With this soundtrack a new more human and fragile Bjork emerges from the superhuman persona we were familiar with from Homogenic. The first track is reminiscent of the first moments of Isobel from the Post album. But the interruption of this peaceful, floating orchestration by the sound of crude machinery and even Bjork herself, is a sign of things to come. This will be an upsetting movie.
This was not my concern or expectation having first listened to the C.D expecting to perhaps read a review on the internet and that being the end of it. Images of snow and forest and stalkers in late night urban Paris occurred to me. But there is an immaturity and playfullness not present in the movie that makes it listenable many times over.
The movie is a cinematic masterpiece, inventive and classy. It is treated much like a musical, but in a way that is also new and surprising. It deals with disfunctionality, in society and on a personal level. This makes this a serious movie and as the movie progress' we are less able to rely on Selmas uplifting flights into fancy.
The way the music melds with plot is not reflected in the C.D release of Selma Songs. The lyrics in some cases are not the same, but in the end, it presents an easier to access and lighter reminder of this story, and for all it beauty and boldness, in my opinion, this is not a movie to see twice.
here is a link to a much better follow up to Homogenic...(gulp)...not that I've listened to the whole thing yet!
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Lars Von Triers follow up in 2003