How do you score a radioactive, mop-wielding monster vigilante? For composing duo Brooke and Will Blair, the answer is: with absolutely everything you've got.Longtime collaborators of director Jeremy Saulnier, for whom they scored last year's acclaimed Rebel Ridge, the brothers faced a uniquely chaotic challenge with The Toxic Avenger, a gonzo remake of the 1984 Troma cult classic.To match the film's anarchic energy, they crafted a brilliantly eclectic score that smashes together heavy metal, synth-pop, punk, jazz, and even bossa nova, creating a sonic landscape as wonderfully unhinged as its hero.Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comNFS: Hey, Brooke and Will! The Toxic Avenger was directed by your older brother, Macon Blair. What was the collaborative dynamic like amongst the three of you on this film?Will Blair: Well, Brooke and I are used to working together scoring movies, and we’ve been collaborating since we were kids, generally. But, it’s a rare treat to get all 3 of us on the same project, so I think I’m speaking for all of us when I say it was definitely an exciting one for us! We first fell in love with movies, and with just making stuff, through Macon. Macon was making flip books, comic books, and short Super 8 films with his buddies in the neighborhood. He modeled for us what the creative process looks like as kids, and it turns out it’s messy!Brooke Blair: The great thing about working with Macon on films is that we’ve already got a built-in shared language and...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 24 September