Radiohead and Richard Linklater?
Filed under: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, RumorMonger
According to a tip received by the lovely and charming David Hudson over at GreenCine Daily, Radiohead just may be about to score their first film. And this isn't just any movie, it's Richard Linklater's adaptation of Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly. Whoa.Granted, this is a Rumor with a capital "R," but it's pretty exciting to consider. Hell, I'm an evil Linklater hater and even I would go see one of his movies if Thom Yorke had written the music. Dick is a genius at creating self-contained, eminently believable worlds, which is exactly what Radiohead's best music does - this is a proverbial marriage made in heaven. Plus, the Radiohead-free trailer is already interesting, if you ignore the Winona Ryder emoting at the end. Man. If only one weird rumor turns out to be true this year, I sure as hell hope it's this one.
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12-11-2005 @ 12:47PM
Nathan said...
"And finally for now, I'm going to be ridiculously irresponsible (but you know, life is short) and pass along an unsubstantiated rumor from "Ben Blaze": Radiohead may be this close to signing on to do a new score for Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly. Even if that turns out not to be true, in some parallel universe, that film is screening and it sounds lovely."
So while the "lovely and charming" David Hudson thinks this "sounds lovely," he certainly doesn't seem to believe it. One apparently anonymous person suggested the idea to him. I'd barely even call that a rumor.
This film is either completed or virtually completed, and it's intended to open in March, with a premier next month. Would a major band only now be "close to signing on" to do the score? That's ridiculous. According to their own statements, Radiohead are recording their next album right now. Also, this fellow might have something to say about it:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1199960/
He and his band, Golden Arm Trio, have recorded the score. His blog lists these events: 'January 19th-29th: Richard Linklater’s “A Scanner Darkly” premiers with Graham’s music'; and 'March- National release of director Richard Linklater's film "A Scanner Darkly" based on the novel by Phillip K. Dick featuring Keanu Reeves, Wynona Ryder, Woody Harrelson, and Robert Downey Jr. Graham and Golden Arm Trio provides the music.'
IMDb lists his contact information. Why not ask him if the rumor is true?
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12-11-2005 @ 1:03PM
Jette said...
Graham Reynolds is an Austinite who has written and performed some lovely scores for silent movies. His Web site is here:
http://grahamreynolds.com/indexgraham.htm
Sounds like he's doing the Scanner Darkly score ... or thinks he is, anyway.
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12-11-2005 @ 1:19PM
Nathan said...
As I think I implied, it's rather insulting to make that kind of remark, Jette, when you someone from Cinematical might simply call/e-mail him and ask him.
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12-11-2005 @ 1:23PM
Nathan said...
Whoops. I'll shut up now.
In my defense, I often get the confirm-your-post e-mail twice. And sometimes nothing happens when I click it the first time.
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12-11-2005 @ 11:40PM
omit said...
I'm wondering if Graham Reynolds would even know. Should we be the first to tell him if so?
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12-11-2005 @ 11:44PM
Tristan said...
We should ignore YOU.
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12-12-2005 @ 4:50AM
Sam said...
What's that corny remark about Winona Ryder emoting? I'm expecting a lot from her impersonation of Donna. The movie looks great.
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