Selmasongs: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Dancer in the Dark
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| Selmasongs: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Dancer in the Dark | ||
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| Soundtrack by Björk | ||
| Released | September 18 2000 (UK) September 19 2000 (US) | |
| Genre | Electronica, Contemporary | |
| Length | 32:14 | |
| Label | One Little Indian | |
| Producer(s) | Björk Mark Bell | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Björk chronology | ||
| Homogenic (1997) | Selmasongs: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack Dancer in the Dark (2000) | Vespertine (2001)
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Selmasongs was released in September of 2000 by Icelandic singer, musician and actress Björk as a soundtrack to the film Dancer in the Dark, in which she also starred as the main character, Selma.
The album features classical arrangements as well as melodies and beats composed of sounds from mundane objects, such as factory machines and trains.
Notably, some of the song lyrics on the album are substantially different from the songs in the movie; the most obvious example being "Scatterheart". Some lyrics were rewritten, perhaps to prevent spoiling crucial plot details, since the soundtrack was released in stores before the movie opened in theaters, or to make the record flow better as a stand-alone album. In addition, the tracks "My Favourite Things" and "(The) Next-to-Last Song" do not appear on the album at all, possibly for the same reason. It won a nomination for the Oscars in the category of the best film soundtrack in 2001
[edit] Track listing
- "Overture" (Instrumental) – 3:38
- "Cvalda" (with Catherine Deneuve) – 4:48
- "I've Seen It All" (with Thom Yorke) – 5:29
- "Scatterheart" – 6:39
- "In The Musicals" – 4:41
- "107 Steps" (with Siobhan Fallon) – 2:36
- "New World" – 4:23
Track 1 written by Björk.
Tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7 written by Björk, Sjón & Lars von Trier.
Tracks 2 & 5 written by Björk, Mark Bell, Sjón & Lars von Trier.
[edit] Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | Billboard 200 | 41 |
[edit] External links
| Björk |
| Discography |
| Albums: Björk | Debut | Post | Homogenic | Vespertine | Medúlla |
| Compilation Albums and Boxsets: Telegram | Greatest Hits | Family Tree | Army of Me: Remixes and Covers | (____surrounded): |
| Soundtrack Albums and Live: Selmasongs | Live Box | Drawing Restraint 9 |
| Collaboration Albums: Gling-Gló |
| Singles: "Human Behaviour" | "Venus as a Boy" | "Play Dead" | "Big Time Sensuality" | "Violently Happy" | "Army of Me" | "Isobel" "It's Oh So Quiet" | "Hyper-Ballad" | "Possibly Maybe" | "I Miss You" | "Jóga" | "Bachelorette" | "Hunter" | "Alarm Call" | "All Is Full of Love" "Hidden Place" | "Pagan Poetry" | "Cocoon" | "It's in Our Hands" | "Oceania" | "Who Is It" | "Triumph of a Heart" | "Where Is the Line" |
| Films |
| The Juniper Tree | Dancer in the Dark | Drawing Restraint 9 |
