Hunter Vessel

Hunter Vessel
That was one of the first pieces I wrote before I saw any footage, and [Matthew] asked me if I could do like aggressive ship music, that basically the baddy in the movie was the hunter, the hunter ship that hunts the whales. And I have to say he did mention Jaws.’ [laughs] So this is like the baddy music ? This is like the baddy music. It was fun to write. Out of all the pieces in this project it’s sort of maybe the piece i probably would never have done for myself. I wouldn’t have sat down and said, "Okay, now I’m gonna be just a bit megalomaniac, now I’m gonna get twenty brass players and they’re gonna make a piece that’s like fifteen minutes and there’s NO singing in it." And you know, it was kind of liberating to have this other agenda. And presumably it was all scored out...

BBC Radio 3, Mixing It, 5 august 2005

Hunter Vessel
I live near the harbour in Reykjavik, and ships are being repaired all the time outside my window. I’ve expressed to Matthew many times that I’m obsessed with ships, and I thought it would be great to make some kind of ship symphony.

The independant, July 15 2005