May 14, 2018
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 52
This week we are joined by composer, pianist and old school
rock star - Rachel Grimes. Rachel has recently
composed the score for Jeremy Frindel's film The Doctor from India, so we
eventually discuss that... but not before we delve into her
youthful interests, her formative years in the middle of a
world-renowned punk rock scene
and just how she got involved with the coolest field hockey
team ever formed.
And while we confirm that Rachel's is the best part of Will
Smith's Hancock, we also mention... Rodan, The City of Lost
Children, Jacob Duncan, Lemonade Hayride, The Vogue Theater, every
moment can be different, Vincent Guaraldi, Matmos, scenes were
overlapping, concurrent streams, very gothy, oh my god... they just
made the movie we wish we had made, Jason Noble, Zeppelin, don't go
together with this rubber stamp ensemble, Peter Greenaway, viola,
two cellos and bass, Nyman-esque, there wasn't the technical
ability to put the show on in that room, 900 degrees, Scott Moore,
June of '44, The Muppets, we went in two vehicles... a van and a
car, Rachel's Halo, 8-tracks, a very urgent Summertime decision,
Christian Fredericksen, 37 pieces of music that don't sound
anything like each other, it's all about Scott, monomaniacs, Blade
Runner, a mixed bag of painful truths, hardcore and straight edge,
Fugazi, the grittiness of the plot, I've nearly lost my mind and
soul many times over it, Hula Hoop, it's an all-in experience...
and that, to me, is the great potential of film, integral to my
growing up, Todd Cook, there was a filtration system, the rise of
the cultivator of the soundtrack that is not a score, Gwar, a midi
performance, the Wheelers were in Return to Oz not The Wiz, hearing
live music, their incredibly snarky focused press, thank you Warner
Brothers, My Morning Jacket, I've gotta get my Brahms ready,
post-punk, the urgency of the moment was more relevant, it make
almost a rite of passage, creative power here, every night we're in
a cloud of smoke, Samuel L. Jackson, Chopin, instant cinematic
quality, do you have a temp score, Philip Glass, start things at
the piano, both the music and film industry have been through
pretty cataclysmic change... since the 90's, good inspirational
stories, it's very mellow, clarinet clusters, it was baffling and
it was a great challenge from a young age... to figure that out,
well-rounded interests, Edward Grimes, interacting with and
supporting what is happening in the film, it really is sort of a
journey, truly experimental art noise, they don't want to pay their
money to an outside source, serving a support role, the Slamdek
Field Hockey Rockers, we had a lot of different musical
influences... that were all just sittin' in the same basket, it was
a source of contention in the band, it's kind of more just like
you're leaping lily pad to lily pad... through a soundtrack, Star
Maps and it's all just become sort of a blur... of movies and
music.
"I do have distinct memories, of sitting on the bench and
watching my dad play... and just being completely flummoxed. How
does that work?!"