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Jonathan Davis has now completed work with composer Richard Gibbs on
several songs to be featured on the soundtrack (details below). Jonathan Davis will be
Lestat's singing voice in the film. Early rumours reported that Korn would appear in the
film as the members of Lestat's band, 'Satan's Night Out'. This has proven to be untrue,
and band members have been filled by Australian actors (see Cast). Another rumour was that
Jonathan may appear in the film in a cameo role, and this is also untrue...
The most prominent rumour surrounding the music for the film is that all
members of Korn are involved. The band is definitely not, though Munky and Head did play
guitar on the tracks. It is important to Jon that this is understood as a separate project
for him. Jon is very happy in Korn and is involved in this side project with their
blessing (obviously, with Munky and Head lending their talents). Jon has said repeatedly
that he looks at film scoring as a creative release outside of Korn instead of doing a
solo album, which would definitely not be in the band's best interests. It is also
important that he and Richard Gibbs receive equal credit for the film's music. They have
decided to split all responsibilities for the music including songwriting, score
composition, production, music direction, even conducting the orchestra (Richard's going
to give Jon conducting lessons!)
Jonathan will soon be working with Richard on the film's instrumental
score with a 100 piece orchestra. The score will not be written until director Michael
Rymer finishes cutting the film, probably sometime in March or April (or later...?) Word
is that the score may involve an Egyptian sound in order to conicide with the Egyptian
theme of the film... In an interview, Richard has also said to look for a "deeply twisted anguished tormented
orchestral score".
There will definitely be a soundtrack album for the film, if not two or three (Lestat
songs, the score, and maybe another "music inspired by" CD (?) Release dates
have not yet been determined, but one would assume that the songs will be released prior
to the film for movie publicity. There are five Lestat songs in the movie (listed below)
There are also five additional tracks in various stages of completion, the titles of which
have not yet been revealed.
ARTISTS:
Jonathan
Davis (Vocals)
Munky
(Guitar)
Terry Bozzio (Studio
musician - Drums)
Vinnie
Colaiuta (Studio musician - Drums)
Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit -
Bass Guitar)
SONG
WRITERS:
Jonathan
Davis (Korn)
Richard
Gibbs (ex-Oingo Boingo)
PRODUCERS:
Richard
Gibbs
Jonathan Davis
SONG TITLES:
Slept
So Long
Not Meant For Me
Forsaken
Redemeer
System
Jonathan describes the songs as "really gothic and atmospheric but
still heavy." He has admitted, "At first, the movie people were skeptical. I had
to convince them it wouldn't sound like Korn or heavy metal." In an article entitled Korn's Vampire Movie!, Jonathan has also stated, "I wrote
the music for the band and I'll be Lestat's singing voice in the movie... He's in a rock
band, so these are heavy songs, but in their own different way. It's something totally
different to Korn. Dark, vampiric music."
Contrary to early rumours that a variety of musical artists would be
featured in the film, the soundtrack will mainly consist of brand new tunes by Jon and
Richard. Aaliyah may also contribute a song or two, but details of her musical involvement
remain sketchy. However, the soundtrack contents have definitely been decided on, and work
is well underway on both the songs and score...
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At the Death Valley concert held in December, 2000, concert-goers were
lucky enough to hear the songs 'Slept So Long' and 'Not Meant For Me' in their entirity.
These two songs were extremely well received by the crowd. They're definitely addictive!
Click on the links below for more details and full lyrics... :)
Slept So
Long
Not
Meant For Me
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Interesting Fact:
As you may or may not know, in the film Lestat is a virtuoso violinist. In
order to convey his extraordinary musical abilities, Jon and Richard wrote and produced
solo violin pieces and hired Shankar to perform them. Shankar is an unequaled Indian
classical virtuoso who is best known in the West for his performances with Peter Gabriel
and the group Shakti.
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OTHER MUSIC LINKS:
Jonathan Davis IMDb entry
Richard Gibbs IMDb entry
28 Days and
Beyond - a great interview with Richard Gibbs.
Korn's Vampire Movie! (mentioned above) -
scanned article from MetalHammer magazine.
Korn audio
interview (Jonathan Davis mentions the movie at approximately 2 minutes,
29 seconds)
Chris's Korn Page - QotD Soundtrack News
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