''Svidd neger'' (subtitled ''Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'') is an original

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was commissioned by Filmfalken AS. from Ambassaden, Oslo, and Norsk Film, Bærum, Norway, recorded between September 2002 and April 2003. The album was issued by

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on September 15, 2003. The music is more elaborate than the abstract minimalism of '' Lyckantropen Themes''. Stated on the sleeve: “Music for and Inspired by ''Svidd neger'' as perceived by Ulver. What you hear is not strictly what you see. All for the director in you.” ''Svidd neger'' is Ulver’s first score for a full-length feature film, the controversial Norwegian film ''

Svidd neger (in English, ''Scorched Negro'') is a Norwegian film released in 2003, directed by Erik Smith Meyer and written by Stein Elvestad. Norwegian band Ulver provided the soundtrack. The plot revolves around two families living in a rural part of No ...

''. The songs are lush and dense, generally laidback but sinister, at times more musical and orchestral, while other elements are more minimal and atmospheric.

Critical reception

Writing for SputnikMusic, Tyler Munro, rated the soundtrack 4.5/5, commenting, “Very few albums craft themselves as experiences. Crafted as the soundtrack to the

film of the same name, ''Svidd Neger'' is ultimately nothing more than that. The movie is filled with racial epithets, axe-murders, alcoholic servants of god and some hardcore farming action, it's quite surprising to say that the soundtrack is absolutely beautiful.” John Chedsey, writing for webzine Satan Stole My Teddybear, comments, “Ulver sheds the constant sense of anxiety of ''Perdition City'' for an experience that is far more subliminal and alluring. The CD is a stripped down and minimalized affair that accents the mood and atmosphere of the music over any sort of song based musical score. The music is often very contemplative and looks inwards. The album doesn't quite conform to the noir imagery of ''

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'', but the overall feel of the album still thoroughly identifies the music as Ulver's own.”

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