Mon 30 Jul 2007
A few years back I had the opportunity to interview composer, performer and artist Mark Mothersbaugh. He’s a founding member of Devo, and he’s also the composer of inventive movie scores. His music has become one of the signatures of the Wes Anderson style, and at the time we met, “The Life Aquatic” was about to be released.
We talked about how he first started working with Wes Anderson; the challenges posed by composing ‘art’ music or ‘popular’ music; the advantages of going back in time technologically; his visual art; and the development of the human brain.
I can’t play the whole interview here, but I can mete out a few excerpts. Here’s the first, in which we talk working with Wes Anderson, and also take a stroll through the studio to hear some of his distinctive instruments.
* This interview was produced for CBC Radio. All rights reserved *
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July 31st, 2007 at 1:25 pm[…] I have a CD burn of this interview in its entirety, but Stephanie Conn, a renaissance woman in her own right and a dear friend of mine, posted parts of her interview with Mark Mothersbaugh that originally aired on CBC not long after The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’s release. She took the photo from which I fashioned my banner at Mutato on Sunset. I met her for the first time shortly thereafter, and by the end of our afternoon together, Stephanie and I sat in Andrea’s VW Jetta thrilled that he’d left her a voicemail message on her cell phone. Adore adore adore Mark Mothersbaugh, I do. […]
