BBC Four viewers have the chance to listen to Rob da Bank's alternative soundtrack for the classic 1933 film King Kong when it's shown on the channel over Christmas.
King Kong airs on BBC Four on Saturday 27 December at 11.30pm and viewers can press the 'red button' to hear Rob da Bank's personal choice of tracks to go alongside the film.
Rob has dug through his crates to put together a tracklisting of weird and wonderful gems from Sigur Ros, Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Black Sabbath and Portishead to The Ho'Op'I Brothers, Harry Connick Junior, Bon Iver, Laurie Anderson and Tunng. The music for the opening and closing credits will be Hudson Mohawke 'Star Crackout' and Pixies 'Monkey Gone To Heaven' respectively.
The score will also be broadcast on the Rob da Bank and Friends show on BBC Radio 1, Sunday 21st December at 2am - 4am. Also online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank (inc. 'Listen Again' for a week after).
Rob da Bank, says:
"I asked the BBC if I could do an alternative soundtrack for any of the films going out over Christmas and lo and behold, the 1933 version of King Kong was up for a spruce-up! So I've been busy digging through my record library and trying to take things from a different angle. Being such a great film it has made it a lot of fun to do. My soundtrack takes in everything from dubstep to rock and lots of electronica and weird beats. I hope people enjoy it!"
Tracklisting:
1) Hudson Mohawke 'Star Crackout'
2) Trentemoller 'Vamp'
3) Sigur Ros (Intro) Svein G Englar
4) Paul Whitheman and his orchestra 'Rhapsody In Blue'
5) Lucky Elephant 'Lucky Elephant'
6) Ralfe Band 'Attics'
7) Xia Pang Jeng and the Chinese Orchestra of Shanghai Conservatory
8 ) The Flaming Lips 'In Excelsior Vaginalistic'
9) Rusko 'Woo Boost'
10) Metronomy 'Nights Outro'
11) The Ho'Op'I Brothers 'Hawaiian Cowboy'
12) Rusko 'Woo Boost'
13) Lazyboy 'Dubstep'
14) Himalaya 'Dawn'
15) Wax Stag 'And How'
16) Metronomy 'Night Out Intro'
17) Drums Of Death 'Sleep In Fire'
18 ) Bon Iver 'For Emma'
19) Lee 'Scratch' Perry 'Voodoo'
20) Himalaya 'Dawn'
21) Reso 'Eye Of Ra'
22) Generation X 'King Rocker'
23) Bakka Beyond 'Call Of The Forest'
24) Rusko 'Woo Boost'
25) Kotchy 'Let Loose'
26) Black Sabbath 'Voodoo'
27) Radiohead 'Faust Arp'
28 ) Dinosaur Jr 'Freak Scene'
29) Don Rimini ‘Let Me Back Up’
30) Fleet Foxes 'Mykonos'
31) Laurie Anderson 'O Superman'
32) DJ C ‘Animal Attraction’ (ft Zulu)
33) Bruce Springsteen 'Born To Run'
34) Rusko 'Woo Roost'
35) Portishead 'Machine Gun'
36) Paul Whitheman and his orchestra 'Rhapsody In Blue'
37) Tunng 'Bullets'
38 ) Ian Brown 'Fear'
39) Harry Connick Junior 'It had to be you'
40) Goldfrapp 'Train'
41) Brian Eno 'Here Come The Warm Jets'
42) Pixies 'Monkey Gone To Heaven'
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might be worth a watch!
