Interesting news about the Simpsons movie. It appears that Green Day will be suppling a version of the Simpson’s theme for the upcoming film. We get the following news from The Hollywood Reporter:
The traditional score soundtrack is dead. Sort of. What it desperately needs is reinvention. Fox Music president Robert Kraft, award-winning composer Hans Zimmer, Extreme Music and the gurus behind “The Simpsons” brand are trying to do just that.
The question is: If consumers aren’t into little shiny round discs anymore, what will they buy? Digital downloads? Sure, especially if it’s Green Day’s version of the “Simpsons” theme. A digital score album? Perhaps. A very cool limited-edition Homer pink doughnut clamshell case with the score CD to “The Simpsons Movie” inside. Why not?
I am not sure why Green Day was chosen to do the Simpsons theme. It is an instrumental song and Green Day is a Punk Rock band. If anything they should of got a band like the Ventures that excel at instrumental covers. Then again, I am judging the selection on the best artistic choice and not the ability to sell records.
The SImpsons film is not a movie I am pumped to see, but I am interested and curious to see how they pull it off.. I think The Simpsons has a great writing team and I am interested to see what the collective genius can produce in the feature film format.
