A few housekeeping notes. 1) Normally we’d be finished our 2009 Toronto International Film Festival coverage by now, but we’ve been a little under the weather this week, so don’t be surprised if/when you see three, four more reviews straggle out next week. It’s also the NYFF here in NYC/BK which exhausts us even more and doesn’t help you get any better.
Anywho. OK, so if you’re at TIFF every year you know they have a theme song and it’s generally from a up-and-coming Canadian artist. In 2007 it was Feist’s “I Feel It All,” before she became an IPOD, IPhone superstar. Last year it was Montreal singer Patrick Watson with his excellent, “Lusicious Life,” song and this year who was the band behind that anthemic, Coldplay-ish song that’s been stuck in our head for a week? We asked around and no one seemed to know the epic-like tune playing before every film.
Well our Toronto filmmaker friends CYCinema finally clued us into the answer. It’s Toronto rock band Pilot Speed and their song, “Light You Up” from their 2009 album Wooden Bones. Anyone who’s ever been at TIFF for a whole week will tell you that after that week is done, the theme song is entrenched in your head for seemingly all enternity so thank god someone finally clued us into what it was.
A friend of ours in the Toronto music industry tells us they’re not very well known either which is kind of cool for them having their song chosen for such a prestigious spot. Here’s more on their Myspace page if you’re interested.