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Daniel Knox’s voice plays over the credits of the new horror film Tarot . For longtime fans, it’s a situation that seems kismet. For a guy who’s been singing about ghosts for over 20 years, it was only a matter of time for the cinematic-sounding singer to be featured on the silver screen. We spoke with the musician about writing for film vs. albums, ghost songs, John McClane, and the Alligator 1 and 2 Blu-Ray. Dread Central: Did you approach this any differently from any other song you’ve written? Daniel Knox: This was very different, because there was already a title for the song. In Tarot , the song plays, this isn’t really giving too much away, the song plays on a 78 record . Then there’s a shot of the record and the title of the song, “I Saw You.” Having seen the scene that fits in is different than scoring something, which I’ve done before. But writing a song that’s meant to fit a moment that’s happening is very different from writing a song when you’re trying to say something about yourself or the world. DC: I don’t know if it was intentional, but I got a lot of vibes from one of your best songs, “Ghostsong.” DK: The composer of Tarot , Joseph Bishara , who’s really amazing, he’s done the scores for The Conjuring and Insidious and as is in both of those movies. He’s an amazing guy and a great composer. My music was known to him and he reached out to me. We actually co-wrote this song. One of the ways that he sort of got the filmmakers interested was by playing “Ghostsong.” I took that into consideration, but I didn’t want to try to repeat that song in any way. I just wanted something that kind of evoked a bit of the feeling of that song tonally without trying to recreate any part of it. DC: You are a modern artist, you’re not trying to recreate the past. But in Tarot , you’re represented on a 78. I think a lot of […]
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