Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo are set to reunite with David Gordon Green on the director’s upcoming drama Manglehorn. The film stars Al Pacino as an eccentric man who tries to come to terms with a past crime that cost him the love of his life. Paul Logan has written the screenplay based on an original story by Green and Logan. Green is also producing the project with Lisa Muskat (Snow Angels, Compliance, All the Real Girls) and Worldview Entertainment’s Christopher Woodrow & Molly Conners (Killer Joe, The Immigrant, Blood Ties). Explosions in the Sky and Wingo have previously co-scored Green’s Prince Avalanche starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch, which is set to be released on August 9 by Magnolia Pictures. Wingo and Explosions drummer Chris Hrask have announced their involvement in Manglehorn in an interview with Hitfix.
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‘Prince Avalanche’ Soundtrack Details
Temporary Residence Ltd will release soundtrack album for David Gordon Green’s indie comedy Prince Avalanche. The album features the film’s original score composed by post-rock instrumentalists Explosions in the Sky (Friday Night Lights) and David Wingo (Mud, Take Shelter) who has previously collaborated with the director on such films as The Sitter, All the Real Girls and George Washington. The soundtrack will be released on August 6, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Prince Avalanche written and directed by David Gordon Green and starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is set to be released on August 9, 2013 by Magnolia Pictures.
Explosions in the Sky & David Wingo to Score ‘Prince Avalanche’
Explosions in the Sky‘s guitarist Munaf Rayani has announced in an interview with Consequence of Sound (via The Playlist) that the band will be scoring David Gordon Green’s upcoming comedy Prince Avalanche. The site also reveals that composer David Wingo will be providing music for the picture. The comedy starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch is based on the Icelandic movie Either Way directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson about two men whose lives intersect while working on a road striping crew together. Green is producing the project with Lisa Muskat, Craig Zobel, James Belfer and Derrick Tseng. Gordon Green has previously used several pieces of Explosion of their Sky’s music in his past films, including 2003′s All the Real Girls and 2007′s Snow Angels, while Wingo has co-scored a number of the director’s project, most recently last year’s The Sitter. The post-rock band has previously ventured into film scoring, most notably on Peter Berg’s Friday Night Lights. Prince Avalanche was shot last month in Texas and is currently in post-production. No word yet on a release date.