The Music from Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 9 is the second soundtrack album by Björk, released on 25 July 2005 in the United Kingdom and on 23 August 2005 in the United States. It was composed for Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 9, which Björk co-starred in as an "Occidental Guest", acting as the ninth installment of his ongoing Drawing Restraint film series.
The album was re-released in 2006 as a DualDisc including new DTS 96/24 5.1-channel surround sound mixes on the DVD-audio side, plus the extra track "Petrolatum". The DualDisc also formed part of the Surrounded box set.
Background For the composing of the soundtrack, 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; Mayumi Miyata plays the shō on multiple compositions in the soundtrack and appears in the film playing the instrument. "Holographic Entrypoint" features a Noh score and vocal performance by Shiro Nomura, which complements a climactic scene in the film.
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 brought "Nameless" back from her 2003 tour, and, with the help of Leila Arab, looped and edited it to create the track "Storm". Björk's vocals feature only 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. "Hunter Vessel" was later sampled on her album Volta for the tracks "Vertebræ by Vertebræ" and "Declare Independence". The track "Storm" was featured in the 2012 video game Spec Ops: The Line.
Track listing All tracks written by Björk, except where noted. All tracks produced solely by Björk, except for "Ambergris March" produced with Mark Bell and Valgeir Sigurðsson.
The film 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.
"Gratitude" – 4:59 "Petrolatum" – 6:10 "Haf" "Pearl" – 3:43 "Nisshin Maru" – 2:41 "Host" – 5:50 "Bath" – 5:07 "Aposiopesis" – 5:16 "Hunter Vessel" – 6:36 "Shimenawa" – 2:48 "Vessel Shimenawa" – 1:54 "Repose" – 8:49 "Storm" – 5:32 "Holographic Entrypoint" – 9:57 "Ambergris March" – 3:57 "Field Inversion" – 1:00 "Cetacea" – 3:12 "Antarctic Return" – 4:18
Personnel
Björk – arranger, producer, programmer, keyboards, harp, beat programming Tanya Tagaq – throat singing Luis "Kako" Alvarez – design assistant Yuji Arai – coordination, session coordinator Matthew Barney – director, producer, writer, design, direction, filmmaker Scott Bartucca – oboe Mark Bell – producer, beat programming David Bobroff – contrabass trombone James Button – oboe Bruce Eidem – trombone Emil Friðfinnsson – horn Christopher Gaudi – oboe Barbara Gladstone – producer Kathy Halvorson – oboe Shinichi Ishikawa – liner notes Clarice Jensen – assistant, project coordinator Mai Kamio – chorus Alisa Kikuchi – chorus Alexandra Knoll – oboe Winnie Lai – oboe Dan "D Unit" Levine – trombone Dan Levine – trombone Eleanor Miceli – chorus Taro Miceli – chorus Mayumi Miyata – sho Umeda Miyuki – assistant engineer Tony Morgan – design Nico Muhly – conductor, keyboards, preparation, score preparation Shiro Nomura – vocals Shonosuke Okura – percussion, chant Will Oldham – vocals Guðrún Óskarsdóttir – harpsichord Eiríkur Örn Pálsson – trumpet Zeena Parkins – harp Dean Plank – trombone Sigurður S. Porbergsson – trombone Sturla Pórisson – assistant engineer Akira Rabelais – piano treatments Matt Ryle – production design Einar St. Jónsson – trumpet Christopher Seguine – post production supervisor, post producer Jónas Sen – celeste Shogo Senda – chorus Raku Shigematsu – chorus Valgeir Sigurðsson – keyboards, programming, producer, engineer, mixing, beat programming Samuel Solomon – percussion, glockenspiel, crotale Peter Strietmann – photography, photography director Henry Takizawa – chorus Merrill Takizawa – chorus Takahiro Uchida – engineer Kuniyoshi Ueda – noh arranger, translation Marcus Grandon – assistance to Mr. Ueda Paul P Dub Walton – mixing Chris Washburn – trombone Tommy Webster – assistant engineer Chris Winget – photography
Charts Chart (2005) Peak positionUK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) 2
References
External links Drawing Restraint 9 mini-website Drawing Restraint 9 lyrics on official website