Selmasongs: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Dancer in the Dark
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| Selmasongs | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Björk | ||||
| Released | September 18, 2000 (UK) September 19, 2000 (US) |
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| Genre | Electronica, Classical, Alternative, Trip-hop | |||
| Length | 32:14 | |||
| Label | One Little Indian | |||
| Producer | Björk Mark Bell |
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| Singles from Selmasongs | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| Alternative Press | [3] |
| NME | (Favourable) [4] |
| The A.V. Club | (Favorable) [5] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.4/10) [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Slant Magazine | [8] |
| Spin | [9] |
Selmasongs was released in September 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 film, the most pronounced example being "Scatterheart". The album omits the vocals of actors David Morse, Cara Seymour and Edward Ross[disambiguation needed 
]. 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 particular, on the song "I've Seen It All", Thom Yorke performs the words sung by Peter Stormare in the film. In addition, the track "My Favourite Things" does not appear on the album at all. The track "I've Seen It All" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. For the track, Björk made a "webeo" with director Floria Sigismondi that premiered on September 1, 2000 on MTV.com. It used a shorter version of the song that the singer recorded specifically for the webeo.[10]
The album was re-released in 2006 as a DualDisc including new DTS 24/96 5.1-channel surround sound mixes. The DualDisc also formed part of the (____surrounded): box set.
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[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 and arranged, orchestrated, and conducted by Vincent Mendoza.
- Tracks 2 & 5 written by Björk, Mark Bell, Sjón, and Lars von Trier.
- Tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7 written by Björk, Sjón, and Lars von Trier.
In the film, the songs appear in the following order:
- "Overture"
- "Cvalda" (with Catherine Deneuve)
- "I've Seen It All (with Peter Stormare)
- "Smith & Wesson" (with David Morse, Cara Seymour, Vladica Kostic and Edward Ross[disambiguation needed
]) (a.k.a. "Scatterheart") - "In the Musicals (Pt. 1)"
- "In the Musicals (Pt. 2)"
- "My Favorite Things"
- "107 Steps" (with Siobhan Fallon)
- "The Last Song"
- "New World"
[edit] Charts
| Country | Peak position | Certification | Sales |
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| Austria | 21 | ||
| France | 4 | Platinum | 242,000+ |
| Finland | 10 | ||
| Norway | 2 | ||
| Japan | 17 | Platinum[11] | 91,530[12] |
| Poland[13] | 19 | ||
| Sweden | 12 | ||
| Switzerland | 20 | ||
| U.K. | 34 | ||
| United States | 41 | 201,000 |
[edit] References
- ^ SelmaSongs: Music from the Motion Picture Dancer in the Dark at Metacritic Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ Selmasongs: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Dancer in the Dark at Allmusic
- ^ Alternative Press. December 2000, p.91.
- ^ "SelmaSongs". NME. 13 September 200. http://www.nme.com/reviews/artistKeyname/2805. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ Joshua Klein (29 March 2002). "Bjork - SelmaSongs Music Review". The A.V. Club. http://www.avclub.com/articles/bjrk-selmasongs,21922/. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ Ryan Schreiber (31 August 2000). "Bjork: Selmasongs Album Review". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/729-selmasongs/. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ Rolling Stone. December 28, 2000, p.56
- ^ Sal Cinquemani (20 January 2001). "Bjork: Selmasongs Music Review". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/bjork-selmasongs/16. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ Spin Magazine. December 2000, p.197
- ^ Mirapaul, Matthew (August 21, 2000). "Music Videos Enter the Digital Age". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=technology&res=9A02E3D8103EF932A1575BC0A9669C8B63. Retrieved 2000-08-21.
- ^ http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2001/2001_9.pdf
- ^ http://tieba.baidu.com/f?z=793019824&ct=335544320&lm=0&sc=0&rn=30&tn=baiduPostBrowser&word=oricon&pn=30
- ^ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=3&lang=pl
