Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir - A Letter From Helga (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Doorway
02. Opening
03. Glahn
04. Desire
05. Love
06. Arrival of Spring
07. The Kiss
08. Golden Age
09. I'm Pregnant
10. You Don't Have Much Time
11. Where Are You Going
12. Hay Cutting
13. Drowning
14. Helga's Dream
15. I'm Not the Loving Kind
16. Transition
17. Bjarni's Longing
18. The Letter

Original motion picture soundtrack from A Letter From Helga. All music is composed by Kristin Anna Valtysdottir except I'm Not The Loving Kind is composed by John Cale. Arranged by Kristin Anna and David Thor Jonsson. Accordion, pianos, marxophone, synthesiser and vocals performed by Kristin Anna. Cornett performed by Aki Asgeirsson. Cello arrangement and performance on tracks 1, 2, 7 and 15 by Gyda Valtysdottir. Tuba, trombone, alto horn and euphonium on tracks 1, 10, 12 performed by Ingi Gardar Erlendsson. Hammond organ on I'm Not The Loving Kind performed by David Thor Jonsson. Additional vocals on I'm Not The Loving Kind performed by David Thor, Kristin Annaand asa Helga Hjorleifsdottir

The story takes place in the 1940's in the west fjords of Iceland, a strange paradise hidden at the edge of Europe. In this small but thriving community we meet Bjarni, a young, idealistic farmer. Bjarni has a place in this world; his house has been in his family for 9 generations, he has status, respect and his wife Unnur is capable and hard-working. It appears that the sun is shining on them, but underneath the surface, a silent anguish is growing between husband and wife, too painful to talk about. Unnur clings to the farm work, as does Bjarni who is torn between loyalty to Unnur and a deep, growing frustration. And then there is Helga, the mother of two on the next farm. Helga is intelligent, her poetic mind trapped in farm life and trapped in a marriage with a man who was never her equal. Bjarni and Helga share a love for literature and soon enough the rumor starts to spread that the two of them are having an affair. Ironically this rumor eventually does drive them together. And just like that - they're plunged into a passion they didn't think could exist, both so thirsty for it that there's no way of stopping. But when Helga becomes pregnant and asks Bjarni to move to Reykjavík with her, he can't take the jump. He stays, loyal to his wife and to this place. Decades later Bjarni finds himself haunted by the past, wondering if he made the right choice.