Barði Jóhannsson is an Icelandic musician, composer, writer, TV show host, clothing designer and film director. He is mostly known for his work with the groups Bang Gang, Lady & Bird and Starwalker, a collaboration with Jean-Benoît Dunckel.
In addition to these musical outlets, Barði has been involved in a number of other audio-visual projects. Most significantly, he has written music for commercials and for the National Theatre of Iceland and Centre Dramatique d'Orleans. He has appeared at the Festival Aix En Provence and he co-produced and co-directed short films.
Barði has also written scores for movies and documentaries, such as Haxan and Óskar Jónasson’s Reykjavik Rotterdam, which won Best Original Film Score at the Icelandic Edda Film awards and was nominated for the Scandinavian Film Music Awards at Giff Film Festival. He wrote the score for the film Would You Rather with Daniel Hunt, directed by David Guy Levy; and the score for the French film The Finishers directed by Nils Tavernier.
Barði has worked with many artists during his career.