Steven Soderbergh is not necessarily known for the music in his films in say the (*cough* obvious) ways Wes Anderson is, but the filmmaker is always tapping interesting musicians to score his films.
Electronic music/DJ David Holmes gave the ‘Ocean’s’ films some buoyant cocktail froth and imputed “Out Of Sight,” with some sexy noir beats; Cliff Martinez’s moody and atmospheric score for “Solaris” is a modern classic (he also composed many Soderbergh films including, “Traffic,” “The Limey” and “Sex, Lies, and Videotape”) and of course the upcoming musical “Cleo” (which has been pushed to 2011), will feature the music of indie-rockers Guided By Voices (GBV’s Bob Pollard also wrote music for “Bubble”).
So who’s on tap for his upcoming high-class call girl film, “The Girlfriend Experience? A new collaborator in multi-instrumentalist Ross Godfrey, a founding member of the still-going-strong ’90s trip-hop band Morcheeba.
Morcheeba songs have been used in plenty of soundtracks, but scoring is a generally new field (In a Jan 2008 interview he said, “I want to do music for film and now I’m looking for a good one.”) and the only credit he has on IMDB so far is the 2008 documentary, “A Snow Mobile for George.”
So will ‘GFE’ be filled with dated, ’90s trip-hop sounds? Don’t count on it. Morcheeba morphed many times over the years and have changed singers three times. Their 2005 album The Antidote, moved in a more acoustic direction and contained traces of psychedelia fused with Burt Bacharach-styled grand pop. “The Girlfriend Experience” will debut OnDemand April 30 and will appear in theaters on May 22 starting in limited release. The picture will also screen at the Tribeca Film Festival. Here’s the trailer which debuted last night.
