‘Lumière (Expanded)’ is out now, with four additional tracks, celebrating the year of its 15th anniversary. Order now via here.

”I am happy to announce today the re-release of my album Lumière from 2011. This record holds a special place for me, as it was a time of great transition and experimentation. It will feature some unreleased tracks that I’m excited to share from that period, starting with Fragile N.1. This piece didn’t make the record at the time, but I’m happy to finally share it now. Stay tuned for more to come, and as always, thank you for listening!There were a lot of interesting sketches that didn’t make the original Lumière record, and this track ‘Fragile N.1’ is one of those.

Writing for Lumière began when I was living in Italy and I’d been exploring these ideas of fragility while working on Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette – the kind of colours, textures, and materials it was using. And ideas of innocence.

But this track really came together after moving to Berlin, blending piano with strings and electronics. It was a very vital period in my career where I found myself in the company of great composers like Max Richter, Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm, and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson. We would go to each others’ concerts, bounce ideas off each other, and collaborate.

Nils, Peter, and Jóhann all have credits as players or engineers on Lumière.Lumière (Expanded) will feature three previously unheard tracks recorded during the album sessions and an electronic remix.”

‘The Chromatic Sessions’ EP is available today on Bandcamp, both digital and on coloured 7″ vinyl. Listen here.

The 7″ vinyl comes in red, gold and blue as a bundle of three. Each bundle is limited to 150 sets and each vinyl contains all three tracks, exclusively on Bandcamp.

It also comes with free PDFs of the sheet music. I wanted to offer the sheet music because when people get involved in playing the music, it becomes part of them in a different way. It becomes communal. It becomes theirs.

The tracks are improvised piano pieces recorded in single takes in my studio in quiet moments of creation and spontaneous exploration. A synaesthetic mingling of visual and sonic sensations of three colors -, gold, red and blue. I’ve always loved triptychs in art and film, and I think the simplicity of these colors can have many meanings for the listener. Colors can tell a story without language — in the same way that music can, too.

I can’t wait to share this with you and hear your interpretations

Dustin O’Halloran’s soundtrack Eleanor the Great (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is released today on September 26th, in parallel with the theatrical release of Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great. Listen here.

A longtime admirer of O’Halloran’s solo piano work, Johansson approached him for the film and they worked in close collaboration during the filming process to craft a sonic throughline to the deeply human story. The resulting score features delicately lyrical solo piano movements punctuated by stirring orchestral suites that perfectly capture the film’s exploration of grief, identity and the need for human connection.

“This is one of my favorite scores I’ve gotten to work on. It was created with a very minimal palette, mostly piano, which I always find interesting and challenging — trying to create a lot of dimension without too many instruments and finding space for the performances. I recorded most of the score in Iceland, along with the amazing string players of the Budapest Art Orchestra.
Many of the piano performances were simply me recording while watching the picture, playing and improvising with it to create a feeling that the viewer was inside the performance. Thanks to Scarlett for giving me so much trust and freedom to put so much of myself into it, and to June Squibb for her incredible performance. And to my whole team that worked on this with me!” —Dustin O’Halloran
Special thanks to the people who worked on this with me.

Arrangements: Hafsteinn Thrainsson
Score mixer: Styrmir Hauksson
Piano recording by Bergur Thorisson
Score Orchestration: Jan Andrees / Raffael Seyfried
Score Production Assistant: Francesco Le Metre
Orchestra: Budapest Art Orchestra
Conductor: Gyorgy Gulyas Nagy

Dustin O’Halloran scored Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut “Eleanor the Great“. The film stars Oscar nominee June Squibb as a nonagenarian who passes herself off as a Holocaust survivor, and also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht and Erin Kellyman. It had its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section and at its north American premiere at TIFF 50.

Dustin O’Halloran scored “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy”, the fourth instalment of the film series. Directed by Michael Morris, it stars Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall.

​The original motion picture soundtrack was released digitally on February 14, 2025, and features 19 tracks including the song “It Isn’t Perfect But It Might Be” by Olivia Dean.

Excited to announce some UK shows coming up, with support by my dear friend and collaborator Margaret Hermant. Full tour details via the “Live” page.

Feb. 21 Manchester – Hallé St. Peters – Tickets
Feb. 22 Birmingham – Bradshaw Hall – Tickets
Feb. 23 Bristol – Lantern Hall – Tickets
Feb. 24 London – Union Chapel – Tickets
Feb. 26 Gateshead – The Glasshouse – Tickets
Feb. 27 Edinburgh – Queen’s Hall – Tickets

Photo Anna Maggý

Dustin spoke with Ruinous Media ahead of his North American tour – listen back to the full conversation here.

“Dustin shares how his early relationship with music influenced his trajectory to go from a rock-oriented guitarist and singer to a solo pianist creating instrumental music. He tells us how 1 0 0 1 evolved from a performance dance piece to expansive sonic journey and functioned as a bridge to a new artistic path. Dustin and Joe discuss his process in writing and recording 1 0 0 1, Dustin walks us through the inspiration behind the four movements and he explains why texture drives his creativity. The two celebrate the power of re-amping and we hear two pieces from 1 0 0 1.”

Full details of the tour is available via the “Live” page.