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Ha! Mastodon are going to score the Jonah Hex film. http://tinyurl.com/ygpslo5 (thanks to @thepunksite for the O.G. link) 29 days ago |
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“Whether playing a 9-year-old’s party or a sold out arena, it’s always pure.” Mastodon on scoring Jonah Hex http://tinyurl.com/ygpslo5 30 days ago |
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Mastodon scoring Jonah Hex movie. http://bit.ly/xloqO 30 days ago |
Scoring a Movie, With Metal Kings Mastodon...
The Daily Swarm —
... Paste:
Mastodon loves a good story.
The Atlanta metal band wrote an album based on Herman Melville’s Moby Dick with 2004’s Leviathan. This year’s Crack The Skye told of a paraplegic traveling through space. But the band’s next project may tell its most ambitious tale yet. As previously reported, Mastodon has written the score to the film adaptation of the gnarly comic book Jonah Hex, which is slated to hit theaters in June 2010.
As Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders told Paste, creating a film score wasn’t entirely different from the band’s ...
Mastodon Opens Up About the Band’s Score for Jonah Hex
/Film —
... Paste talked to Troy Sanders, bass player for Mastodon, and he gave up a bunch of details about what the band has done for the movie. Director Jimmy Hayward actually approached the band, saying that their record Blood Mountain had been an influence while working on the script. That led to Hinds visiting the New Orleans set and his cameo, and then the band went to LA to record about an hour’s worth of music for the film. ...
Echo Chamber: Mastodon's Troy Sanders
Pitchfork: Latest News —
"Some of it was heavy, some of it was very moody. A lot of it was spacey, Melvins B-sides, Pink Floyd-like, surreal outer space, like Neil Young's Dead Man. Swirling nausea music." -- Mastodon's Troy Sanders on the band's score to the forthcoming movie Jonah Hex-- which sounds badass. (via Paste)
Mastodon Explains How Exactly They Came to Score Jonah Hex
FirstShowing.net —
... that heavy metal band Mastodon would be scoring the Jonah Hex movie? Yea, I'm still a bit bewildered by that, but it's being cleared up today, finally. Paste (via ...
Mastodon's 'Jonah Hex' Soundtrack: "Spacey, Pink Floyd-Like"
Daily Noise Blog | SPIN.com —
... In an interview with Paste, bassist Troy Sanders discusses the new music -- which is their most experimental yet!
"Some of it was heavy, some of it was very moody," Sanders said. "A lot of it was spacey, Melvins B-sides, Pink Floyd-like, surreal outer space, like Neil Young's Dead Man. Swirling, nausea music." ...
Mastodon Talk Film Score
AbsolutePunk.net - News —
... Mastodon talk about the score to Jonah Hex here.
Mastodon Talks Jonah Hex Score
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Atlanta metal band Mastodon talked to Paste magazine about writing the score for the comic book adaptation Jonah Hex , opening in theaters on June 18, 2010. Here's a clip: Historically, Mastodon’s been classified mostly within the metal and prog spectrusm, but Crack the Skye saw the band stretch out its sound. The Jonah Hex score, however, could contain the most expansive Mastodon material to date. “Some of it was heavy, some of it was very moody,” Sanders said. “A lot of it was spacey, Melvins B-sides, Pink Floyd-like, surreal outer space, like Neil Young’s Dead Man. ...
MASTODON Bassist Talks About Scoring 'Jonah Hex' Film
BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News —
... Malkovich , Megan Fox , Will Arnett , Michael Fassbender and Michael Shannon . The movie is based on the DC comic series about a horribly scarred antihero who is "a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood." MASTODON guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds makes a cameo appearance in the film, which is being directed by former Pixar animator Jimmy Hayward for a June 18, 2010 release. As MASTODON bassist Troy Sanders told Paste magazine, creating a film score wasn't entirely different from the band's usual ...
Mastodon on Jonah Hex Score
Pajiba —
... to be honest, I have nothing against Fox). Yet then again, it’s directed by Jimmy Hayward, whose only other directorial credit is Horton Hears A Who . Of course, this is offset by the fact that the supporting cast is ridiculously cool — John Malkovich, David Patrick Kelly and Will Arnett are all also on board. Well, this may have tipped the scales for me. It was announced last month that Mastodon (yes, the concept-heavy metal band) wrote the score for the movie. Now, courtesy of Paste Magazine , they’ve given some details that make it very intriguing. Apparently, they ...
Jonah Hex to be scored by Mastodon
KillerFilm —
... Mastodon’s Blood Mountain album as a source to finish the long in-development script. The score was recorded and is an hour long in length. John Powell, composer of such films like Bourne Indentity, will use Mastodon’s compositions over parts of the film, where needed.
As a Mastodon fan, this is one cool project. Go listen to their latest album, Crack the Skye, and listen to the music to get a wonderful hint at their score.
Source: Paste
MASTODON Performs On 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'; Video Available
BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News —
... Malkovich , Megan Fox , Will Arnett , Michael Fassbender and Michael Shannon . The movie is based on the DC comic series about a horribly scarred antihero who is "a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood." MASTODON guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds makes a cameo appearance in the film, which is being directed by former Pixar animator Jimmy Hayward for a June 18, 2010 release. As MASTODON bassist Troy Sanders told Paste magazine, creating a film score wasn't entirely different from the band's usual ...
MASTODON To Guest On MTV2's 'Headbangers Ball'
BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News —
... Malkovich , Megan Fox , Will Arnett , Michael Fassbender and Michael Shannon . The movie is based on the DC comic series about a horribly scarred antihero who is "a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood." MASTODON guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds makes a cameo appearance in the film, which is being directed by former Pixar animator Jimmy Hayward for a June 18, 2010 release. As MASTODON bassist Troy Sanders told Paste magazine, creating a film score wasn't entirely different from the band's usual ...
