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When singer-songwriter Bird York—also an actor and screenwriter—composed the 2006 Academy Award-nominated song “In The Deep” for the Oscar-nominated film Crash, she had no visuals to go on, only a draft of the script by writer-director Paul Haggis. York originally met Haggis in 2000 when she appeared in and conceived music for his critically acclaimed series Family Law, and their fluid collaboration grew out of the fast pace demanded by a weekly hour-long series.
Featuring Bird’s soulful vocals, “In The Deep”—which also appears on York’s major label debut Wicked Little High—wraps an ethereal and haunting aural blanket around Crash’s onscreen narrative in a pivotal final sequence, when the crushed and ravaged characters each reflect, in solitude, on what has happened.
Quiet, mesmerizing and anything but comforting, the song lingers in memory.
Nic Harcourt, respected music guru at NPR flagship KCRW-FM/Los Angeles, has called Bird, “a songwriter of extraordinary depth with a voice to match.” Billboard’s Chris Morris has written—citing her “melodic grace” and affecting honesty”—that, “Bird York’s songs subtly reveal those things that rise out of the corners of the night: Memory, reverie, desire, and the emotions that lie cloaked when the sun is high.” York began writing songs in her teens, after both her parents died, and her resonant compositions reflect hard-won life experience and a survivor’s mettle. “I’m fifteen, homeless, and some older ex-hippie guy gives me a beat-up guitar,” she says.
Quiet, mesmerizing and anything but comforting, the song lingers in memory.
Nic Harcourt, respected music guru at NPR flagship KCRW-FM/Los Angeles, has called Bird, “a songwriter of extraordinary depth with a voice to match.” Billboard’s Chris Morris has written—citing her “melodic grace” and affecting honesty”—that, “Bird York’s songs subtly reveal those things that rise out of the corners of the night: Memory, reverie, desire, and the emotions that lie cloaked when the sun is high.” York began writing songs in her teens, after both her parents died, and her resonant compositions reflect hard-won life experience and a survivor’s mettle. “I’m fifteen, homeless, and some older ex-hippie guy gives me a beat-up guitar,” she says.
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GACS wrote:
Isn't she singing any more? :S
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TemuryanVadim wrote:
Have No Fear просто потрясающая
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antiqwar wrote:
шикарно!
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natanfut wrote:
Had a dream - !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MyMusicMyDivas wrote:
In The Deep ♥ <3
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Fluuuuu wrote:
"have no fear" was brilliant in seven pounds ♥ definitely gotta listen to more of her stuff :D
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cactii wrote:
this woman is amazing
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jaknietakjaktaa wrote:
" In the Deep" <3
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garyana wrote:
wonderful
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freaky_juliette wrote:
WallasOliveira , yes, it's great song)
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WallasOliveira wrote:
Have no fear is so lovely :(
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Humpage wrote:
Her music is simply amazing, theres nothing like it. She's also awesome as Andy In The West Wing lol.
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cajascilee wrote:
come be with me is one of my fav. tracks.
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subliminal_aura wrote:
i'm a guy thats slightly ashamed to say that bird york's in the deep at the end of crash made me cry. lol. there i said, cried with vailent smile & took one for the team
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surviva_chick wrote:
wonderful song, made me cry
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jensmile31l wrote:
Touches my soul!
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qistinatalib wrote:
isnt she an actress?
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LPLilly93 wrote:
Have No Fear is honestly just...totally genius.
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saquibhussain wrote:
an absolutely fantastic artist. she has created a new benchmark in touching people's soul with music. guess world's still a good place for people like this.
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aikandy wrote:
*shivers* Ooooo
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