Bjork - Selmasongs: Music From The Motion Picture Dancer In The Dark [7/25]

Artist:

Bj?rk

UPC:

081227332525

See Also:

Dirty Projectors/Bj?rk - Mount Wittenburg Orca [10/25] *

Description:

Personnel includes: Bjork, Thom Yorke (vocals); Vince Mendoza (arranger).
"Overture" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and "I`ve Seen It All" was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accopanying A Vocalist.
Personnel: Bj?rk; Siobhan Fallon.
Renowned director Lars Von Trier`s stroke of genius in making his 2000 film DANCER IN THE DARK was to cast Iceland-born avant-pop siren Bjork in the central role and then enlist her aid in composing and performing a series of musical numbers for the movie. In the film, Bjork`s character Selma lives an unrelentingly hard life as a single mother and factory worker who is quickly going blind. The film`s songs come from Selma`s inner world, where she (and the audience) find respite from all the harshness of reality.
Bjork`s compositions, with orchestral arrangements from Vince Mendoza, hang together on their own quite nicely. Catherine Deneuve (Bjork`s co-star) and Radiohead`s Thom Yorke make effective vocal cameos, but Bjork`s voice and music are the central focus. As we hear the industrial sounds of the factory turn into the rhythm of a song, or follow Bjork`s oddly intuitive melodic leaps through a dreamlike haze of strings, it becomes clear that her idiosyncratic writing style adapts quite well to the cinematic milieu. As usual, her uniquely entrancing singing style stands out above almost all else.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Overture
2. Cvalda
3. I`ve Seen It All
4. Scatterheart
5. In the Musicals
6. 107 Steps
7. New World

Album Information

Release Date:

07/25/2006

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Electronic

Subgenre:

Electronica

Label:

Elektra

Producer:

Bjork; Mark Bell

Catalog Number:

73325

Original Release Year:

2000

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Thom Yorke

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