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SelmaSongs: Music from the Motion Picture Dancer in the Dark
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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 108 Ratings

  • Summary: The soundtrack to Lars Von Trier's "Dancer In The Dark" consists of seven tracks from Bjork, who also starred in the film. Includes "I've Seen It All," a duet with Radiohead's Thom Yorke.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Alternative Press
    100
    The music on Selmasongs brings Bjork's penchant for haunting melodies, cinematic imagery and ambient percussion fully to bear.... Though composed for a film, the music is 100-percent Bjork and may well be her best work yet. [12/2000, p.91]
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  2. The Wire
    90
    For Bjork, this release marks a development in her craft.... SelmaSongs is a little big brave collection of songs that makes me feel better whenever I listen to it. [#201, p.58]
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  3. AllMusic
    80
    Bjork has crafted an album that is both intimate and theatrical, innovative, but tied to tradition. Though Selmasongs paints a portrait of a woman losing her sight, it maintains Bjork's unique vision perfectly.
  4. Rolling Stone
    80
    An appropriate marriage of industrial clanging and symphonic melodrama... this album, although short, represents a particularly accessible career highlight for Bjork.
  5. Wall of Sound
    74
    Without the context of the film, the songs don't stand particularly well on their own for the purposes of casual listening.
  6. Launch.com
    70
    Bjork-obsessed fans hungry for more of the songwriter's customary eccentricities might be disappointed with the brief and thematic focus of the album.
  7. Dot Music
    40
    A refreshingly old-fashioned orchestral score intercut with rather less appealing jaunts through an atonal avant-garde.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. gagaforever
    Sep 22, 2010
    10
    The movie made me cry so much at the end and the lyrics and songs on the album are exceptional..."New World" is deffinitely a song i canThe movie made me cry so much at the end and the lyrics and songs on the album are exceptional..."New World" is deffinitely a song i can relate to and love listening to Bjork's music...She's so original and like Lady GaGa, Has her own style and voice that no one else can touch… Expand
  2. thaleslucas
    Jul 1, 2014
    10
    It's the best soundtrack that I heard in my life!! The way how Bjork's walking behind the drama and the glory, but staying on the best time ofIt's the best soundtrack that I heard in my life!! The way how Bjork's walking behind the drama and the glory, but staying on the best time of her life while she's hurting herself. I really loved this!… Expand
  4. AndrewF
    Aug 2, 2006
    10
    This is by far my favourite Bjork album, and one of my fave albums of all time. It works much better once you've seen the film, and you This is by far my favourite Bjork album, and one of my fave albums of all time. It works much better once you've seen the film, and you associate the heart-wrenching tale with the lovely music. Some of the most depressing music ever made to go with a nihilistic film, but it's a bold and daring artistic statement.… Expand
  5. CalR
    Feb 20, 2012
    8
    A prime example of an Artist embodying the essence of the movie and in pop music. Selma Songs is one of Bjork's best efforts, only hindered byA prime example of an Artist embodying the essence of the movie and in pop music. Selma Songs is one of Bjork's best efforts, only hindered by having to engage with the film, which appears to have deduced her lyrical capacity.… Collapse
  6. marcmyworks
    Oct 5, 2016
    8
    The perfect soundtrack to probably the saddest film I have ever seen. The songs inspire hope and beauty while the movie is very much theThe perfect soundtrack to probably the saddest film I have ever seen. The songs inspire hope and beauty while the movie is very much the opposite spectrum, the hardships of a poor life. Ironically the song nominated for an Oscar, "I've Seen it All" (duet with Radiohead's Tom Yorke) is my least favourite track. Download: Cvalda, 107 Steps, Overture.… Expand
  7. triangles19
    Jul 24, 2017
    7
    Selmasongs contains rework songs from the Lars Von Trier movie Dancer In The Dark. And some of the CD versions are weaker than the movieSelmasongs contains rework songs from the Lars Von Trier movie Dancer In The Dark. And some of the CD versions are weaker than the movie versions. For example I can't explain this version of Scatterheart, the movie version was way more touching. But it's still a great piece. Overature is a masterpiece and 107 Steps, one of the most creative song in Björk's discography.… Expand
  8. All_ButTrU4
    May 1, 2022
    6
    Pretty good soundtrack. Can't really fault it beyond i just couldn't connect with it much maybe it's because I haven't seen the movie itPretty good soundtrack. Can't really fault it beyond i just couldn't connect with it much maybe it's because I haven't seen the movie it scores but even so the music doesn't grip or even satisfy in the way soundtracks do .… Expand

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Awards & Rankings

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#62 Best Album of 2000
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#36 Most Discussed Album of 2000