2009 five CD set. 101 Dinner Party Songs is the perfect collection for those intimate parties with family and friends. Featuring a wide array of genres and artists, there's something for almost everybody on this four disc set. Includes cuts from Julie London, UB40, Ann Peebles, Johnny Mercer, Bobby Womack, Eva Cassidy, Willie Nelson, Richard Thompson, The Beach Boys, Sigur Ros and many others. EMI.
On their first album in seven years, the New York fusionists tap into a welter of global styles; the result is soft-edged and idyllic, yet hides a subtle political undercurrent.
Riceboy Sleeps is the debut studio album by ambient duo Jonsi & Alex, released on 20 July 2009. The album is an artistic collaboration between Sigur Ros vocalist Jon Thor (Jonsi) Birgisson and partner Alex Somers which features acoustic instrumental music alongside a string quartet, Amiina, and the Kopavogsdetur Choir.
Music for the IMAX documentary film by George Butler about the Mars Exploration Rover mission.
Score preparation by Nico Mulhy. Score recorded and mixed at Looking Glass Studios, New York. Score engineer: Ichiho Nishiki. Score music production coordinator: Christian Rutledge. Score published by Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). Glósóli performed by Sigur Rós. Written by Jon Thor Birgisson, August Aevar, Georg Holm, Kjartan Sveinsson, Orri Pall DyRasson. Published by Universal-Polygram Int. Publ., Inc. on behalf of Universal Music Publ. Ltd. Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises.