Björk

Björk, born November 21, 1965, is a Icelandic Polar Music Prize-winning cantautor, occasional actriz, music composer and music producer, whose solo trabajo includes seven solo álbum and two original de la banda sonora de la película. Björk's intermitentes interino de la carrera se inició en 1990, when she apareció en 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 madre has sido asesinado for a practicar la brujería. Björk also had a uncredited role en 1994's Prêt-à-Porter. En 1999, Björk lo asked to write and produce the musical score para la película Dancer in the Dark, a drama musical about a inmigrante named Selma who is luchado to pay for a cirugía to prevent her son from going blind. El Director 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 lo que to have the composer of the music play the character. Finalmente, she aceptado. Filming comenzó a principios de 1999, y la película debuted en 2000 at the 53rd Festival de Cine de Cannes. The film received the Palme d'Or, and Björk received the Best Actress Award for her role. It was reported that the shoot qué tan physically and emotionally tiring that she swore off acting 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 lo released with the title Selmasongs. Un álbum de características a duet with Thom Yorke de Radiohead titled "i've Seen It All", which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song and was performed at the 2001 Oscars. "She was invited to record "Gollum's Canción" for the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers but declined the invitation, as " she was then pregnant. Björk así que apareció en the 2005 documental Screaming Masterpiece, which delves into the Icelandic music scene. The movie características archive footage of The Sugarcubes and Tappi Tíkarrass, and an ongoing conversation with Björk herself. Her socio Matthew Barney is a contemporary artist based en la ciudad de Nueva York. Björk collaborated with him on the experimental de arte y cine de Dibujo de Retención 9, a dialogueless exploration of Japanese culture. Björk and Barney both appear in the película. The film lo publicado en 2005. She is also responsible for the film's de la banda sonora de her segunda after Selmasongs. Director and previous collaborator Michel Gondry asked Björk to star en su película The Science of Sleep, but she declined. En 2010, she collaborated with SHOWstudio and founder Nick Knight by providing " music for a Alexander McQueen homenaje.