How the F1 soundtrack came together, with a little help from Lewis Hamilton | Mint

New York, June 12 (AP) The pinnacle of motorsport, Formula One, has its own music. The fast rhythms of a six-cylinder engine that reaches 15,000 rpm; the over-over-glissando of an enthusiastic catch up in a Drs zone; The A-list concerts that follow the most weekends. So, when it comes to making the summer tent pole “F1”, with Brad Pitt and Damson Idris, the team behind the film knew that the sound should also be massive. It comes with a score of a score of full-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer and a big soundtrack released as ‘F1 the album’ via Atlantic Records-the team behind the award-winning ‘Barbie’ album-the same day as the film, June 27. The soundtrack contains original music by Chris Stapeton, Mykers Towers, Blackpink’s Rose, Tate McRae and many more. The creative powers behind it all – film producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Joseph Kosinski and Atlantic Records West Coast President Kevin Weaver – Tell The Associated Press how ‘F1 the album’ came along. In the years it took to create ‘F1’, Kosinski earmarked ‘big music moments’ in the film of the film, explains Weaver, who oversees the project. His team at Atlantic Records took those notes and came up with ideas for songs, artists and writers, along with the executive producers of soundtrack, Kosinski and Bruckheimer. They moved in Atlantic artists, such as Ed Sheeran and Rose, but also looked elsewhere. “It’s mostly, if not just, about what the film needs,” Weaver says. “It really comes down to whose voice would sound best in these different moments … Who can achieve what Joe and Jerry need from a storytelling perspective?” And what they needed was great size songs to meet the intensity of the film and matched the inclusion of big classic rock songs, such as Queen’s “We Will Rock You”. All the songs that appear on “F1 the album” are Originals, which is why Tate Mcrae’s “sports car”, despite the appropriate name, is not on it; Instead, she offers ‘just to watch’. Atlantic, usually weaving, would play the label’s song choices against filmed series in the editing room, explains Bruckheimer. “If there is a race and we have to end it with a song he will play, you know, maybe ten songs against that series, and that’s the best song that wins. It’s usually not the song we think will be the biggest hit or the biggest artists, ‘says Bruckheimer. “This is the one that works for a particular order.” “F1 is such a global sport. I wanted the soundtrack of the film to reflect it,” says Kosinski. This meant that artists “used from all over the world to make it feel what the sport really has.” Ferrari’s manager Lewis Hamilton, who consulted on the project, made sure from the beginning that the need for global inclusivity was clear, Kosinski says. “Sometimes here in Hollywood we can get a little myopic in terms of our cultural focus,” he says. “And this sport, it’s inspiring to see just how eclectic it is.” He will send Hamilton demos of the soundtrack and get his opinion: “I sent him the Burna Boy track,” recalls Kosinski. ‘Louis was like’ it’s going to be a huge hit. “” We were very intentional about genre and demographic, “Weaver adds. “We have pop plates. We have afrobeat plates. We have electronic plates. We have Country songs. ‘ The result is a collection of 17 tracks with a broad attraction – not unlike the series of a large summer music festival. “That sounds incredible,” Bruckheimer says. “The soundtrack blends perfectly into each scene at which we place the music.” Artists in the “F1” soundtrack found inspiration and participated in different ways. “Sometimes it brought in an artist and showed them a scene, like Rose,” which created with it, says Kosinski. Chris Stapleton did the same. Other artists simply got a concept or idea to inspire them and would take up a cut that would later be adapted to a specific scene. For Sheeran, Kosinski came up with ten key phrases as lyrical directions, words that ‘Sonny Hayes identify’, the protagonist of the film played by Pitt. Sheeran’s song, “Drive,” was written with John Mayer and Blake Slatkin “specifically for the end title of the film,” Weaver adds. “It’s kind of the highlight of the Brad Pitt character.” Other artists have deep ties with Formula One-like the DJ Tiësto, who regularly performed at F1 Grands Prix around the world as part of a long-time relationship “with the motorsport, as he tells the AP. Atlantic Records asked if he would like to find any songs for the film -and he actually ended up in the film and portrayed himself in a big Las Vegas nightclub scene. “I hope I win an Oscar for this,” he jokes. “I jumped right,” Tiesto says of the opportunity. ‘Dance music and races, there is a compound because they both have high energy. And with F1 it is a perfect combination and it brings people from all over the world together. ‘ This is especially true for the Dutch DJ: his song for the soundtrack, ‘Omg!’, Contains Missouri -Rapper Sexy Red. “She heard the song, and she loved it, and yes, she wanted to write lyrics for it,” he says. “It was a very pleasant cooperation.” (AP) APA RB RB