Coming from a musical background Valgeir's fascination with recording technology lead to a job in a small recording studio at the age of 16. He plays keyboards, bass, percussion, electronics/programming and studied classical guitar, graduating with a Tonmeister degree from London's SAE Institute. In 1998 Valgeir was hired by fellow countrywoman Björk as engineer and programmer on the soundtrack for Lars Von Trier's Dancer in the Dark. A song from the film, I've Seen It All (a duet with Radiohead's Thom Yorke) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to Bob Dylan's Things Have Changed. Valgeir created the distinctive train-rhythm that runs through the song. His working relationship with Björk continued beyond the film project and was consistent from early 1998 until 2006, during which time Valgeir was one of her main studio collaborators.
An isolated Icelandic dairy farmer takes on a corrupt cooperative which threatens her livelihood. The combination of unforgiving landscapes and an unyielding eco-warrior heroine made Benedikt Erlingsson’s an irresistible international hit ... It is three years since their last holiday and they are sinking deeper into debt ... Music. Valgeir Sigurdsson.
An isolated Icelandic dairy farmer takes on a corrupt cooperative which threatens her livelihood. The combination of unforgiving landscapes and an unyielding eco-warrior heroine made Benedikt Erlingsson’s an irresistible international hit ... It is three years since their last holiday and they are sinking deeper into debt ... Music. Valgeir Sigurdsson.