Jóhann Jóhannsson gave contemporary film and concert music a language of slow pulse, fragile electronics, and restrained orchestral weight. The composer from Iceland wrote film scores, albums, and concert works where texture often carries the emotional argument. Fordlândia, IBM 1401, A User's Manual, The Theory of Everything, Sicario, and Arrival place him among the most distinctive voices of early 21st-century classical sound.