Mastodon Talks Jonah Hex Score

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Mastodon Talks Jonah Hex Score

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October 24, 2009

Atlanta metal band Mastodon talked to Paste magazine about writing the score for the comic book adaptation Jonah Hex, opening in theaters on June 18, 2010. Here's a clip:

Historically, Mastodon’s been classified mostly within the metal and prog spectrusm, but Crack the Skye saw the band stretch out its sound. The Jonah Hex score, however, could contain the most expansive Mastodon material to date. “Some of it was heavy, some of it was very moody,” Sanders said. “A lot of it was spacey, Melvins B-sides, Pink Floyd-like, surreal outer space, like Neil Young’s Dead Man. Swirling, nausea music.”

You can read more on how they were approached and how they collaborated with director Jimmy Hayward here. The movie stars Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Will Arnett and Michael Shannon.

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Posted by: rekit on October 24, 2009 at 02:27:51

if it's anything like neil young's dead man, i'm in

Posted by: blake on October 24, 2009 at 02:59:05

Mastodon are incredible, and so was Neil Young's Dead Man, so if they are going for that feel, then this could be a winner!

Posted by: mad on October 24, 2009 at 03:08:06

why can't dc/warner brothers get their act together and make a movie about a character we want to see? i know green lantern is on the way, but seriously, the time and money they spent on this could have gone towards flash, wonder woman, green arrow, or a bunch of other characters more deserving of a film.

Posted by: mad on October 24, 2009 at 03:12:10

i may end up eating my words, but i predict this movie will do the same as watchmen. it wont even make its budget. why? BECAUSE THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS NO IDEA WHO JONAH HEX IS!!!

Posted by: LightningFlash on October 24, 2009 at 03:13:57

Sweet!!!!

Mastodon with Jonah Hex....sounds like an amazing combo.

Posted by: Sol'lecks on October 24, 2009 at 03:31:35

How bout they get Mastodon to release a full version of the Three Dog Night cover they did for the Army of Two commercial?

Posted by: ghost writer on October 24, 2009 at 06:18:25

cant freaking wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: gepeto on October 24, 2009 at 08:48:01

@ MAD
do you work for WB accounts dont worry about budget worry if the film is good CBale in americanpsycho was ridiculed when it first came out and now its a cult classic and watchmen made over 40 million profit with dvd sales not bad for an unkown title to the masses and i rate watchmen second to BB & TDK so for me WB is doing eveything right...id rather see DEADMAN LOBO JONAH HEX LOSRES then wonderwomen or flash or green arrow..i cant wait for GREENLANTERN though i love the edgy films

Posted by: Kanye West on October 24, 2009 at 09:14:15

Hey ya'll. Yo I know this thing is talking about Jonah Hex, and I'm going to let ya'll guys finish your comments, but I just want to say that Batman and Robin is the best comic book movie ever! Oh and Beyonce should play Wonder Woman!

Posted by: Mario A. Kusakabe JR on October 24, 2009 at 09:28:49

I agree... this movie will NOT break no box office cuz unless your into comics. No one knows who Jonah Hex is... it will be OK. but that`s all.. and DC/TW should focus on bringing. GREEN ARROW, FLASH, WONDER WOMAN, SUPERMAN MAS OF STEEL, JUSTICE LEAGUE, TITANS and so many marketble franchises DC has.....

Posted by: Forever on October 24, 2009 at 09:46:33

For DC, I'd like to see Teen Titans, Aqua Man, Super Max: Green Arrow (Green Arrow in Prison script), The Legion of Super Heroes, a new Superman reboot flick, & The Justice League made into movies. I am excited for Green Lantern & Jonah Hex. I am most waiting for The Dark Knight sequel though.

Posted by: The Dang Man on October 24, 2009 at 11:03:30

@ Mario A. Kusakabe JR

Blade was an unknown character yet the movie was a box office success. The same can happen to Jonah Hex!

Posted by: Christian Bale on October 24, 2009 at 11:06:30

@ Kanye West

Get the f*** off this site. You want me to interrupt your f***ing commments?! Be a f***ing professional!

Posted by: The Dang Man on October 24, 2009 at 11:10:07

I can't believe Air Force One is dead. All because you guys did not respect his opinion.

Posted by: dubbs on October 24, 2009 at 11:25:12

sounds very interesting...dead man was a great score ( and great underated movie) and for something like jonah hex there should be a surreal soundtrack

Posted by: authorNYSE on October 24, 2009 at 11:52:52

WB treats their comic book properties like literary book adaptations. General audiences DO show up to se genre films as they did before the comic book craze. People who like stylized action don't care if it came from a original idea, a book or comic book, they want to be entertained without having to do homework (reading issues number ... etc). Not everyone wants to see 'Men in Tights' all the time. When they do make movie with well known comic book characters fanboys complain about those who didn't invest hours into the comic series.

Posted by: Imagica on October 24, 2009 at 12:04:01

They should use a good country band or country singer. This is a Western someone with a Cash feel maybe.

Posted by: Scarecrow_Boy on October 24, 2009 at 13:02:41

The only thing going against this movie so far is Megan Skank City Fox, otherwise I'm excited to see a DC underdog get a movie. Liked Hex since I first saw him in the old Batman cartoon, so I say bring him on, there's far too few DC characters with movies compared to the army of Marvel.

Posted by: daniel clavette on October 24, 2009 at 14:43:36

He is truly great and i can,t wait to buy scdetrack on cd music .

Posted by: HammerOfIron on October 24, 2009 at 15:20:28

Mastodon in Jonah Hex and Anvil in Green Hornet. I knew metal went with comics.

Posted by: The Imaginarium of Monsieur Obama on October 24, 2009 at 16:03:51

Movies don't fail because audiences aren't already exceptionally familiar with the characters. Until Superheroes started a trend of existing properties being exploited as movies, subject matter seemed to find an audience if it was good enough for a long, long time.
(Just pointing it out because there always seem to be those that moan a bit when their favourite character isn't the one being devoted a film.)
The way to advertise Jonah Hex (or any comic book property) should simply be: 'yes, the character exists in a comic, but this is a great film' end of story.

Posted by: mojojackson on October 24, 2009 at 19:11:38

The description of Mastodon doesn't sound like nausea music at all. Taylor Swift, Akon, Nsync, that's nausea music.

Posted by: Beyonce on October 24, 2009 at 19:25:19

I'm sorry Jonah Hex. I know when I did Austin Powers Goldmember it was a very special time, so come on up Jonah and have your moment.

Posted by: Fernando81 on October 24, 2009 at 19:49:36

I suppose they are betting for guys will go to see Megan Fox as a western fox if they don't know who Jonah Hex is, hell... even I don't care much about this movie

Posted by: Josh Brolin on October 24, 2009 at 20:10:47

Thanks Beyonce, this movie is guaranteed to be a hit. Just as long as Megan Fox don't run her mouth about the director like she did this summer with Michael Bay while promoting her Transformers movie.

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