Friday, May 22, 2009

Friday Newsblast

I won't be able to make this a weekly post because there's not a wealth of music-related movie/tv/media news every week. But when there is, I'll be sure to collect it here for this feature.

Jarvis Cocker contributes music for 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' [via Pitchfork]
Not only is former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker contributing music to Wes Anderson's upcoming movie 'Fantastic Mr. Fox', he's written a song for it with Wes Anderson. He also now has a role as a puppet playing mandolin. Should prove to be an interesting movie.

Soundtrack listing for 'Inglorious Basterds' [via Ain't It Cool News]
Quentin Tarantino always has phenomenal soundtracks and his latest movie seems to be no exception. Including lots of Ennio Morricone, but also a David Bowie/Giorgio Moroder track and a Lalo Schifrin track (check out our post for Lalo Schifrin's 'Enter the Dragon' score here).

Linkin Park's song for 'Transformers 2' now available [via /Film]
Linkin Park's original song for the 'Transformers' sequel is now available to stream at their website and for download on iTunes. I like the idea of releasing original soundtrack music (that isn't a score) in this format because I can remember so often buying a soundtrack CD just for the one song I wanted then being disappointed by the rest of the tracks. I think highlighting individual song releases with movie tie-ins will end up benefiting most in the long-run.

Mike Patton and others team up with Alan Moore for multimedia project [via Pitchfork]
This is a really cool bit of news involving comic writer Alan Moore's new multimedia project that's going to be comprised of art, a photographic novel and an audiobook. There will be a soundtrack featuring Mike Patton, Doseone (of Anticon), Fog, and Jesu, and it will be released on vinyl.

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