Though Björk has written music for films before, her collaboration with Matthew Barney on Drawing Restraint 9 is a much deeper and more natural pairing, which makes sense, considering that they're partners in life (and now in art). Björk's pieces for the film reflect its fusions of the contemporary with the ancient, and the organic with the technological -- themes that she has dealt with in her own work, especially on later albums like Medúlla. Though Drawing Restraint 9 is more expansive and abstract than Medúlla, it's in a similarly challenging and rewarding vein, and bodes well for future Björk/Barney collaborations.

Track Listing
1 Gratitude
2 Pearl
3 Ambergris March
4 Bath
5 Hunter Vessel
6 Shimenawa
7 Vessel Shimenawa
8 Storm
9 Holographic Entrypoint
10 Cetacea
11 Antarctic Return