Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Score New Netflix Film War Machine
By Amanda Wicks.
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (of the Bad Seeds and Grinderman) have a robust history of putting their music to film, and they’ve added to that repertoire with yet another film score. The pair have composed the soundtrack for the forthcoming Netflix film, War Machine, a representative for the artists confirmed to Pitchfork. Jake Jackson and David Michod also contributed. Watch the film’s trailer below. Directed by David Michod, the film is the story of the rise and fall of a U.S. general. It’s based on Michael Hastings’ 2012 book The Operators, and it stars Brad Pitt, Topher Grace, Emory Cohen, Tilda Swinton, Anthony Michael Hall, and Ben Kingsley. It debuts May 26.
In 2016, Cave and Ellis scored the film Hell or High Water. They also previously composed the scores for 2015’s Far From Men and 2009’s The Road, both starring Viggo Mortensen.
This story originally appeared on Pitchfork.
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