapre]

Mandy, 2018 – Panos Cosmatos

This review is written by Jack Taylor

9/10

Mandy, a creative daydreamer who spends her days drawing and reading fantasy novels and her lover Red live a peaceful existence out in the wilderness, apathetic towards the rest of the world. At the hands of a cult leader and his religious fanatics the life the couple lead is soon tipped into turmoil. Calling for the embarkment of nightmarish journey fuelled by vengeance and bloodlust.

“When I die, bury me deep. Lay two speakers at my feet. Wrap some headphones around my head, and rock and roll me when I’m dead.”

I was lucky enough to see this on the big screen, re-released at the Prince Charles Cinema, and I’m so glad for it. At the cinema I was sat there totally at the mercy of this film’s awe-inspiring and beautifully intense visual style and score. I felt naked and vulnerable as Johann Johannson’s wall of sound pushed through me in waves giving me an adrenaline rush I’ve similarly felt watching films such as Mad Max: Fury Road or the Evil Dead remake. The score is my favourite bit about this film, I’ve been listening to ‘Mandy’s love theme’ on repeat since I heard it, this piece of music is a love letter to the principle character and the film’s namesake. With this piece of music, the film convinces you to fall in love with Mandy, it tells us how special she is and in turn solidifies our connection to Nicolas Cage’s character and to feel as he does as we take the path of vengeance through him. Watching some of the brutal death scenes of the perpetrators that Red (Nic Cage) hunts down, with aid of the intense adrenaline inducing score gives you an immense sense of satisfaction. This is a revenge horror, and it beautifully illustrates how multifaceted and fluid the horror genre can be because not once did I feel scared watching this film, I was sad, exhilarated and angry but never scared, but this is horror film if ever I saw one and it was marvellous.

The casting was brilliant, both Nicolas cage and Andrea Riseborough were the perfect choices to play these roles. Nic Cage is his usual over-acting self, but this film welcomes it and channels it, in such a crazy over the top film, nothing less would suffice. Riseborough’s look with the help of special effects make up is what made the character of Mandy, with her heterochromia, scar under her eye and long black hair she was ethereal and beautiful, yet phantasmic and uncanny. Her performance is good too, she plays Mandy with a sort of naïve innocence, her speech almost childlike or perhaps alien like. Mandy’s character is disillusioned and bemused with the world /society, instead concerned with nature and space, always reading sci-fi fantasy novels and creating fantasy illustrations. I love the aesthetic influence here: the film being set in the early 80’s; the use of heavy metal; and the 70’s fantasy/sci-fi illustrations, all creates a strong visual style which influences the aesthetic tone throughout the whole film. Panos Cosmatos even creates a fake fantasy book of which Mandy reads a passage describing in vivid detail a scene…

“Under the crimson, primordial sky, surrounded by the jagged black rocks of the ancient volcanic mountain, the wretched Warlock reached into the dark embrace of the fissure until his hand touched a smooth glassy surface. Cold as ice. His fist closes around the Serpent’s Eye. Slowly he withdrew it and held it before him in the fading light of the blood red suns. It glowed from within. A ghostly emerald light. Strange and eternal”

This beautifully descriptive piece of writing illustrates for us the visual influences for this film without us actually needing to see it, the 70’s fantasy imagery that this piece of writing conjures up in our mind isn’t exactly what we see in the film but it is a clear influence. Mandy’s character holds all this information, with her books and drawings and talk of the universe, Panos Cosmatos uses her as his muse, and as a vessel to carry the visual influences of this film so that we can understand the wondrous visuals with more context, and the visuals are something to behold. There is so much to talk about when it comes to the visuals, whether it be the beautifully creepy animated dream sequences and animated title cards which mark each act of the film. Or the vivid colours and lighting which transform the scene to either dream or nightmare but never real life. Or the abstract cinematography, strong visuals are Panos Cosmatos’ biggest strength in his films are Mandy is no different. 

After a movie of intense visuals, intense sound and intense action, the film finishes and cuts to the credits in complete silence letting the viewer sit with what they have just experienced. A love story. A tragedy. A horror movie.

[milemarkers]

Reel Talk - Blade Runner 2049

DOUBLE FEATURE. I actually saw two movies this last weekend (call me spoiled, right?). It was glorious.

