Orbital has announced their soundtrack is complete for Octane, a british
horror film with a big cast. They previously have done soundtracks for Event
Horizon (along with Michael Kamen), but this is their first completely solo
venture. Below is the announcement from www.loopz.co.uk (under news)
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Orbital have completed the score for a new film called Octane. Marcus Adams
who wrote and directed the thriller "Long Time Dead" directs the British
film. The film was completed in November 2002, the score was finished in
February 2003 and the film should be out on November 14th 2003.
Luxembourg, June 3rd 2002 saw the start of the 9-week shoot of OCTANE, the
first film from Random Harvest's genre film production label Four Horsemen
Films. A new style of horror, OCTANE is a stylish, high-energy feature
drawing on America?s double obsession with religious cults and the open
road.
OCTANE'S all-star cast is led by Madeleine Stowe (We Were Soldiers, 12
Monkeys, The Last of The Mohicans) alongside Norman Reedus (Blade 2, 8mm),
Bijou Phillips (Bully, Almost Famous), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Bend it Like
Beckham, Velvet Goldmine) and Mischa Barton (The Sixth Sense, Lawn Dogs).
OCTANE is directed by Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead), written by Stephen Volk
and produced by Alistair MacLean-Clark and Basil Stephens.
When Senga (Madeleine Stowe) and teenage daughter, Nat (Mischa Barton),
travel home on a nighttime freeway, they start to see the weirdest things a
couple picnicking by the side of a crashed car, a baby crawling up the
middle of the road and a lone Recovery Man (Norman Reedus) who trawls the
night for new car wrecks.
Then, at a roadside coffee stop, a mysterious Backpacker (Bijou Phillips)
lures Nat away with the offer of a compelling alternative existence with a
young, blood-obsessed cult. Forced into a nightmarish chase, Senga becomes a
woman plunged into a dark, deranged world, where she must confront her past
in order to save her daughter. Testing times for mother and daughter but can
Senga save Nat in time?
Paul Hartnoll described the music as "Dark and minimal" and "Not too
experimental weird...a bit more conventional". He explained that they have
been using "the moody expander" type sounds that were familiar in "Dwr Budr"
to give it its dark feel.
Phil Hartnoll said, "Music still excites us. That's the best thing - having
something that drives you. Get that thing that does it for you. Film is a
different discipline for us, a different approach. You've got a job to do,
and it's a new challenge."
Orbital have also remixed a track from the Octane album called 'Initiation'
which will be serviced to clubs at the end of August. You can hear the track
on the LOOPZ website on the 27th August 2003.
Orbital's first solo film score will be released on the 20th October 2003
through EMI. The total estimated playing time should be around 43 Minutes!
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