It’s also a bit of a march, like a meditative march toward the light.
But it’s also very proactive it’s not stagnant. Of “Secret Sister,” he says, “I think on one hand, it’s a meditation and a sort of reflection on the state of the world and what needs to happen, i.e., more kindness, more love. He co-produced the track with frequent collaborator Blake Mills, who plays guitar on it, with percussion from the equally renowned Matt Chamberlain. I had heard stories over the years about that whole era and that whole situation, so I felt like I had to do it.” And in fact, two of her sisters became Immaculate Heart nuns, and subsequently were thrown out of the church when the order was discontinued. Wainwright says that the woman he considers his step-grandmother “was brought up by those nuns in the ‘60s and went to that school and was really a part of that whole scene. As a music supervisor, when does that happen?” He was like, ‘I’m in,’ and the song came naturally to him because he was already so connected to the material. The film’s music supervisor, Tracy McKnight, was stricken by “the coincidence happened that Rufus’ grandfather’s girlfriend’s sisters were part of this community, so I didn’t have to pitch it. A soundtrack album featuring the two songs and Ariel Marx’s score also arrives Friday.Īlthough Wainwright is well known for his songs for films over the years, “I’m not sure I’ve done an original song for a documentary, actually,” he tells Variety.
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The result is “Secret Sister,” a compelling song that evokes both spiritual mysteries and calls to concrete action, and which appears on the “Rebel Hearts” soundtrack along with another original song, Sharon Van Etten’s opening “Conjunction.” Variety has the premiere of an excerpt from Wainwright’s song (below), along with some of the historic and modern footage and animation from director Pedros Kos’ film, which opens in theaters Friday and bows on Discovery Plus two days later. It was intergenerationally personal for him, as he was already intimately familiar with the subject matter, thanks to his grandfather’s girlfriend having been part of the order of nuns that got in trouble with the Catholic church in the 1960s, and having heard her story over the years. Photo by David Goggin.When Rufus Wainwright was asked to write a closing theme song for “Rebel Hearts,” a documentary about a renegade order of socially activist nuns that opens this weekend, he didn’t require the preamble that virtually any other singer-songwriter would have. Pictured L-R in United Recording’s Studio B are Rufus Wainwright, Mitchell Froom, violinist/arranger Rob Moose, and recording engineer David Boucher. To learn more about Wainwright, please visit: “Trouble in Paradise” is currently available to stream on leading digital music services. With ten albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks, he has collaborated with musical heavyweights such as Elton John, David Byrne, Boy George, Joni Mitchell, Pet Shop Boys and producer Mark Ronson, among others. Praised by The New York Times for his “genuine originality,” Wainwright has established himself as one of the foremost male vocalists and songwriters of his generation. “I’ve worked on projects over the course of many years at the studio and have always had great results.” “We chose United to record strings and horns for Rufus’ album, largely because of the exceptional equipment and the superb acoustics,” said Froom. A mixture of smart pop and heartbreaking lyricism, he proclaims on his website that the first single is “a nod to solid pop rock production of previous classic L.A.
Wainwright collaborated with versatile producer Mitchell Froom, violinist/string arranger Rob Moose, and recording engineer David Boucher. The album’s first single, “Trouble in Paradise,” which explores the fashion industry with applicable themes about the world at large, was released in October. Charismatic singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright tracked new songs for his tenth album at United Recording.
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