In 1984
Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson and singer
Björk Guðmundsdóttir, who at that time were in
Kukl formed
the Elgar Sisters, Hilmar joined them next to
Einar Arnaldur Melax,
Sigtryggur Baldursson,
Þorsteinn Magnússon and
Birgir Mogensen to record 11 songs from 1984 to 1986 and disbanded afterwards. The Elgar Sisters did not release any album, but some of their works were featured during the solo careers of Björk and Guðlaugur. In 1987 Hilmar began to work with
Current 93, a band led by
David Tibet and collaborated with 10 releases, among them, he produced the single
Crowleymass in 1987 and in 1991 produced
Island, an album which featured singer Björk as backing vocalist on the song “Falling”. He also collaborated with the band Ornamental in 1988.
MÖK Trio was a group formed by bassist
Tómas Magnús Tómasson (known by his work in
Stuðmenn), Hilmar Örn and Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson. In fact, the name stemmed from the initials corresponding to the middle name of each member. Their first gig was by 1992. MÖK Trio did not play regularly and they never released any album. Their last presentation was in August 2001 at Galdrahátíðin á Ströndum, Reykjavík. In 1992 he started to record with singer and trumpet player
Einar Örn Benediktsson (from
the Sugarcubes) on a new project called
Frostbite and released an album titled
The Second Coming the following year through label
One Little Indian, but after this, the band was dissolved. His collaborations continued with sound engineer
Andrew McKenzie in
the Hafler Trio (H3ÖH) and in 1993 released an album called
Bootleg H3ÖH which contained remixes from Frostbite. By November 1997 Hilmar and Einar Örn joined drummer Sigtryggur Baldursson to form
Grindverk. After signing with
FatCat Records they released their debut album, a 12-inch vinyl titled
Gesundheit von K on 1 January 1999. With 4 tracks,
Gesundheit von K encompassed a wide range of styles: from the
industrial funk of the title song to the exotic
jazz of “Kastrato”. Grindverk showed with this album a dark music, with free instruments proper of the funk music or post industrialism of the eighties but in the context of the nineties. They were supposed to release an album called
T.h.e.r.a.p.i.s.t.s by July 1999, but it was canceled as Grindverk disbanded shortly after their debut release.
Hilmar Örn & Sigur Rós: In 2000 he collaborated with
Sigur Rós on the soundtrack to the film
Angels of the Universe, which was directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. This seventeen-track album contained fifteen songs composed by HÖH with his mellow soothing trademark sound (classical guitars, strings and synthesizers) and two songs created by Sigur Rós (“Bíum Bíum Bambaló” and “Dánarfregnir og Jarðafarir”). Later, he also worked with Sigur Rós composing and performing on “Hrafnagaldr Óðins”.
GVDL: This music project was formed in 2001 with Guðlaugur K. Óttarsson and bass player Georg Bjarnason. The group was established for the arrival in Iceland by the American band
Fuck. In fact, the name of the band was the initials of the American group shifted one place further. They only had one performance at Kaffi Reykjavík, without recording any tracks. In 2004 Hilmar Örn collaborated with singer
Eivør Pálsdóttir in a joint project between Iceland and
Ireland and performed with other musicians from both countries in two concerts, one in Reykjavík and the other in
Tórshavn, in the
Faroe Islands. ==Score music compositions==