Drawing Restraint 9 (album)

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Drawing Restraint 9
Soundtrack by Björk
Released	July 25, 2005 (U.K.) August 23, 2005 (U.S.)
Recorded	2004
Genre	Soundtrack, Japanese
Length	52:03
Label	One Little Indian
Producer(s)	Björk, Mark Bell and Valgeir Sigurðsson
Professional reviews
The Guardian 7/15/05 Rolling Stone 7/08/05 All Music Guide link
Björk chronology
Army of Me: Remixes and Covers (2005)	Drawing Restraint 9 (2005)	( surrounded): (2006)

Drawing Restraint 9 is a music album created by Björk in collaboration with her partner Matthew Barney for his film of the same title. For this project Björk traveled to Japan to study ancient Japanese music. Several tracks are made with the sound of the shō, a Japanese instrument which contains 16 various reeds; the shō performances are from Mayumi Miyata, one of the world's greatest shō players. She also appears in the film, playing her instrument. The song "Holographic Entrypoint" features a Noh score and vocal performance by Shiro Nomura. Björk brought "Nameless" back from her 2003 tour, and, with the help of Leila, looped and edited it to create the track "Storm." Alternative folk singer Will Oldham (also known as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) is featured on the first track, "Gratitude," singing a letter from a Japanese fisherman to General Douglas MacArthur set to a melody by Matthew Barney. Björk's vocals only feature on the tracks "Bath", "Storm", and "Cetacea". "Gratitude", "Shimenawa" and "Cetacea" feature harp player Zeena Parkins, who previously collaborated with Björk on her 2001 album Vespertine.

[edit] Album track listing

All songs written by Björk unless otherwise noted

1. "Gratitude" (Barney, Björk) – 4:59
2. "Pearl" – 3:43
3. "Ambergris March" – 3:57
4. "Bath" (Björk, Akira Rabelais) – 5:07
5. "Hunter Vessel" – 6:36
6. "Shimenawa" – 2:48
7. "Vessel Shimenawa" – 1:54
8. "Storm" (Björk, Leila) – 5:32
9. "Holographic Entrypoint" (Barney) – 9:57
10. "Cetacea" (Barney, Björk) – 3:12
11. "Antarctic Return" – 4:18

[edit] Film track listing

The following is a list of the full score used in the film ordered from when they chronologically appear. Many of the tracks are instrumental or variations of the main themes so were not included on the official soundtrack. The instrumental "Petrolatum" was later featured as an exclusive bonus track for the box set ( surrounded):.

1. "Gratitude" (Barney, Björk) – 4:59
2. "Petrolatum" – 6:10
3. "Haf"
4. "Pearl" – 3:43
5. "Nisshin Maru" (Valgeir Sigurðsson)
6. "Host" (Mark Bell)
7. "Bath" (Björk, Akira Rabelais) – 5:07
8. "Hunter Vessel" – 6:36
9. "Shimenawa" – 2:48
10. "Vessel Shimenawa" – 1:54
11. "Repose" (Valgeir Sigurðsson)
12. "Storm" (Björk, Leila) – 5:32
13. "Holographic Entrypoint" (Barney) – 9:57
14. "Ambergris March" – 3:57
15. "Field Inversion"
16. "Cetacea" (Barney, Björk) – 3:12
17. "Antarctic Return" – 4:18

[edit] External links

• Drawing Restraint 9 Special on bjork.com
• Drawing Restraint 9 at the Internet Movie Database

Björk

Discography

Albums: Björk | Debut | Post | Homogenic | Vespertine | Medúlla

Compilation Albums and Boxsets: Telegram | Greatest Hits | Family Tree | Army of Me: Remixes and Covers | (____surrounded):

Soundtrack Albums and Live: Selmasongs | Live Box | Drawing Restraint 9

Collaboration Albums: Gling-Gló

Singles: "Human Behaviour" | "Venus as a Boy" | "Play Dead" | "Big Time Sensuality" | "Violently Happy" | "Army of Me" | "Isobel" "It's Oh So Quiet" | "Hyper-Ballad" | "Possibly Maybe" | "I Miss You" | "Jóga" | "Bachelorette" | "Hunter" | "Alarm Call" | "All Is Full of Love" "Hidden Place" | "Pagan Poetry" | "Cocoon" | "It's in Our Hands" | "Oceania" | "Who Is It" | "Triumph of a Heart" | "Where Is the Line"

Films

The Juniper Tree | Dancer in the Dark | Drawing Restraint 9