I personally love Blade Runner. I can understand that its near 3-hour runtime can be a bit daunting considering, and I’ll admit that I didn’t understand some parts of the movie, but overall I liked everything, from the story to the sound design to the cinematography. Everything worked together to keep my attention and I ended up not minding the runtime. The story was quite interesting, and there was indeed a bit of a fakeout towards the end, since I thought the thread would go in a different direction, but I like it when things are unexpected so I’m cool with it! It’s definitely more of a detective procedural than an action/sci-fi flick, which warrants the slow burn found within the 3 hours (though I thought some scenes seemed a bit out of place to me). The movie also touches a lot upon the notion of memories, humanity, and technology, all very existential crisis-inducing topics, so that’s pretty fun. Kudos to the sound design team and the composer Hans Zimmer (taking over Johann Johannson’s duties) though, where the work of both entities ultimately blend into one another to make the sounds behind the movie feel vibrant and atmospheric. The sounds really make you feel like you’re living in a futuristic city. My favorite sound bit though is Officer K’s handgun, which sounds like an absolute cannon. I love it. Finally, I wanted to talk about the cinematography of Blade Runner, which very gorgeous. Credit goes to cinematographer Roger Deakins for that one. I would like to get to know more of his work, but if you don’t know, he’s the guy behind making films like Skyfall, Sicario, and No Country for Old Men look good. The colors are gorgeous, I love how that oversaturated look can pull you into an environment, whether it’s the orange desert you see in radioactive Las Vegas or the quiet white and steel blue of snowfall in Los Angeles. I also love how sharp everything looks. I personally like that clarity in film, since that interplay with shadows makes the visuals pop the most to me.

Overall, a solid film. I know not a lot of folks would like it the first time, but I feel like it’ll perform much like its predecessor. It may become the next modern-day cult classic. A solid “A” out of 10 stars.

[milemarkers]

Silver Screens

Let’s talk movies. I’ve always loved them, but I would say it’s more recently when I really started to get into them. I grew up on martial arts and action movies, so the immediate glam (even if the story can be a bit silly and gimmicky) holds a special place in my heart for fostering this interest. Of all factors that could’ve cultivated my eye for this art form, I’d give the biggest credit to the surge of essayists who analyze movies and other entertainment medias. Some of my absolute favorites are long-time favorites are Nerdwriter1, kaptainkristian, and Lessons from the Screenplay with a few newcomers including Ryan Hollinger and Films&Stuff (I would highly highly recommend these guys if you’re interested, they’re wonderful!) It’s these folks really opened my eyes to the effort, imagination, and attention to detail that goes into these works. It can look easy from the outside, but believe me that when you attempt to film any kind of movie, it’s actually harder than you’d expect! Nowadays I pay more attention to the various departments that go together to create this little bit of entertainment, from the sound design to the choices to the director makes to the actor’s/actress’ performance to (my personal favorite) the cinematography of a film. 

You’ll glue to hold all of these parts together, and that’s where I think the incredibly important story comes in. Can’t have a movie without telling a story (for the most part). If the behind-the-scenes is like the wand made of 10 and 3/4″ beech wood with unbending flexibility, then the story has to be the unicorn hair. Otherwise it just won’t work! I’ve had the pleasure of watching a few movies off of my bucket list (which I’ve made months ago, but I can share in another post) that have some amazing stories. I’m talking about Dunkirk and Arrival in particular. The best ones really immerse yourself in their world or begs a really important question for you to think about. Dunkirk’s sound design is phenomenal, for example. Hearing that terrifying shrill from the German fighter planes really puts you on the same beach as the British soldiers. There’s no patrotism and hero complexes in this battle, the game is here is survival. And it’ll take three fronts (land, air, and sea) to be able to get out alive. Panic and anxiety ensues for the next 2 hours. Arrival takes a different yet as intriguing approach by bringing aliens to the table and humanity’s believable reaction to first contact. I thought focusing on a linguist and pulling language of all compenents to the forefront really made this movie interesting. The entire structure is just awesome too as scenes come together in ways you didn’t expect. Plus the soundtrack is super unsettling and tense too (massive credits to Johann Johannson). I’m not one to spoil spoilers, but gah! if you haven’t seen these two movies yet, I’d highly recommend!

Even though film can seem like a relatively new medium, I believe it’s actually in line with a practice cultivated by humanity since our inception. We’re all born storytellers. It’s how we can update each other on life, learn from one another, or simply provide entertainment. Like the cave paintings of our ancient ancestors, films in their silver-screened glory provide people with stories where we can ultimately share a collective experience. Folks like being in the know, and in the end movies help connect people this way.

Plus they’re reel-ly cool too.