March 2011
“In the Hall of the Mountain King” | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
DAVID FINCHER: The whole idea of the Henley Royal Regatta was based on an Edwardian-period garden party. I didn’t know anything about Edwardian-period garden parties, so I called [sound designer] Ren [Klyce] and asked him for an example of an Edwardian composer. Ironically, we ended up with [Edvard Grieg’s] ”In the Hall of the Mountain King”. First, I was too embarrassed to call Trent about it. [laughs] But then I asked him, “What do you think about doing like a Wendy Carlos version of ‘Hall of the Mountain King’?” And it was off my plate. [laughs]
TRENT REZNOR: [dryly] And then the fun began. I was almost divorced over that one. It was like: “If I hear that fuckin’ song one more time…” [Fincher laughs] That one took us a good four weeks. The Wendy Carlos thing threw me for a loop, so I came up with probably the most unsexy-sounding version of the song. (via)
26 Mar 2011
Vettel: “I really like the track and, if you finish on the podium, they have a nice trophy on Sunday afternoon, It used to have - and I hope it still has - a kangaroo on the trophy. It’s something that you can get only here. I love racing, I love driving the…