Correction! This morning when we reported on Drew Barrymore’s indie, roller-derby film finding a home in Fox Searchlight and a release date in October 9, we had mentioned that Mark Mothersbaugh was composing the score.
Well, he was, but apparently he got the axe from Barrymore as they appeared to not have been seeing eye to eye.
“She hired me and fired me in all of like two weeks,” Mothersbaugh said, laughing about it to OMG Yahoo. “I got snippy with her. She cancelled out on showing up at the studio three times and I kicked Devo out every single time and had an engineer come in and set up the studio and the third time I got pissy with her on the phone. And she said she just doesn’t think our styles work together. So I got fired.”
Interesting. We’ve heard some vague rumors about some tentative distancing between Wes Anderson and he, and it’s now going on two pictures (‘Darjeeling’ and “Fantastic Mr. Fox“) that Mothersbaugh won’t be scoring for his frequent collaborator (or at least it seems that way). But who knows, you can’t read into that too much and it’s all just speculation (Interestingly enough, Another Wes Anderson alum is also working on the “Whip It!,” music- soundtrack supervisor Randall Poster).
Scoring jobs up next for the Devo star include Bret Ratner’s segment in “New York, I Love You” (when the hell is that thing coming out?) “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” and a film called, “Johnny Appleseed” that we know nothing about.
The “Whip It!” soundtrack so far is set to feature work by Peaches, Turbo Fruits, Landon Pigg (also an actor and Ellen Page’s love interest in the film), Jim Diamond and Har Mar Superstar who has a cameo in the film as well. As aforementioned, it’s due in theaters now October 9 thanks to Fox Searchlight.
Mark’s not alone. Rumor has it that two other composers have “left” this project since Mark’s departure.
Working with Barrymore sounds like a quite a ride…
Is it a surprise? She doesn’t know how to direct. How would she know what to do with a composer professionally?
Devo >>>>>>>>>>> Drew Barrymore.
F this movie
Drew is a very proffesional director, highly skilled in every aspect of the job, meshed well with the cast, was very well organized and made very good use of every second on set during the filming of "Whip It!" I wish I could have spent months with her…but, I will have to settle for waiting for this movie to come out…..(extra)
Here's the thing. She may be very good on set. Most professional actors with long careers that end up wanting to direct are quite good at adjusting to that aspect of the job. And that makes sense, considering that the actor turned director has had so much experience on set, seeing how other directors work.
But….. when it comes to post production, these actors turned directors often start to fall apart. They've had little to no experience working in post, all of their directing knowledge tends to be confined to production experiences.
They don't know how to deal well with sound fx guys, or colorists, or editors, and especially with professional composers. I've seen it happen far too many times.
So, Anonymous is probably right- Drew probably is great on set, efficient with time and money. But those skills don't necessarily translate into post.