Besnard Lakes Scoring Mark Ruffalo Movie

09/10/09 5:05pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

The Besnard Lakes have been tapped to score actor Mark Ruffalo's (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, All The King's Men) directorial debut, Sympathy For Delicious.

The film, which stars Orlando Bloom (The Lord Of The Rings, Pirates Of The Caribbean), Juliette Lewis (Whip It, Old School) and Ruffalo, is currently in production. Ruffalo says he wanted The Besnard Lakes to score the movie after he heard the 2007 Polaris Music Prize short listed The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse's "Because Tonight," which he describes as "a perfect piece of music."

"Sympathy For Delicious is a magic and agnostic rock 'n' roll revival, and I wanted a score to the film that felt questioning and cinematic," Ruffalo says. "The Besnard Lakes is a perfect match to what we have been trying to achieve with the movie; something rough and not overproduced, not devoid of guts, full of humanity and messy around the edges.

"Their music is not just a clutch of songs but a cinematic experience that evolves dramatically and carries poetry in the tidy complexity of its parts. I am very proud to have them. They bring a living, breathing and vibrant quality to the existing story that is rare to find in film scores."

On an unrelated note, The Besnard Lakes think Ratt are awesome.

The Besnard Lakes are also working on the follow-up to The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse, which should be out sometime early next year.

You can hear them play new songs on Oct. 2 at Cambridge, Mass.'s T.T. The Bear's and on Oct. 3 at New York City's Mercury Lounge.