Cinematic Orchestra Get Musical for Flamingos

Cinematic Orchestra recently played a handful of shows in the States, culminating in a festival performance at Coachella, but the band tells Spinner that those shows were just a break for them from their latest project: scoring a Disney nature film. Bandleader Jason Swinscoe and bassist Phil France have been writing-to-picture, trying to tell a specific narrative through instrumental music while, at the same time, retaining Cinematic Orchestra's own style. The film is about flamingos.

Asked if they watched 'March of the Penguins' as part of their research for the score, Swinscoe tells Spinner, "I saw that in cinema when it came out and there are other films we were asked to reference which we're sort of staying away from." Swinscoe reasons that he doesn't want to get too influenced by typical theatrical scores. "The reason why we were asked to do this is because we have a brand. We have a sound," he says. "We don't want to fall into the world of hit composers."

Guess that rules out that tour with John Williams we were all hoping for.