Posted by Venessa at proxy-server.texas.rr.com on June 04, 2002 at 14:55:31:
In Reply to: Problem w/Sept. 11 short posted by Roy Munson on June 04, 2002 at 14:51:00:
answer to the chasing amy soundtrack question
Kevin, love your stuff, man. I have one question though. Your other two movies had fantastic soundtracks. Why did "Chasing Amy" not have one?
Kevin: "Interesting story there. Long one, though. Got a minute? So this local Jersey rocker (ed. Note – think about an 80’s hair band) tells us that he wants to record a song for the flick. And at this point, we were out to other labels, seeing if they were interested in picking the soundtrack up (which admittedly was somewhat unappetizing for any label, being that it was made up largely of what they call ‘catalogue songs,’ [which are] older, previously released material). So Jersey Rocker Boy has Scott [Mosier] and I over to his house, and not only does he hand us a song that he’s written, but he’s also recorded it! He plays the tune for us, and it’s tremendous. We’re giving him huge props ("Oh, Jersey Rocker Boy –you’re the man!" and that kind of thing). He says "If you like it, it’s yours. Do whatever you want with it," and makes mention that his label would probably want to put it out, and we could do the soundtrack there. So at this point, all bets elsewhere are off, and we’re doing the soundtrack at his label. But then, a week later, we get a call –it’s not going to happen. It seems that Jersey Rocker Boy’s label put the fear of God in him about his own upcoming album release, maintaining that it’ll cannibalize sales of said release if they release a soundtrack with a song by the artist before the release of his new album. Confused? So were we. Suddenly, Jersey Rocker Boy was out, and other labels were even less receptive than they were before. Then, good ol’ Dave Pirner (who really is the Man), gets involved and does not just the score, but also a song or two, and helps pick out all the tunes for the flick. Unfortunately, it was too close to the release for a lot of labels (who consider soundtracks to be a commercial for the flick and vice versa). Hence, no soundtrack. It’s a shame too, because it was my fave of the three. Pirner did a tremendous job."