News – Dustin O'Halloran

A Spy Among Friends

Featuring a score by Dustin, “A Spy Among Friends” is now streaming on itvx. An incredible true story brilliantly directed by Nick Murphy, featuring Guy Pearce, Damian Lewis and Anna Maxwell Martin.

Dustin recently spoke to Indiewire.com about the process of writing the score:

O’Halloran also deliberately avoided the language of prestige television, the soaring strings and mournful horns that give the viewer an overly simple answer to scenes of nuance and ambiguity. “I wanted it to sound modern,” O’Halloran told IndieWire, “in a way that you would feel like you were in it today and you didn’t feel like you were in a history piece.”

The full interview is available here.

Dustin O’Halloran on Tour in October/November 2022

For the first time in years, Dustin O’Halloran will be on a solo tour around the EU and UK in October and November, with music from his ‘Silfur’ record and also some new material. Clarice Jensen will be performing as his special guest.

Oct. 25 – Kulturkirken JAKOB – Oslo, NO

Oct. 26 – Dr Studie – Copenhagen, DK

Oct. 27 – Fasching – Stockholm, SE

Oct. 28 – Passionskirche – Berlin, DE

Oct. 31 – TivoliVredenburg – Utrecht, NL

Nov. 01 – Stoller Hall – Manchester, UK

Nov. 02 – Pavilion Theatre – Dublin, IE

Nov. 04 – Southbank Centre – London, UK

All tickets on sale here!

– Photo by Mariza Kapsabelli –

‘The Essex Serpent’ TV series

Dustin O’Halloran and Herdís Stefánsdóttir co-composed the upcoming Apple TV+ series The Essex Serpent, starring Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston.

Directed by Clio Barnard, the series is based on the novel by Sarah Perry about a widow named Cora who moves from Victorian London to a small Essex village to follow a local superstition about a creature known as the Essex Serpent.

Performances in March 2022

Dustin O’Halloran will be performing on March 26 at CCHA/cultuurcentrum in Hasselt, Belgium (alongside Shida Shahabi and Echo Collective), and on March 28 at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece.

Get tickets here.

Listen to/Order his latest album Silfur here.

Deutsche Grammophon’s Christmas album ‘Winter Tales’

Dustin O’Halloran and Bryan Senti contributed to Deutsche Grammophone’s Christmas album Winter Tales. Their track ‘What Gently Flutters’ was drawn from the ancient Icelandic hymn ‘Hvað flýgur mér í hjarta blítt’.

Other artists that contributed include Roger and Brian Eno, Hania Rani and Dobrawa Czocher, Balmorhea, Ane Brun and Joep Beving.

‘Silfur’ is out now

“O’Halloran’s output has always been imbued with a careful, gentle and reflective quality.” —CLASH

“It’s a joy to hear an artist still in love with his instrument of choice, eager to highlight its creaks and vicissitudes.” —A Closer Listen

“You can really just drop that figurative needle anywhere on this record and hit something that will settle you down in a wonderful way.” —NPR All Songs Considered

Listen/order here

Dustin O’Halloran’s new album ‘Silfur’

Silfur, Dustin O’Halloran’s new solo album, is out now. It features new recordings of thirteen compositions from previous albums, including four new string arrangements, and is framed by two new pieces.

The final piece on the album is ‘Constellation No. 2’, co-written by Gyða Valtýsdóttir. The beautiful music video below was created by film-maker and photographer Anna Maggý.

Silfur was recorded in Iceland in 2020, and is a bridge linking Dustin’s repertoire from past to present.

Listen to the album here or buy it here.

‘Silfur’, Dustin O’Halloran’s new album, is out June 11

Dustin O’Halloran’s new album Silfur will be released June 11, 2021, on Deutsche Grammophon, and features new pieces and reimagined earlier works.

This beautiful live performance video of the first single ‘Opus 18’ was shot at Reykjavík’s Fríkirkjan church by director Blair Alexander.

Listen to ‘Opus 18’ and pre-order ‘Silfur’ here: https://dg.lnk.to/silfur

A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s ‘Invisible Cities’ out now

A Winged Victory for the Sullen, the collaboration between Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran, have released their new album ‘Invisible Cities’, the stunning score to the critically acclaimed theatre production directed by London Olympics ceremony video designer Leo Warner. Released on their own Artificial Pinearch Manufacturing label, the album comes as part of an agreement with A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s current label, Ninja Tune.

Listen/order here.

AWVFTS announce new album “Invisible Cities”

Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie of A Winged Victory for the Sullen have announced their new album Invisible Cities, to be released February 26th, 2021. Two singles are already available: ‘Desires Are Already Memories’ and ‘So That The City Can Begin To Exist’.

Pre-order here.