Learn to Love Again Year of the Comet
| "The Comet Vocal" | ||||
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| Unmarried by Björk | ||||
| from the album Moomins and the Comet Chase soundtrack and Biophilia (Deluxe Edition) | ||||
| Released | September 6, 2010[ane] | |||
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| Length | 2:13 | |||
| Characterization | One Little Indian | |||
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"The Comet Song" is a song past Icelandic artist Björk, written by herself and long-time friend and collaborator Sjón as the title theme of the 2010 movie Moomins and the Comet Chase.[3] [4] The song is released as a clemency unmarried and all the benefits are donated to the victims of the 2010 Pakistan floods.[5] [6]
Björk had previously declared to be a large fan of Moomins, and had worn clothes featuring characters from the series on several occasions.[7]
Groundwork and composition [edit]
News first broke of a Björk and Moomins collaboration on 16 November 2009. Sjón, Icelandic poet and frequent Björk collaborator, was confirmed to accept co-written the vocal with her.[8] [ix]
On a four Baronial 2010 advent on BBC Radio 4 with Kristy Lang, Björk discussed her love of the Moomins, who were celebrating their 65th ceremony that year. "I read the books as a child, and and so I read them for my children. I realized I like them just as much and they probably stand for something Nordic... I recollect in that location's something quite stark up there, in that location's a certain kind of simplicity. You could sort of speculate and say information technology's because there are fewer plants there and fewer animals and few buildings, then you kind of take fewer things. It's kind of more minimal. I've sometimes compared it to, like, Scandinavian furniture to Italian or something where Italian has hundreds of little details and curls and curves and decoration and I judge Scandinavian article of furniture isn't very busy and kind of naked. So it's sort of, like, stark. It's funny and deplorable at the same time... I also just call up the relationship to nature with me (that) Tove Jansson has. That's very of import to me... What I also like is information technology's sort of more about the characters than their belongings, and then it's sort of about timeless stuff... Everybody's immune to exist as eccentric every bit they are. And I think mayhap when I was reading this for my kids when I'thou grown up, I actually noticed some sort of anti-dominance attribute in information technology... and at that place'south no hierarchy between the characters. They're all equal. I like that a lot."[x]
She also praised the Moomins creator Jansson, and revealed that at the dark of the picture show premiere in Finland she was invited to the island 2 hours past ocean from Helsinki, where Tove Jansson had lived. "It was basically like a stone with ane house in it, and that's information technology. No trees... And then she would come there in April and go back in October every twelvemonth... Sometimes at that place would exist ice in the water when they were arriving. Quite ofttimes they couldn't land the boat, so she would merely take her apparel off and say, 'Oh, don't worry. But bring the food tomorrow,' and she's just jump in and swim the terminal scrap." In talking about the sparseness of Jansson's house with its one room and single desk and basement sauna, Björk admitted, "I could just relate to the purity in it." Interspersed throughout the broadcast, clips of "The Comet Song" played.[10]
In an interview published on 3 August 2010 for Helsingin Sanomat, Björk revealed some details about the writing process: "At the time I was toying around with flutes quite a bit, and I mixed them with electronic sounds. The atmosphere seemed to exist appropriate for the Moomins, where in that location has always been something bleak and night, nigh mystical. I wasn't thinking in terms of nationalities, but information technology got a northern tone."[11] In improver to Sjón'due south interest, Matthew Herbert and Mark Bong, both longtime collaborators of Björk's, co-produced the track with her.[12]
When the single was released on iTunes, it was announced that proceeds from the track would get to support UNICEF'south efforts to aid children in Pakistan.[13]
Release [edit]
"The Comet Song" was released as a digital download on 6 September 2010, making it Björk'southward first single not to have a commercially available physical release, although a promotional CD was sent to radio stations by her label, I Little Indian.[fourteen]
A year later on, "The Comet Song" was included equally a bonus rails sectional to the Japanese edition of Björk's 2011 anthology, Biophilia,[15] featuring a new main made by Mandy Parnell.[16]
Critical reception [edit]
The Guardian summarized the collaboration of Björk and the Moomins every bit "the most perfect marriage of audible and visual sensibilities since Celine Dion stood wailing on the end of that big boat" and praised the song: "The chorus – if you lot can call it that – is brilliantly blunt: "Comet, oh dammit." Musically, it's all clanking percussion, creepy crawly basslines and that crystalline voice adding gravitas to lyrics such equally "we need milk and cakes and a warm bed".[17] Spin called it "typically advanced."[12]
Music video [edit]
Moomins in the music video for "The Comet Song".
The music video is made up of excerpts from the picture show,[5] itself compiled from the TV series The Moomins. The Moomins are seen working in a squad and running away from a comet, among other things. The video was directed and edited by Maria Lindberg and Tommi Tikka and produced by Tom Carpelan through Filmkompaniet.[18]
References [edit]
- ^ "Bjork News". Bjork.com . Retrieved 12 Jan 2019.
- ^ Henning Hoeg (November 17, 2009). "Mumi Björk". BT . Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "Björk Writes New Song for Freaky Finnish Children'southward Movie". Pitchfork Media. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 15 Apr 2010.
- ^ "Bjork writes new vocal for Moomins movie". NME. November 17, 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ a b Richard Smirke (Baronial 25, 2010). "Bjork To Release 'Moomins' Charity Song". Billboard . Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Chris Mugan (August 26, 2010). "Bjork Unveils Song for Moomins Movie". Spinner . Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Oli Simpson (Nov 18, 2009). "Björk records song for 'Moomins' picture". Digital Spy . Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "Björk Writes New Song for Freaky Finnish Children'southward Moving-picture show". Pitchfork . Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Reporter, News (17 November 2009). "Bjork writes new song for Moomins pic". NME . Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Bjork on the Moomins, and revamping Scarborough". BBC . Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Björk - Moomin fan since childhood". Björk.fr . Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Bjork Releases Wild New Track "The Comet Vocal"". Spin.com. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Björk Unveils New "Comet Song" Video for "Moomins" Film - Nonesuch Records". Nonesuch.com . Retrieved 12 Jan 2019.
- ^ "Björk – The Comet Song (2010, CD)". Discogs.com . Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Björk – Biophilia (2011, SHM-CD, CD)". Discogs.com . Retrieved 3 Jan 2022.
- ^ Inglis, Sam (Jan 2012). "Mandy Parnell: Mastering Björk'due south Biophilia". Soundonsound.com . Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Cragg, Michael (24 August 2010). "New music: Björk – The Comet Vocal". Soundonsound.com . Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Moominfilm. "The Comet Song by Björk from the film Moomins and the Comet Chase (HD)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 12 January 2019 – via YouTube.
External links [edit]
- Moomins and the Comet Chase at Björk.com
- Michael Cragg, New music: Björk – The Comet Song, The Guardian
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Comet_Song
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