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Darren Lynn Bousman Reflects On Working With Static-X
Darren Lynn Bousman, who directed such horror films as Saw II through Saw 4 as well as Repo! The Genetic Opera and 11-11-11, has posted the story of how he came to direct the music video “So” for Static-X via his public Facebook page.
In his story, Bousman explains that this music video gig was his very first professional job and became the, “…doorway in to doing what I love.“
Bousman writes:
I was very sad to hear of the passing of Wayne Static from Static-X. For those of you who know my story, my VERY first professional directing job was a Static-X music video. At the time, I was a tape vault assistant at THE FIRM, a musical management company. I was sitting in a managers meeting helping them with AV when I heard from one of the managers that the director for the Static-X music video fell out, and they were unsure what to do. I raised my hand and said, “I’ll do it.” At this time, I had never directed ANYTHING… (outside of a couple of bad short films). The co-owner of The Firm laughed at me, then told me to meet him in his office after the meeting. There was a collective gasp from the room. I was SURELY being fired for talking out of place.
Instead, Jeff gave me Wayne’s number and said, I’ll give you a shot, call Wayne and figure it out.
One week later I was shooting the music video for “SO”.
As fate would have it, I would reconnect with Static-X a few years later for the SAW III soundtrack.
Wayne, I thank you for allowing me a doorway in to doing what I love.
My thoughts go to his friends, fans, and family.
Darren
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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