Jonsi's music animates Crowe's 'Zoo'

Jonsi burning the night time oil at Crowe's L.A. digs.'We Purchased a Zoo'Although director Cameron Crowe did not approach Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi about scoring "We Purchased a Zoo" before the last day's shooting, in hindsight the option appears just like a formality."We'd a code reputation for the filming, it had been 'Heima,' the (2007) Sigur Ros documentary title, which many of us have been watching," Crowe states. Plus, Jonsi's music would be a constant companion around the movie set. "We began to obtain really hooked on the 'Go' album," Crowe states, referencing Jonsi's 2010 solo debut. "He was area of the DNA from the movie."The Fox film, which opens 12 ,. 23 and stars Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, stories a father's acquisition of a zoo following a dying of his wife. It is dependant on a memoir by Benjamin Mee.Despite the fact that Crowe calls Jonsi the movie's "emotional tour guide," he confesses "there have been a few other musical voices which were pending" as options for composers, however fate intervened.Around the world, around the same time frame shooting was ending, Jonsi switched on his television in the native Iceland one mid-day and Crowe's 2000 film "Almost Famous" was playing. "I sent (Crowe) a brief email and told him I loved that movie," Jonsi states. Crowe, who had licensed Sigur Ros' music for 2001's "Vanilla Sky," responded, telling Jonsi that his music have been an important affect on the "Zoo" set. One factor rapidly brought to a different and shortly after that, Jonsi jumped on the plane to La to go over creating the score."The question was could he write stuff according to this movie and according to these figures instead of the large canvas that he'd always written on previously," Crowe states. Any qualms were so rapidly allayed that Crowe states, "about midway through, I began to make contact with some director buddies and stated there is a new gunslinger around.InchThe very first piece Jonsi authored grew to become the theme towards the movie. It is a magical, childlike signal, performed mainly on glockenspiel, having a concurrently haunting and lilting appeal that trails off into hints of Sigur Ros' alluring quirkiness. In most, Jonsi composed the majority of the main styles on his laptop throughout that first week-lengthy trip to La, later coming back for any month-lengthy stay to record both in the Village galleries and also the Newman Seem Stage around the Fox lot.Like many rockers-switched-composers, Jonsi's greatest challenge was writing operating of something apart from their own vision. "You may be egocentric when writing your personal music," he states. "Here, you need to consider each one of these other activities (including) the way the movie flows (and) the scene."Additionally towards the score, "Zoo" includes two new Jonsi tunes written particularly for that film, two tunes from "Go," and something Sigur Ros song.Unlike past Crowe movies, you will find only a number of needle drops in "Zoo," including tracks from Gem Jam's Mike McCready, Neil Youthful, Randy Newman, Wilco, Yusef Islam, Bon Iver, Temple from the Dog, and Bob Dylan. "I simply were built with a feeling this was the film where we're able to do more score than in the past,Inch Crowe states.Columbia Records will release the "We Purchased a Zoo" soundtrack 12 ,. 6 with Jonsi's score and also the five Jonsi-related tunes. Fox and Columbia's marketing teams will work together to advertise the set both to Jonsi fans and film buffs. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com