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“Odin’s Raven Magic” is a 2002 orchestral setting to the Icelandic poem “Hrafnagaldr Óðins.” The composition was a collaboration by Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen, Páll Guðmundsson, and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir. It was premiered at the Reykjavík Arts Festival on May 24, 2002.
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That was beautiful. It looks to me as if one of those xylophones was made of rocks. Around here (where I live) we call them singing stones. I have not seen nor heard a xylophone made of rock before; just individual rocks, if you are lucky enough to find them.
There are many more beautiful tunes legally available direct from the orchestras ftp site.
ftp://ftp.sigur-ros.co.uk/
ftp://ftp.sigur-ros.co.uk/welcome.msg
Enjoy