Someone once told me that that Icelanders say, ‘You see the land’ in Iceland because there aren’t all that many trees, and so you can always see the landscapes wherever you are.
Field of View – Instrumental Ambient Music Video, featuring the beautiful landscapes of Iceland.
Written, performed & produced by Stephen Caulfield. Taken from the album, To the Lighthouse. Available here:
Video directed and edited by Stephen Caulfield. All footage filmed on my phone in the beautiful country of Iceland. I hope you enjoy the Icelandic scenery and nature.
I found the Icelandic landscape to be particularly inspiring when making the music for To the Lighthouse. In the specific case of this song – the beautiful horizon-to-horizon vistas of the countryside and scenery.
Specific locations featured:
- 00:00 – Búlandstindur, Teigarhorn, East Fjords, Iceland – September 2017
- 00:13 – Fjaðrárgljúfur, Kirkjubæjarklaustur, South East Iceland – September 2017
- 00:21 – Norður-Múlasýsla, North East Icland – September 2017
- 00:27 – nr Höfn, Hornafjörður, South East Iceland – September 2017
- 00:36 – nr Ísafjörður, Westfjords, North West Iceland – September 2017
- 00:47 – Borgarvirki, Vatnsnes, North Iceland – September 2017
- 00:58 – Fáskrúðsfjörður, East Fjords, Iceland – September 2017
- 01:09 – Kálfastrandavogar, Höfði, Lake Mývatn, North Iceland – September 2017
- 01:19 – Hrafnseyri, Arnarfjörður, Westfjords, North West Iceland – September 2017
- 01:27 – Ásbyrgi Canyon, nr Húsavík, North Iceland – September 2017
- 01:37 – Ásbyrgi Canyon, nr Húsavík, North Iceland – September 2017
- 01:50 – Hafragilsfoss, Jökulságljúfur, North Iceland – September 2017
- 02:04 – Sandafell, Þingeyri, Westfjords, North West Iceland – September 2017
- 02:12 – Sandafell, Þingeyri, Westfjords, North West Iceland – September 2017
- 02:19 – Hvitserkur, Vatnsnes, North Iceland – September 2017
- 02:29 – Meðalfellsvatn, Mosfellsbaer, South West Iceland – September 2017
- 02:39 – Laufskálavarða, Mýrdalssandur, South East Iceland – September 2017
- 02:44 – Búlandstindur, Teigarhorn, East Fjords, Iceland – September 2017
Primary instrumentation used to create the music:
- Soundethers Space Evolutions
- Roland Juno 60
- Various field recordings made in Iceland
The following artists and labels were of particular inspiration when making To the Lighthouse:
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Ólafur Arnalds, Sigur Rós, Jónsi & Alex Somers, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Stars of the Lid, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Björk, Anne Dudley, Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Kiasmos, The 1975, Brian Eno, Erased Tapes, Dirty Hit, Bella Union, One Little Indian, Deutsche Grammophon
Stephen Caulfield 