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Aerosmith is `Wild` about music for movies
New York, Aug 11: When it comes to movie music, Aerosmith cannot be stereotyped.
New York, Aug 11: When it comes to movie music, Aerosmith cannot be stereotyped.
The band's film contributions range from its bad-boy turn in the 1978 musical "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (which included its hard-rock version of the Beatles' "Come Together") to its first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the ballad "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from 1998's "Armageddon."
This year, Aerosmith recorded a new song, "Lizard Love," for the Paramount Pictures animated feature "Rugrats Go Wild!"
Meanwhile, lead guitarist Joe Perry has contributed score music to Small Planet Pictures' "This Thing of Ours," which opened July 18 in select U.S. cities. Rhythm guitarist Brad Whitford has a cameo in the film.
Perry tells Billboard that Aerosmith has had such diverse film choices because "we don't necessarily lean to one kind of film. We have a pretty loose attitude about those things. We've always chosen to do film music that reflects positively on the band."
Perry's involvement in "This Thing of Ours" came about because he met the film's star/director, Danny Provenzano, through Aerosmith producer Jack Douglas. Douglas is currently working with the band on its new album, which is due out next year.
Douglas and Lawrence Manchester helped score the film. The drama -- which also stars James Caan, Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore of HBO's "The Sopranos" -- is about Mafia members involved in a bank-fraud scheme.
Perry is considering releasing the film's soundtrack on his Sony-distributed Roman Records label. Porch Ghouls, a Memphis-based rock band signed to Roman, has filmed a video for their cover of the Doors' "Roadhouse Blues," which is used in the film.
"We filmed the video at my house," Perry adds. "I'm in the video and so are some people from the movie."
The guitarist reveals that he was chosen for the role of a gangster type in "This Thing of Ours," but he had to turn it down: "I was supposed to have a scene with James Caan, but I was right in the middle of getting ready to do a tour, so I didn't have time to be in the movie."
As for Aerosmith being part of "Rugrats Go Wild!," Perry notes: "We were on the Nickelodeon Awards a few years ago and had a lot of fun doing it. So when they approached us to do a song for this movie, we were excited to do it. It's great to see kids react to cartoons like this, so we were happy to be a part of it."
He adds that writing music for movies can sometimes be risky.
"You never know how much of the music will make it into the final cut. All the directors we've worked with on films have the same intensity and love for their work, and they help guide the process with feedback. If you don't want to work that way, then don't do film music."
Bureau Report
This year, Aerosmith recorded a new song, "Lizard Love," for the Paramount Pictures animated feature "Rugrats Go Wild!"
Meanwhile, lead guitarist Joe Perry has contributed score music to Small Planet Pictures' "This Thing of Ours," which opened July 18 in select U.S. cities. Rhythm guitarist Brad Whitford has a cameo in the film.
Perry tells Billboard that Aerosmith has had such diverse film choices because "we don't necessarily lean to one kind of film. We have a pretty loose attitude about those things. We've always chosen to do film music that reflects positively on the band."
Perry's involvement in "This Thing of Ours" came about because he met the film's star/director, Danny Provenzano, through Aerosmith producer Jack Douglas. Douglas is currently working with the band on its new album, which is due out next year.
Douglas and Lawrence Manchester helped score the film. The drama -- which also stars James Caan, Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore of HBO's "The Sopranos" -- is about Mafia members involved in a bank-fraud scheme.
Perry is considering releasing the film's soundtrack on his Sony-distributed Roman Records label. Porch Ghouls, a Memphis-based rock band signed to Roman, has filmed a video for their cover of the Doors' "Roadhouse Blues," which is used in the film.
"We filmed the video at my house," Perry adds. "I'm in the video and so are some people from the movie."
The guitarist reveals that he was chosen for the role of a gangster type in "This Thing of Ours," but he had to turn it down: "I was supposed to have a scene with James Caan, but I was right in the middle of getting ready to do a tour, so I didn't have time to be in the movie."
As for Aerosmith being part of "Rugrats Go Wild!," Perry notes: "We were on the Nickelodeon Awards a few years ago and had a lot of fun doing it. So when they approached us to do a song for this movie, we were excited to do it. It's great to see kids react to cartoons like this, so we were happy to be a part of it."
He adds that writing music for movies can sometimes be risky.
"You never know how much of the music will make it into the final cut. All the directors we've worked with on films have the same intensity and love for their work, and they help guide the process with feedback. If you don't want to work that way, then don't do film music."
Bureau Report