Arrived in Seattle for SIFF 2007 on Thursday and, per usual as far as my experience in Seattle, the weather is beautiful. Tonight is the NW premiere of About A Son and I'm very much looking forward to seeing my crew - Neil, Greg, Ian, Heather, Eddie, as well as Steve & Ben & Michael & Charles. It promises to be a bit of an emotional night - both because I'm happy for the team to finally be able to see the 35mm print and because there will be a bunch of folks at the screening who knew Kurt.
Already we've had some film-specific news break while we've been up here. Yesterday, Barsuk Records, the amazing Seattle indie that is home to Nada Surf, The Long Winters, Harvey Danger and the one time den of Death Cab for Cutie and Rilo Kiley, announced that they would be putting out the soundtrack for Kurt Cobain About A Son. From the Billboard article announcing the release:
Tracks by R.E.M., David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Bad Brains and Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard will be found on the soundtrack to "Kurt Cobain -- About a Son," due Sept. 11 via Barsuk.The film is told in Cobain's voice from audiotapes utilized by Michael Azzerad on his Nirvana book "Come As You Are." It will be released theatrically in the fourth quarter, with a DVD to follow shortly thereafter.
Some of the audio clips are woven through the album track list, which features R.E.M.'s "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1," Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World," Pop's "The Passenger," Bad Brains' "Banned in D.C." and songs by such Cobain influences as the Melvins, the Vaselines, the Butthole Surfers and Scratch Acid.
Gibbard's cover of Beat Happening's "Indian Summer," as well as a score piece with Steve Fisk, are exclusive to the album.
More, including the tracklist, from Pitchfork:
The documentary itself-- combining excerpts from the taped interviews with footage shot in the Pacific Northwest by director AJ Schnack-- will be released sometime in the fall with a DVD release to follow shortly thereafter.01 Steve Fisk & Ben Gibbard - "Overture"
02 "Never Intended" [interview excerpt]
03 Arlo Guthrie - "Motorcycle Song"
04 The Melvins - "Eye Flys"
05 "Punk Rock" [interview excerpt]
06 Bad Brains - "Banned In D.C."
07 Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Up Around the Bend"
08 Half Japanese - "Put Some Sugar On It"
09 The Vaselines - "Son of a Gun"
10 Butthole Surfers - "Graveyard"
11 "Hardcore Was Dead" [interview excerpt]
12 Scratch Acid - "Owner's Lament"
13 Mudhoney - "Touch Me I'm Sick"
14 "Car Radio" [interview excerpt]
15 Iggy Pop - "The Passenger"
16 Leadbelly - "The Bourgeois Blues"
17 R.E.M. - "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1"
18 "The Limelight" [interview excerpt]
19 David Bowie - "The Man Who Sold The World"
20 Mark Lanegan - "Museum"
21 Ben Gibbard - "Indian Summer"
As both pieces indicate, announcements about the film's theatrical release are forthcoming.
But for tonight, a first screening in the state where the film was made.
Congrats AJ! That soundtrack sounds awesome. Specially including Bad Brains in there. Looking forward to checking out the flick.
- Sujewa
Posted by: Sujewa Ekanayake | June 03, 2007 at 06:29 AM
I really do have to make some time and do the fim festival, last time I was there It was the wrong time and I just didnt have enough time to explore the city.
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