MASTODON's Brent Hinds Comments On Scoring Jonah Hex Film - "It Was Some Of The Best Shit I’ve Ever Written In My Life"
April 17, 2010, 14 years ago
MASTODON guitarist / vocalist Brent Hinds is featured in a new interview with New York Magazine. Discussion focuses on the problems Hinds encountered scoring the forthcoming Jonah Hex film featuring Josh Brolin, John Malkovich and Megan Fox. An excerpt from the story is available below:
Hinds says that Beltrami (composer) wanted a more restrained, subtle approach than the vigorous shredding Mastodon recorded for Hex in L.A. last fall. "I totally had to go back and start over again," says Hinds, reached in Atlanta as he prepped for the band’s 37-date spring tour of North America, which begins in Charleston, South Carolina, tonight. "We’re still working on it. We wrapped a little of it today; we’re doing a little more tomorrow. Tomorrow is enough for me. I was finished months ago. We had such short notice to work on the thing."
Though constant last-minute change isn't a new phenomenon in Hollywood, Hinds, a first-time movie composer, has found the process frustrating. "I blew my wad over there," he says of the time Mastodon spent recording and composing in L.A. last fall. "It was some of the best shit I’ve ever written in my life. Now I’m just trying to finish with as much patience as possible."
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Mastodon recently updated their European tour schedule for June and into July with several festival dates and some headline shows. It is now as follows:
June
4-6 - Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park - Germany
7 - Utrecht, Holland - Tivoli (headlining show)8 - Zoetermeer, Holland - Boerderij (headlining show)
10 - Oslo, Norway - Norwegian Wood Festival
11 - Solvesborg, Sweden -.Sweden Rock Festival
12 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Copenhell Festival
16 - Warsaw - Poland - Sonisphere Festival
18 - Zurich, Switzerland - Degenaupark / Sonisphere Festival
19 - Mimon, Czech Republic - Sonisphere Festival
23 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Levski Stadium, Sonisphere Festival
24 - Athens, Greece - Terra Vibe Park, Sonisphere Festival
25 - Istanbul, Turkey - Inonu Stadium, Sonisphere Festival
26 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting Festival
27 - Bucharest, Romania - La Catarg. Sonisphere Festival
29 - Moscow, Russia - B1 Maximum (headlining show)
July
1 - Borlange, Sweden - Peace and Love Festival3 - Helsinki, Finland - Tuska Festival
