Beastie Boy crash lands into Indie film.

Goooooood morning Finger Lickers! So, word round the interweb campfire is that rap legend MCA (also known as Adam Yauch) of Beastie Boys frame has formed his own indie film distribution and international sales outfit. The company called Oscilloscope Pictures, operating out of downtown Manhattan offices, plans to distribute up to ten films in 2008. Yauch is joined by former ThinkFilm execs David Fenkel and Dan Berger and will be looking for a combination of drama and documentary content.

Adam Yauch is of course no stranger to the world of filmmaking himself having directed some seriously famous music videos in his time including my personal Intergalactic. So, I for one really wanna see what comes outta this new company. While I’m not really an advocate for the current systems of distribution. This kind of thing is a really positive move. Having read their blurb on their website I think the future for this company could look pretty interesting. I am always keen to check out a film by a new startup distribution company because they may be taking a few more chances and delivering something a little more tasty than your average jaded outfit.

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Scoring Brick.

When it came for writer/director Rian Johnson to score his début film Brick he turned to musician cousin Nathan Johnson of The Cinematic Underground. Nathan’s background was not in scoring soundtracks, his primary experience was playing instruments in bands and writing lyrics. However, the relationship between Rian and Nathan allowed them to work together to build an incredibly striking score for what I believe to be one of the best neo-noir films ever made. Brick’s score is haunting and by using specific instruments for each character Nathan allowed for interaction between elements of the score, just as the characters are interacting on screen. It’s quite a brilliant effect.

Below is a video that I found on the Brick forum quite a long time ago now but I’m only just getting round to posting it. I believe this video gives a wonderful insight into the workings of not just the score but also the amazing process behind its creation. Sadly WordPress will not allow me to embed Blip.TV videos and YouTube will not allow me to upload anything more than 10mins so I’m afraid all you’ve got is a link… so get clickin’! Oh, and don’t forget to check out Nathan’s band, The Cinematic Underground because their stuff is brilliant!