jónsi's soundtrack to cameron crowe's film we bought a zoo was released in december 2011. the album comprises over 30 minutes of brand new music from jónsi, including two new full-length tracks ævin endar (life ends) & gathering stories as well as nine shorter “theme” pieces. the album also comprises re-imagining’s of songs from jónsi’s debut solo album “go” and “hoppípolla” by sigur rós.

in december 2011, jónsi and director cameron crowe got together at a q&a in new york to discuss the soundtrack, on-set musical inspiration and their collaboration on track gathering stories. watch the q&a here.