True story: I was driving around earlier today with (you guessed it) M83's "Midnight City" blasting on the car stereo, howling, "The city is my church!" at the passing roadside and wondering why no big-shot Hollywood directors have ever approached me about adapting this (I think) exceptionally exciting part of my everyday routine into a big-budget science-fiction epic adventure film.
I've had no official offers yet, but it looks like Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski is at least on the right track. As announced this afternoon via an exclusive interview with indiewire.com, M83 auteur Anthony Gonzalez has signed on to score Oblivion, Kosinski's new film starring Tom Cruise as a soldier turned alien fighter (what else), out next April.
"I've wanted to do soundtracks for so long, and starting with such an ambitious project, especially in the sci-fi category, means a lot to me," reports a clearly excited Gonzalez. "I'm not afraid to do my first soundtrack on a big Hollywood movie, with a big budget and a lot of pressure...I like challenges and it excites me more than frightens me. I can't wait to hear my music played by amazing musicians, and an orchestra and brass and maybe choirs. It's a chance to create something big and I'm ready for it."
Gonzalez goes on to promise that the Oblivion soundtrack will feature a uniquely-M83 sounding mix of electronic and orchestral elements, not unlike (I'm imagining) what we heard from Daft Punk on their Tron: Legacy score. Bottom line, if you've spent any extended amount of time listening to M83's music, you know Gonzalez's immense talent for crafting "movies in my mind" music. You're probably also scratching your head trying to figure out why no one's bothered to hire him until now. I'm thinking, "Best Tom Cruise soundtrack since Top Gun." Right?
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