1. Originally posted by MWSAHMaybe they bring out 2 albums, like the Peppers did. But I think it will take some more time if they do...


    Hmm that would be great but i don't think so, if you see that usually U2 puts like 10-12 songs on one album...
  2. Originally posted by TheBono weaves Spider-Man a web of music
    The U2 singer and guitar ace The Edge have penned all 18 songs for a Broadway musical about the comicbook arachnid hero
    Eithne Shortall

    HEARD the one about the spider and the fly? They got together and created a Broadway musical and album.

    Having composed the music for the forthcoming Broadway production of Spider-Man, Bono and the Edge will release a U2 album based on their musical adaptation of the comic books.

    The singer — who styled himself The Fly on U2’s Zoo TV tour — and the guitarist have written 18 tracks for Spider-Man: The Musical, a $25m (¤16m) production that is due to open in New York in October 2009.

    The band will rework some of the musical numbers and include them on the album, which is due to follow their next release this October.

    Teese Gohl, the project’s musical supervisor and who has worked on films such as Frida and The Butcher Boy, said his task was to show the two musicians how to write for a musical and for a female vocalist. He said it was a complicated project because Bono and the Edge were writing with both the musical and their album in mind.

    “When you write songs for a musical you have to think drama and multiple singers,” he said. “This was particularly important for them because they’re used to writing for just one man.” The U2 pair have now completed the 18 tracks and only have to finish off the incidental music to be used between scenes and played in the background.

    They used a 20- to 30-piece orchestra for the score — something rarely heard in modern musicals.

    The production will open and close with Boy Falling from the Sky, one of the show’s most intricate pieces.

    Other songs include Bouncing off the Walls, which will accompany the first transformation of Peter Parker into Spider-Man, and Rise Above, a number written for Mary Jane, the female lead.

    They have also written numbers for Arachne, the Spider-Woman villain who was a relatively minor character in the comic book series. U2 are not planning to record all the songs. Gohl said the album that the band have just completed is “entirely different”.

    Bono last year described the score as “punk rock” and “beautiful opera”. He added: “If we pull off what we’re trying, it will be something the likes of which no one has seen or heard. It should be a hallucinogenic experience for theatre-goers.

    “You have the visual energy she brings. The myth of the arachnid and the elasticity of these characters, you can turn theatre upside down.”

    Taymor, who previously directed the Lion King musical and Across the Universe, a cinematic musical based on Beatles songs, is overseeing the project. She first made contact with U2 through Elliot Goldenthal, her companion and an Oscar award-winning composer.

    Open auditions for the lead roles of Peter Parker and Mary Jane will be held in New York next week. Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood, the stars of Across the Universe, are considering taking roles.

    Casting was originally planned for last year but difficulty in finding a venue slowed down the project.

    Gohl said: “We couldn’t find an appropriate space because we needed somewhere with no balconies. It is a huge production and balconies would obstruct people’s view. There was even talk about building a theatre or setting up a tent. But they finally found a venue and we have a theatre in Manhattan now so it can go ahead.”

    Bono and the Edge previously penned GoldenEye, the theme tune to the James Bond film of the same name, which was performed by Tina Turner.
  3. Let's hope it is of some proper quality..
  4. Originally posted by MWSAHLet's hope it is of some proper quality..


    Hey, It's U2...
  5. Originally posted by markp91[..]

    Hey, It's U2...


    I just think they should focus on their own work instead of some musical.
  6. Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

    I just think they should focus on their own work instead of some musical.


    That's completely true...but HMTMKMKM and The Hands That Built America were great too, so why wouldn't this be?
  7. Originally posted by markp91[..]

    That's completely true...but HMTMKMKM and The Hands That Built America were great too, so why wouldn't this be?


    I know, I know...don't forget Elevation (Tomb Raider). But I just prefer a theme of their own, not Spiderman.
  8. Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

    I know, I know...don't forget Elevation (Tomb Raider). But I just prefer a theme of their own, not Spiderman.


    I prefer one of their own too, but if this is nice...well, I'll be downloading it...

    EDIT: I meant buy it off course....
  9. Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

    I just think they should focus on their own work instead of some musical.


    Well, I think it will be much better than the music they wrote for "A Clockwork Orange" back in 1990:

    Originally posted by The
    Even Mr. Burgess, who wrote the script based on his novel, was disappointed. According to The Evening Standard, he called the score, written by Bono and the Edge of the rock group U2, ''neo-wallpaper.'


    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5D91F31F937A25751C0A966958260


    Only Alex Descends Into Hell...was later released; On The Fly single.
  10. gutted
  11. Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

    I know, I know...don't forget Elevation (Tomb Raider). But I just prefer a theme of their own, not Spiderman.


    Don't forget GoldenEye...brilliant work - music, lyrics...lyrics are sooo spooky : ))))

  12. not sure what to think about this either, I know elevation etc have been great songs.. but songs from a musical? and how many of those would be on the album? I'd be ok with one song, I guess, but not more..