Those three, I think, were the first ones to come on board, which were all credible and cool at the time, which helped with others."įaith No More were paired up with Samoan gangster outfit Boo Yaa T.R.I.B.E. "Sonic Youth, Helmet, their managers were super supportive. The task of 'spotting '(selecting where songs would be used) was carried out by Karen Rachnian, music supervisor for the film's producer, Largo Entertainment. Walters says he provided them scenes from the movie complete with notes explaining the shots. To assist the creativity of the performers, who recorded from locales all over the world. Walters says he succeeded with help from other artist managers linked to the project. Then the artist’s publishers had to grant sync fees and licenses for the off." Next the labels had to give their permission to be on the album. Once that was achieved the artists also had to be stirred. "First I had to get a hold of the managers and get them excited about the project. It Involved hard planning and heavy negotiations. The process of translating his vision into reality took six months to complete. It kind of made sense to do something that brings the together." "Since I manage Everlast, it sort of came ta pass that would handle the Soundtrack." The idea for a set cross-pollinating alternative noise with rap expression grew out of Walters’ realization that "a lot of alternative artists dig hip-hop and a lot of hip-hop artists like alternative. Judgment Night OST was the brainchild of Happy Walters, the then president of Immortal Records and manager of hip-hop bands such as House Of Pain and Cypress Hill. In 1993 this fusion of the rock / rap genres was taken to the next level with the soundtrack to the film Judgment Night. The movie is an 'urban suspense drama' starring Emilio Estevez, Denis Leary, Cuba Goading Jr., and House Of Pain's Everlast. In 1986 Aerosmith joined up with Run DMC to record a rap-rock version of the classic song Walk This Way and in 1987 Anthrax and Public Enemy released Bring The Noise. It is true that the genre busting sounds of certain bands made it difficult to categorise, however these tags were more relevant for particular songs rather than bands. During the early 90s the music press desperately tried to label the hybrid styles of alternative bands with tags such as funk-metal or rap-metal.
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