Electronic band Counter Intelligence to do film score

Electronic band Counter Intelligence to do film score

9 July, 2007 | 4.05AM

• Written by: Terry Church
• Filed under: Music News: counter intelligence, film scores

Californian electronic music band Counter Intelligence have been asked to produce a film score for an indie movie director - Greg Bennett discovered the Temecula Valley group on Myspace.

“I was shocked; these guys sounded great,” Bennett told local rag The Valley News.

“I went through all the tracks on their Myspace page. It was really well produced. Most bands I come across on Myspace just remind me of why we need record labels.

“They’re under-produced, but [Counter Intelligence] sounded great.”

Counter Intelligence make powerful emotional breakbeat with a progressive edge, a sound which Bennett said was perfect to match the mood of his ‘Razor Tooth 2’ film, a sci-fi ‘creature feature’.

“The movie has a pretty sci-fi edge,” he said. “I wanted to do an electronic score, and [Counter Intelligence] was the first real gem I’ve found on MySpace. It has a high-tech feel to it.”

Filming begins in four weeks in Beijing, and this will be Counter Intelligence’s first film score.

CI Frontman Beau Jestice took the opportunity to big-up his favourite electronic producer BT.

“[BT is] a very universal artist,” Jestice said. “On ‘Monster,’ there’s no electronic music in it.

“On ‘The Fast and the Furious,’ there’s nothing but. Then you see ‘Stealth;’ it’s all orchestral, but then he throws his electronics in with it. It’s pretty amazing.”

So expect something a bit like BT.

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