MUSIC FROM THE MOTION
PICTURE, THE HULK, TO BE RELEASED ON DECCA/UMG SOUNDTRACKS JUNE 17,
2003 Featuring Velvet Revolver
**INCLUDING THE EXCLUSIVE NEW TRACK “SET ME
FREE” PERFORMED BY THE NEW SUPER GROUP, VELVET REVOLVER, FEATURING
SCOTT WEILAND
(STONE TEMPLE PILOTS), SLASH, DUFF McKAGAN AND MATT
SORUM FORMERLY OF GUNS N’ ROSES AND DAVE KUSHNER OF SUICIDAL
TENDENCIES**
**ORIGINAL FILM SCORE BY DANNY
ELFMAN**
New York, NY (June 12, 2003) The soundtrack for the
highly anticipated film, The Hulk, will be released on Decca/UMG Soundtracks
June 17, 2003. Scoring the original soundtrack is famed composer,
Danny Elfman whose unmistakable music has been featured in several
blockbuster movies including Spider-Man, Batman and Men In Black II.
The soundtrack also includes a new exclusive track, “Set Me
Free,” which was inspired by the film and recorded by the all-new
super group, Velvet Revolver, featuring Scott Weiland (Stone Temple
Pilots; vocals), Slash (Guns N' Roses; guitar), Duff McKagan (Guns
N' Roses; bass), Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses; drums) and Dave Kushner
(Suicidal Tendencies; guitar). This is the first-ever commercially
available track from this new hard rock mega-group and can be downloaded
exclusively on Apple’s iTunes Music Store from June 8, 2003
through June 17, 2003.
The band was invited by director, Ang Lee to see
an early cut of the film which inspired them to write a powerful song
that would match the movie in both theme and intensity. Slash commented,
"Writing songs is really cool, but if you get inspired to do
it for a really good movie, the outcome is more fulfilling. We got
a certain energy from watching the film, and we wanted to do something
that would be really appropriate for it. The Hulk is a very dramatic
version of the same stuff that we all go through. All this bottled-up
tension is what the song's about, so it's a pretty good marriage:
the theme of the song and what The Hulk is all about."
Added Scott Weiland, "Ang Lee had a lot of intensity
about the movie and his art form." He met with the band following
their screening and provided some additional ideas and inspiration
for lyrics that would closely reflect the story of Bruce Banner and
his struggle with his monstrous alter-ego, The Hulk.
Lending his dramatic musical talents to the film,
Danny Elfman composed a riveting score highlighting the intensity
of this compelling story. It is no surprise that Elfman’s was
chosen to score The Hulk given his previous work on a wide variety
of projects including; Spider-Man, Red Dragon, Batman, Planet of the
Apes, Men In Black II, Good Will Hunting, Mission Impossible, most
of Tim Burton’s movies including Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice
and cult classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is also the composer
behind the infectious quirky theme for The Simpsons. Tim Burton has
described Elfman as "a real artist in the sense that he is like
his music and his music is like him. He brings that intuitive excitement
to a project. He respects tradition without doing it exactly."
Always an active presence in the world of film world,
Danny Elfman has been nominated for several Grammys including Planet
of the Apes for "Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture,
Television or Other Visual Media” and Batman and The Nightmare
Before Christmas. He won a Grammy for “Best Instrumental Composition”
for “The Batman Theme.”
The Hulk was directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ang
Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ride With The Devil, Sense and
Sensibility). Lee’s concept for the film adaptation of the Marvel
Comic, The Hulk, combines all the elements of a blockbuster including
the visual effects of an intensive Super Hero movie with the brooding
romance and tragedy of Universal’s classic horror films. Lee
and his team have done an amazing job of depicting The Hulk as both
a Super Hero and a monster while still managing to update and modernize
the characters in the movie.
The movie stars Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down) as scientist
Bruce Banner, whose inner demons transform him in the aftermath of
a catastrophic experiment. Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) portrays
Betty Ross, whose scientific genius unwittingly helps unleash The
Hulk. Nick Nolte (The Thin Red Line) plays Banner’s brilliant
father, who passes on a tragic legacy to his son, and Sam Elliott
(The Contender) portrays the commander of a top-secret military research
center. Universal Pictures will release The Hulk on June 20 in theaters
everywhere.
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