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Summer Adventure Club Launches Digital Soundtrack Venture
Vet music coordinator and supervisor Peymon Maskan (Blue Crush, Monster-in-Law, Gardens of the Night) has launched indie film soundtrack label Summer Adventure Club to digitally release movie soundtracks. (Has this been done before?) In any case, it's one option for indie films that don’t have the cash to put out their own.
These days, even the big studios are reluctant to invest in soundtracks that aren't Mamma Mia! And most labels won't produce specialty-film soundtracks either; niche markets don't support their overhead costs. With the aid of iTunes aggregator Tunecore.com and the concept of "digital only" albums, Summer Adventure Club aims to provide indie filmmakers with new marketing tools while at the same time lowering manufacturing and promo costs.
Summer Adventure Club has produced soundtracks for two SXSW entries, Magnolia Pictures' Northern California culture-clash drama Humboldt County (available October 14) and Sam Raimi's horrific Dance of the Dead, from Ghost House Pictures/Lions Gate Films (available October 28). Peymon was the music supervisor on both.
The Humboldt County soundtrack features an original score from iZLER, Robbie Williams' bassist and co-writer, and original songs performed by two of the film's stars, Fairuza Balk and Frances Conroy, while Dance of the Dead contains an Andrew W.K. song plus two covers of the Pat Benatar chestnut Shadows of the Night by the band Layton; each version is integral to the plot. Emmy-winning composer Kris Carter composed the original score.
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A label really is just a name. They've been putting all the songs featured in Mad Men (Tv, I know) in iTunes since last season, so this really isn't new other than they gave it a name and are doing with features.
Some of these tunes for these film soundtracks have been created specifically for the film so it's a little different.
It's a great idea, just not super groundbreaking.
Posted by: Julian Pererra | October 14, 2008 at 05:18 PM
Not a fan of the poster for Humbolt County... I like the Bad Batch poster 1000x more
Posted by: SeanH | October 15, 2008 at 01:07 AM