M83/Susanne Sundfor on Kimmel

Still no interest in seeing this movie, but this is fantastic. So weird to see M83 introduced as a string section along w/ Anthony Gonzalez and crew. I can't be happier for their success (though I still wonder why Midnight City is the only single that's blown up when there's like five or six from Hurry Up, We're Dreaming and they're ALL AWESOME!

M83 Scores Oblivion

This is old news by now and this first song released went up a while ago and then re-circulated earlier this week, however I'm not so much about breaking news as I am about curating the stuff I think is awesome from around the web.

I've tried to post this before, however each time there's been some issue with the embed code. I think it finally worked. Great track, as always. Not interested in seeing the film, although I suppose I don't know too much about it and it is possible that could change. I always want to be able to dismiss Tom Cruise movies but then often find myself actually liking them (Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky, Collateral, to name but a few). Plus, if you listen to people that have worked with him, he sounds like an amazingly talented guy.

Meet M83 Video/Oblivion Soundtrack

I'm stoked on M83 again lately - the novel I'm working on is laregely inspired by their Saturdays=Youth record and since hearing that album I've pretty much been in love with their music (you can read about my religious experience at their live show last November here). Then this mornning I see on Pitchfork that the new Tom Cruise movie Oblivion has original music by M83 and a score composed by Anthony Gonzalez and Joseph Trapanese. Nice! Even though I'll probably never see the movie (I'm not against Cruise out-of-hand, I actually like quite a few of the movies I've seen him in and think he's a pretty damn good actor) I'm always up for new M83. Anyway, I went to M83's website and found a few things I'd not seen before, like the video posted above. And although it's locked from being embedded, if you follow the link to Back Lot Music's Soundcloud page here you can hear the first track from the aforementioned Oblivion soundtrack (or go here and hear it and read about it on Pitchfork)