Director Derek Cianfrance always wanted Brooklyn's Grizzly Bear to score his film "Blue Valentine," but it wasn't quite meant to be, at least not technically speaking. Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste told Variety, "Derek contacted us about three years ago. We were really excited. We were between albums, and we were ready. They hadn't shot yet, and we couldn't compose without seeing anything, so we were in a holding period."
But the band couldn't stay in a holding period indefinitely with a new record coming out, 2009's "Veckatimest," and they had to move on. "We're not professional movie-scorers," Drost admitted. "We haven't done it before, and we knew it would take a long time for us... It was such a bummer."
However, the band's songs ended up as at least half of the soundtrack anyway, an underscore if you will. They handed their catalog over to Cianfrance and told him to use whatever he wanted.
But the band couldn't stay in a holding period indefinitely with a new record coming out, 2009's "Veckatimest," and they had to move on. "We're not professional movie-scorers," Drost admitted. "We haven't done it before, and we knew it would take a long time for us... It was such a bummer."
However, the band's songs ended up as at least half of the soundtrack anyway, an underscore if you will. They handed their catalog over to Cianfrance and told him to use whatever he wanted.
- 12/16/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
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