Montreal orchestral rockers the Arcade Fire did write the entire score to Richard Kelly’s “The Box,” after backing away from the original story, insisting they would only do some music here and there, maybe (“Regine, Owen Pallet [violinist Final Fantasy] and I may do an instrumental piece or two for Richard Kelly’s new movie…we met at a show this year and hit if off, but we are not planning on doing any major work for a while,” Win Butler claimed at the time).
Of course it’s not the Arcade Fire proper, rather core-songwriters, husband and wife duo Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, plus occasional member and violinist Final Fantasy, aka, Owen Pallet.
Pitchfork cleared up any misunderstandings or any apprehensiveness Butler may have had at first.
Pitchfork: Did you write the entire score?
WB: Yes, me, Régine, and Owen [Pallett] from Final Fantasy. It’s kind of Hitchcocky, movie, orchestral, Mellotron stuff. It’s instrumental music. No songs. It’s interesting. We didn’t really think we were going to do the whole thing, and then it just kind of was easier once we got in. It was like, “Oh well, we’ll just keep going.” It has so much to do with the editing, and your job is just to help the director. It’s a very different experience.
All’s well that ends well. Now if only Kelly can direct a way-half decent follow-up to the abominable, “Southland Tales.”
