As we wrote about a week or so back Deerhoof have recorded the score to the new Mandy Moore movie, “Dedication,” starring Ms. Moore, Billy Crudup and directed by Justin Theroux (of “Six Feet Under” and the recent group of David Lynch players).
As we revealed before, a ton of Deerhoof songs, and tracks by Fischerspooner, Cat Power, Au Revoire Simone and the Strokes were used in the film and Pitchfork, who has the final tracklist, reveals the names of the Edward Shearmur score compositions and a track by Isaiah Ross and Buddy Moss.
In January, Deerhoof wrote on their myspace page about having to drop their cover of “The Little Drummer Boy” because it was cost prohibitive to clear, but according to this tracklist, it looks like the Weinstein’s floated Theroux a few extra bucks to make it happen. Theroux originally inspiration for the end credits was an unnamed Jesus & Mary Chain song he couldn’t secure the rights to.
This in turn, inspired Deerhoof. “We immediately hatched a devious plan to write a song with that same washed-out sound and Ronettes-style drum beat and bring it to [Theroux] and say ‘What about this for the end credits?’ That’s how we wrote “Matchbook Seeks Maniac”, which, unbelievably for us, is now the end credit music,” Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier said.
According to a publicist for Deerhoof the collaboration btwn the arty noise rocker snad Ed Shearmur was thus: “Deerhoof performed on most of Shearmur’s cues, and they recorded several new cues at Shearmur’s studio in Hollywood, under the direction of Shearmur and Theroux. The final result is the silver screen’s first meaningful integration of the true range of what’s going on in today’s exploding underground music scene.”
Totally synergyundergroundtastic.
As we noted a week ago, the soundtrack comes out September 11 on Koch (A Joanna Newsom song is used in the film, but is not on the soundtrack disc). “Dedication” the film opens in New York and L.A. on August 24.
01 Deerhoof: “Matchbook Seeks Maniac (Dedication Mix)”
02 Cat Power: “Back of Your Head”
03 “Dr.” Isaiah Ross: “My Bebop Gal”
04 Fischerspooner: “A Kick in the Teeth”
05 Edward Shearmur: “Dedication Suite One”
06 Deerhoof: “Little Drummer Boy”
07 Deerhoof: “Hark the Umpire”
08 Buddy Moss: “Red River Blues”
09 The Strokes: “Ask Me Anything”
10 Lightning Bolt: “Forcefield”
11 Edward Shearmur: “Dedication Suite Two”
12 Deerhoof: “Our Angel’s Ululu”
13 Au Revoir Simone: “Stay Golden”
Stream: Deerhoof – “Matchbook Seeks Maniac (Dedication Mix)”
Download: Deerhoof – “Spiral Golden Town”
Download: Au Revoir Simone “Stay Golden”
Download: Fischerspooner – “A Kick In The Teeth”
