Canadian indie rock collective Broken Social Scene are working on the soundtrack to 'Scott Pilgrim vs The World'.
Returning with their new album earlier this year, Broken Social Scene are obviously keen to get busy. Touring across Europe thoughout this summer the band are working on new tracks for three different film soundtracks.
The band are due to donate material to forthcoming comedy 'Scott Pilgrim vs The World' which is due for release on August 1st. Broken Social Scene will star on the soundtrack alongside Beck, with both groups writing new songs for the film.
For the forthcoming comedy epic, Broken Social Scene have transformed themselves into a thrash-punk act. Speaking to Pitchfork, songwriter Brendan Canning described about a hidden Napalm Death influence.
"They're really short punk rock jams. One tune is four seconds long - it's in Napalm Death territory. After that one, someone in the movie yells, "Hey, it's not a race!" The longest tune we recorded for it was 42 seconds."
"Another one is a little more in D.R.I. territory. We're all fans of that type of thrashy music-- Charles (Spearin) and Ohad (Benchetrit) played in a metal band growing up. I definitely bought Suicidal Tendencies' first record when it came out."
Broken Social Scene teamed up with producer Nigel Godrich for the score, recording material in London. "We haven't seen the final cut yet, but we did about 10 pieces. We spent five days recording in London coming up with ambient, Feel Good Lost-type stuff."
"It was thrilling working with Nigel since we're all such big fans of his work with Radiohead and Beck, and even a little Natalie Imbruglia, too. He stayed on the bus with us during our last UK tour for a couple days. We're definitely pals."
'Scott Pilgrim vs The World' is out this summer.
