Sigur Ros - Odin's Raven Magic

Odin's Raven Magic is a 2002 orchestral setting to the Icelandic poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins. The composition was a collaboration by Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen, Páll Guðmundsson and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir. It was premiered at the Reykjavík Arts Festival on 24 May 2002 - This is chapter 3.

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Music

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• Sigur
• ros
• Odin's
• raven
• magic
• iceland

[11willf]

what in the heck is that instrument???? is it a stone xylophone?

[Steb54]

@11willf It's a marimba, pretty much like a huge xylophone made of wood and stone.

[ChestertheBigRedDog]

@Steb54 Would it still be classified as a marimba though, despite having stone keys? (I'm an actual marimba player and find this extremely intriguing.

[Steb54]

@ChestertheBigRedDog I guess it could be classified in a Marimba sub-genre, and its real name might be "Lithophone", although the one Sigur Ros is using in this video seems to be pretty unique. :)

[ezzylock]

whats the name of the cd that can be found of this online??

[Steb54]

I dont think it has been released yet, probably never will...

[2GoodKarma]

c'est magique

[RickGhastly]

No hyperbole, this is probably my favorite live performance of all-time. "Wonderful" just doesn't do it justice.

[warcrazed99]

gudene vil vente tålmodig for de som vil omfavne dette mesterverket

[fonzaloon]

@11willf It's a marimba, one of the band members made it by collecting pieces of rock in Iceland. There's a tiny bit about it in the documentary Heima about a tour Sigur Ros did in Iceland.

[WOLF333999]

@Beartrucci: Or they have fat or slippery fingers...

[poisoneeee]

I can't breath

[Amoebe98]

Oh.

My.

God.

This is so incredibly beautiful.

[ezzylock]

@eberjair thanks for that :D



[KIRKCHUKALAS]

i REALLY love this whole performance, I have it on cd somewhere, great on lonely, rainy nights!

[technopirate]

chapter 3 is my favorite!

[Beartrucci]

3 poor individuals don't know what music is.

[WelfareChrist]

@ben1782

Point was that they both can't see out of their right eye. I used blind as in 'can't see' so I think it still holds - if he ripped his eye out it stands to reason that he can't see with his right eye. The parallel was interesting to me, but I never held it to be historically accurate.