The Blue Notebooks

The Blue Notebooks
Studio album by Max Richter
Released	26 February 2004
Genre	Classical
Label	130701
Producer	Max Richter
Max Richter chronology
Memoryhouse (2002) The Blue Notebooks (2004) Songs from Before (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(8.7/10)[2]
PopMatters	(Favorable)[3]
Stylus	(B-)[4]

The Blue Notebooks is the second album by British producer/composer Max Richter.

The album features readings from Franz Kafka's The Blue Octavo Notebooks and Czesław Miłosz's Hymn of the Pearl and Unattainable Earth. Both readings are by the British actress Tilda Swinton. The piece "On the Nature of Daylight" was used in Martin Scorsese's 2010 film, Shutter Island and is featured on the soundtrack. It was also mixed with Dinah Washington's vocal from her 1960 hit "This Bitter Earth" for the same movie and soundtrack.^[5] On 10 June 2010, the song was used on "So You Think You Can Dance," in a routine choreographed by Mia Michaels. In addition, "Shadow Journal" and "Organum" were both included in the soundtrack of the Ari Folman film "Waltz With Bashir." The film's original score was composed by Richter.

Track listing

1. "The Blue Notebooks"
2. "On the Nature of Daylight"
3. "Horizon Variations"
4. "Shadow Journal"
5. "Iconography"
6. "Vladimir's Blues"
7. "Arboretum"
8. "Old Song"
9. "Organum"
10. "The Trees"
11. "Written on the Sky"

• All songs composed by Max Richter

Release history

Country	Date
United Kingdom	26 February 2004
United States	18 May 2004

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
3. ^ PopMatters review
4. ^ Stylus review
5. ^ Bradley Bambarger (March 12, 2010). "'Shutter Island' soundtrack casts eerie spell". New Jersey On-Line. http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/03/shutter_island_soundtrack_cast.html. 

External links

• The Blue Notebooks at MaxRichter.com
• The Blue Notebooks at Fat Cat