It’s a thrill to see Blood Pageant released and unleashed. This horror/comedy features Snoop Dogg. In addition to composing the score I also wrote/co-wrote/produced/performed a number of songs for it in a variety of combinations. Additional I served as the film’s music supervisor. It was a long project that overcame many hurdles over three and a half years to finally get out into the marketplace
Major gratitude is due from me to writer/producer Chris Gilmore. She’s 100% the reason I got on the project and performed so many different musical functions. Way before the scoring began we had seven songs of pre-records to prepare ahead of the shoot. Music is one of the few departments that can be involved in a project from pre-production, post production and post production. I already knew Chris is a talented songwriter and singer. We collaborated on several of her songs. Our duet of Free Soul is a big production number with dancers. Producing it and co-writing with Chris was a real highlight.
Her son, producer/actor Leo Gilmore, had come up with the melody of the main theme. I ran with it and made it part of the score’s DNA.
What about the score? I kept remembering John Williams sophisticated score for The Minority Report. I didn’t reference, but it still echoed in my mind from long ago. It’s more angular and harmonically dense that his most famous cues. He’s a true master. I thank him for the being a huge inspiration. I feel like the score is like acting one of the leading roles. It’s there throughout the whole movie and tells the story from another medium.
On a personal note it’s super fun that Natasha Blasick, my better half, plays the antagonist Liz the lifecoach who isn’t what she seems. Once in a while we get to work on the same project, and it’s always a blast. She’s a very bad girl in this movie. I’m also super pleased that two of Natasha’s electro-pop songs, “If You’re Feeling Sexy” and “I Always Win” are in the soundtrack.
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