Hlemmur is a soundtrack from 2002 composed and performed by the Iceland

Iceland

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ic band Sigur Rós

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. It is an instrumental electronic score to the Icelandic documentary Hlemmur

Hlemmur (film)

Hlemmur is a 2002 Icelandic documentary directed by Ólafur Sveinsson from 2002. It is named after Reykjavík's main bus terminal and revolves around the lives of some unfortunate destitute men who spend most of their time there....

, which is named after Reykjavík

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's main bus terminal.
It was first sold to the public in the spring 2003 European and American tours. It is composed of 19 tracks, some of which are variations of the same theme. The film and the soundtrack were released together in a limited-edition DVD-CD package in August 2007 on the band's own label Krúnk

KrunK

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Track listing

1. "Jósef tekur fimmuna í vinnuna" [Jósef Takes the Nr. 5 to Work] - 3:04
2. "Hlemmur 1" - 1:38
3. "Fyrsta ferð" [The First Trip] - 2:35
4. "Vetur" [Winter] - 1:48
5. "Hvalir í útrýmingarhættu" [Endangered Whales] - 3:00
6. "Hlemmur 2" - 0:43
7. "Þversögn" [Paradox] - 2:09
8. "1970" - 1:14
9. "Jósef tekur fimmuna í vinnuna 2" - 1:47
10. "Ég mun læknast!" [I Will Recover!] - 1:54
11. "1993" - 1:12
12. "Hlemmur 3" - 1:19
13. "Síðasta ferð" [The Last Trip] - 2:38
14. "23:20" - 1:42
15. "Byrgið" [The Shelter] - 1:36
16. "Áfram Ísland" [Go Iceland] - 1:22
17. "Allt tekur sinn tíma!" [All in Due Time!] - 2:46
18. "Hannes" [a male name] - 2:39
19. "Óskabörn þjóðarinnar" [Model Citizens] - 4:45