Sofia Coppola’s upcoming “Somewhere” is definitely on our list of eagerly awaited films in 2010. Just to recap, the film stars Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning, and centers on a hard-living Hollywood star whose transient life at the Chateau Marmont is turned on its head when his estranged, 11 year old daughter drops in for an unexpected visit.
As we reported last fall, Thomas Mars of Phoenix (and Coppola’s partner) has long been attached to the scoring duties for the film, that has been described as having a “airy, open, transparent” vibe (wow, shocking). But, speaking with MTV, it appears the soundtrack work has expanded into a full band effort with their epic song, “Love Like A Sunset” serving as a guiding light.
“She asked us to do some music, very in the spirit of ‘Love Like a Sunset,’ so we tried to put that track and elements of the track in the movie, and it worked well,” Phoenix guitarist Christian Mazzalai said. “And then we wrote very small pieces of music, very minimal music for the movie too. … We’re very proud of it.”
Leads singer Mars described their work as “trying to make a sound that fits with a Ferrari and the city of Los Angeles” and their approach as “more of an engineer work than a composer.” Yet, despite whatever first time jitters the band may have had composing their first film score, bassist Deck D’Arcy says, “This is the first time we feel [that] the music fits to the picture. We’ve [been on] many soundtracks before, and it’s always weird for us — producers must like [our songs], of course if they use them — but for us, it’s always weird to see them in the films.”
With this news, we’re assuming that the New York Times’ report that Sofia Coppola was working on a movie based on “Love Like A Sunset” was simply a miscommunication in the interview with Thomas Mars. He was most likely speaking about this film. No word yet if the soundtrack will get a separate release, but if it follows suit of Coppola’s previous films, we think that it’s very likely.
For those of you who haven’t heard the track, it sits in the middle of their breakthrough album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. The seven-minute plus, mostly instrumental track is a marked contrast to the rest of the album’s concise, sharp pop. And it’s kind of great. Have a listen below.
