Björk

Björk, born November 21, 1965, is an Icelandic Polar Music Prize-winning auteur-compositeur-interprète, occasional actress, music composer and music producer, whose solo work includes seven solo album and two film original de bande-son. Björk s intermittent intérim carrière a commencé en 1990, when she appeared in The Juniper Tree, a tale of witchcraft based on the Brothers Grimm story of the same name. Björk played the role of Margit, a girl whose mother has been killed for practicing la sorcellerie. Björk donc had de non-crédité de role en 1994 s Prêt-à-Porter. En 1999, Björk was asked to write and produce the musical score for the film Dancer in the Dark, a drame musical about à l'immigrant nommé Selma who is lutter to pay for d'opération to prevent her son from going blind. Directeur de Lars von Trier, eventually asked her to consider playing the role of Selma, convincing her that the only true way to capture the character of Selma was to have the composer of the music play the character. Finalement, she accepted. Tournage a commencé au début de 1999, and the film il a débuté en 2000 at the 53ème Festival de Cannes. The film received the Palme d'Or, et Björk received the Best Actress Award for her role. It was reported that the shoot ce que si physiquement et emotionally tiring that she swore off intérim ever again. Björk later stated that she always wanted to do one musical in her life, and this was the one. The soundtrack Björk created for the film ce qui released with the title Selmasongs. The album features a duet with Thom Yorke of Radiohead titrée "I've seen It All", which was nominated for aux Academy Award for Best Song and was performed at the Oscars 2001. She ce que invited to record "Gollum's Song" for the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers but declined the invitation, as she ce que then pregnant. Björk donc appeared in the 2005 documentaire Screaming Masterpiece, which delves into the Icelandic music scene. The movie fonctionnalités archive footage of The Sugarcubes and Tappi Tíkarrass, and an ongoing conversation with Björk elle-même. Her partenaire Matthew Barney is a contemporary artist basé à New York. Björk collaborated with him on the experimental film d'art Drawing Restraint 9, a dialogueless exploration of Japanese culture. Björk and Barney both appear in the film. The film ce qui est sorti en 2005. She is also responsible for the film soundtrack, her second after Selmasongs. Director and previous collaborateur de Michel Gondry aux Björk to star in his film The Science of Sleep, but she declined. En 2010, elle collaborated with SHOWstudio et fondateur Nick Knight by providing music for Alexander McQueen tribute.