Quentin Tarantino, one of my 5 film director inspirations, has done it again with DJango Unchained. DJango (the D is silent) is a film about a slave-turned-bounty hunter who sets out to rescue his wife after she is kidnapped.
To me, being a film director means having control and being in control I think you have a say in which music makes the official soundtrack for your film.
I myself have been doing short films for 4 weeks now (nothing on the level of ANY amateur or pro director, but you have to start somewhere) and each week I encounter something new that inspires me to want to continue on my new film journey.
As I grow to become a true director and not just a passionate wanna be, I intend to have creative control of my films, which means even if its not personally handpicked, I still want to have a say in the music that is chosen, just as I'm sure Mr. Tarantino has done for DJango.
The first single for the soundtrack has been released and its definitely provocative because the people are talking. Unchained (The Payback/Untouchable) is a fresh new blend on an old school sound mixing vocals from the legendary rapper 2Pac's song Untouchable and none other than the Godfather of Soul James Brown's anthem Big Payback.
This blend is super creative in the sense of who would have thought to put these two legends together for a song, let alone use it as the lead single for a new movie. Two words. "Bold statement." I love this track Unchained for the sheer engineering/production aspect alone.
Although Mr. Brown and Mr. Shakur are no longer with us, their music will live on forever and now with the addition of this posthumous remix, forever is a mighty long time because forever now includes...the afterworld.
