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Aaron Zigman scores Alpha Doc
10-Jan-2006 - Composer and producer Aaron Zigman has scored "Alpha Dog" for writer/director Nick Cassavetes and New Line Cinema. The film, starring Justin Timberlake, Dominique Swain, Shawn Hatosy, Ben Foster and Sharon Stone, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, January 27 at 6pm at the Eccles Theatre and open wider in February. In addition, Zigman will take part in Music & Film: The Creative Process, a roundtable discussion featuring composers and directors Wednesday, Jan 25 at Sundance house at The Kimball Art Center.
The film is a drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list. To match the grittiness of the film, Zigman scored it to have an edgy urban feel, with a lot of rap, techno and rock. The composer created "scource" music, a term for music that is somewhere between song and score, rather than underscoring emotion and creating traditional characters' themes. He co-wrote most of the songs in the movie, and layered them underneath the story to portray the pastiche of the music indigenous to violent world of the high school-aged characters.
Zigman is no stranger to the urban music. The composer made a name for himself producing and arranging for artists such as Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Nona Gaye, the Pointer Sisters and Christina Aguilera. Known for his command of rhythm and different styles, he developed his knack for melody into his current scoring career.
Zigman's foray into feature film composing began when Cassavetes, familiar with his pop background and his orchestral works, offered him the opportunity to audition for "John Q," starring Denzel Washington. Zigman wrote an extravagant six minute opening montage, recording it with a 55 piece orchestra and submitted it as a demo. The director, editor and studio were impressed, and he got the job. The two collaborated again shortly after on the critically-acclaimed romantic film "The Notebook," starring Gena Rowlands and James Garner, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel. For that project, Zigman not only wrote in the musical style of the period, but used vintage instruments and recording equipment from the 40s and 50s to create an authentic sound.
Zigman has since worked on "The Wendell Baker Story", the directorial debut of Andrew Wilson and Luke Wilson, starring their brother Owen Wilson, Eva Mendes and Eddie Griffin; and "Raise Your Voice," a vehicle for pop superstar Hilary Duff. Among his other upcoming film releases are "Flicka" with Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw, "10th & Wolf" with Giovanni Ribisi, James Marsden and Dennis Hopper.
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