Björk - Selmasongs flac album

Selmasongs: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack 'Dancer in the Dark' is the first soundtrack album by Icelandic musician Björk. It was released on September 18, 2000, by One Little Indian Records to promote and accompany the film Dancer in the Dark. In the film Björk starred as Selma Ježková, a Czech immigrant who has moved to the United States. The album features classical arrangements, as well as melodies and beats composed of sounds from mundane objects, such as factory machines and trains.

Given Björk's past reputation for burning pop rulebooks, Selmasongs should expand on her disregard for traditional song structures, and challenge listeners with inventive sounds and unconventional uses of new technology. In fact, Selmasongs breaks no new ground whatsoever for the Icelandic composer, instead dwelling in more comfortable regions already mapped by Homogenic. The album begins promisingly with the beautifully arranged instrumental, "Overture. Muted horns echo distantly and gradually swell into a brief, subdued triumph

Selmasongs: Music from the Motion Picture ‘Dancer in the Dark’. Released September 18, 2000. Selmasongs: Music from the Motion Picture ‘Dancer in the Dark’ Tracklist. The songs on this album were written for Lars von Trier’s 2000 musical tragedy Dancer in the Dark. Selmasongs: Music from the Motion Picture ‘Dancer in the Dark’ Q&A.

Listen free to Björk – Selmasongs (Overture, Cvalda and more). The soundtrack of a movie so emotional and moving, Björk has sworn off of acting ever again, making this all the more special.

Selmasongs: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack 'Dancer in the Dark' is the first soundtrack album by Icelandic musician Björk.