From Nate Harrison Sent Mon, Oct 27th 1997, 23:02
From Nate Harrison Sent Mon, Oct 27th 1997, 23:02
I don't think this was posted yet..anyway some more AFX sleaze... >APHEX TWIN PLANS TO SCORE FILM > > Unlike most artists who would jump at the chance to get their songs in >major movies, Richard James, aka Aphex Twin, couldn't be bothered with >such a thing. Instead, James is looking to score an entire film. He and >director Chris Cunningham (known for his special effects work on Aliens >3) are teaming up to work on an as- yet- untitled movie, which will be >written and directed by Cunningham and scored by James. > > James says that he wants to work with Cunningham on this independent >project because he isn't interested in big budget pictures. "I've given >up trying to do things for Hollywood 'cause they're just a bunch of >wankers that don't know what good music is," says James. "They just >haven't got a clue, and I couldn't stand some prick telling me what to >do. I'll just pick a little film so I can really get stuck into it. >'Cause when I do a film, I want to make it the best soundtrack ever." > > Though he's been approached repeatedly to contribute songs to various >soundtracks, James is not interested in that type of work. "I'll do the >whole film or nothing," he says. "I'm not doing just one fucking track >with another 15 artists. It's a load of shit. That's not what films are >about. That's just about money. In all these films that keep getting >different artists to contribute tracks... it's total shit. I hate it. >But it's very tempting, 'cause they asked me to do one for Spawn, and >offered like $60,000 to do one track, and I'm like, 'Fuckin' hell, I'm >really not into doing it but it's a lot of money for one song.'" > > So James attempted a track, but it didn't make the soundtrack's final >cut. "I did it with Luke Vibert and they didn't like it," he says. "They >said it was too weird. I was really glad they didn't use it. My friend >was pissed off 'cause he could use the money, but I was glad 'cause I >didn't want it on there anyway." > > James is pleased to be teaming up with Cunningham, even though no >concrete plans have been made for the film. They first started >discussing the movie plans while working on the video for the new Aphex >Twin single "Come to Daddy," which Cunningham directed. > > James may end up overseeing the film's entire soundtrack as well as >its score. "Possibly yeah, depends what's it's like," he says. "If it's >suitable, if it stands on its own without the film. I won't do >conventional music, the way other films are done. It would be more like >crafting noises to specific things that may not work on a soundtrack >album... but maybe there'll be a few in there to do. I don't know. We'll >have to wait and see." >