Just yesterday, Pitchfork pointed out that Spiritualized’s myspace page is streaming “Soul On Fire,” one of the new songs from the gauzy space-rockers’ upcoming album Songs in A&E due June 3. That reminded us to give off a taste of the just released soundtrack for Harmony Korine’s latest surrealist opus, “Mister Lonely” which features a score by Spiritualized’s J. Spaceman (née Jason Pierce) and the experimental Phoenix-based outfit the Sun City Girls.
The score is super interesting insofar as a lot of stuff we assumed was J. Spaceman score during the film – simple, elegiac, beautiful – was actually score by the Sun City Girls and conversely, the more outré, almost glitchy minimalist stuff was actually composed by Mister Spiritualized. Way to defy expectations.
Featuring Diego Luna and Samantha Morton as odd, misfit Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe impersonators, “Mister Lonely” features nuns skydiving to the likes of A Silver Mt. Zion and Aphex Twin and there’s bizarre, wonderfully weird moments like this in the film that are pure cinema porn for geeks like us that go nuts for amazing moments of movie/music convergence (the gorgeous, sad, disturbing and sultry, “13 Angels Standing Guard ‘Round the Side of Your Bed,” by Mt. Zion in the film is literally an jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring moment).
There’s also strange/hilarious moments where Diego’s MJ tries to cheer up old folks to Spank Rock in their retirement homes. It’s a freakshow to be sure, but it’s also Harmony Korine’s best, most-cohesive film to date (it comes out May 2 in limited release).
Watch: “Mister Lonely” trailer
Watch: Scene from “Mister Lonely” featuring Spank Rock