Title: Last & First Men Artist: Johann Johannsson Label: Deutsche Grammophon Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 028948374106 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2020-03-27 Number of Discs: 2 Additional Details: DIGIPACK PACKAGING, WITH BLU-RAY
CD/BR. Inspired by the cult scifi novel by Olaf Stapledon of the same name, J¢hann J¢hannsson paired images of a decaying futuristic landscape - filmed in 16mm black and white in the former Yugoslav republics - with his haunting orchestral score to form Last and First Men, a meditation on memory and loss. Featuring narration by Tilda Swinton and musical performances by Hildur Gudnad¢ttir, Last and First Men is released in a deluxe vinyl that includes the never-before-released film on Blu-ray.
Tracks: 1.1 Prelude 1.2 A Minor Astronomical Event 1.3 A Move to Neptune 1.4 Physical Description of the Last Human Beings 1.5 Architecture 1.6 Supreme Monuments 1.7 Telepathic Unity 1.8 Childhood / Land of the Young 1.9 The Navigators 1.10 The Sun 1.11 A New Doom 1.12 Task No. 1: The Scattering of Seeds 1.13 Task No. 2: Communicating with the Past 1.14 The Last Office of Humanit 1.15 Slow Destruction of Neptune 1.16 The Few That Prevail 1.17 The Last Men 1.18 Remembrance of the Past 1.19 The Universal End 1.20 Epilogue
