Their music has also appeared in the TV series 24 with "Ný batterí", and CSI with "Svefn-g-englar". The former two also subsequently appeared in the US version of the television series Queer as Folk. Three songs, "Ágætis byrjun", " Svefn-g-englar", and a live take, from a summer 2000 concert in Denmark, of the then-unreleased "Njósnavélin" (later 'unnamed' "Untitled #4") appeared in the Cameron Crowe film Vanilla Sky. Soon critics worldwide were praising it effusively, and the band was playing support to established acts such as Radiohead. The album's reputation spread by word of mouth over the following two years. International acclaim came with 1999's Ágætis byrjun ( "A Good Beginning"). He is the only member of Sigur Rós with musical training, and has contributed most of the orchestral and string arrangements for their later work. The band was joined by Kjartan Sveinsson on keyboards in 1998. This name is also Icelandic wordplay: Vonbrigði means "disappointment", but Von brigði means "variations on Von". In 1997, they released Von (pronounced, meaning "hope") and in 1998 a remix collection named Von brigði ( ). They soon won a record deal with the local Sugarcubes-owned record label Bad Taste, because they thought the falsetto vocals would appeal to teenage girls. They took their name from Jónsi's younger sister Sigurrós, who was born a few days before the band was formed. Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson (guitar and vocals), Georg Hólm (bass) and Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson (drums) formed the group in Reykjavík in January 1994. Main articles: Von (album) and Von brigði
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