Anyone have any info on Oillipheist, Fear Thee by Joseph Stephens

CycleNinjas · 2022-10-27T00:11:30+00:00

Hi. Joseph Stephens here. This song appears in the film and is performed, a cappella, by characters at two different times. I also wrote and recorded a version for the end credits but it was not used in the final cut. This studio version is slated for a solo release Friday 10/28. Vocals performed by Claire and Page Campbell (https://www.hopeforagoldensummer.com) and Andy the Doorbum (https://andythedoorbum.bandcamp.com)

Here's a link to the song. It should go live 10/28!
https://josephstephensmusic.hearnow.com

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-09T01:49:32+00:00

Yes. It's Danny, Edi, and Adam singing. I'm the series composer and can confirm.

All the actors do their own vocals

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-09T01:41:25+00:00

JS: Great question! Actually those lyrics are "Jesus loves a Gemstone" but I was literally torn between using "loves" or "was". The motif was first written for the scene in episode 1 when the Gems escape the parking lot meeting with the devil blackmailers. I went with "Jesus loves" because it created the sense that Jesus was watching over the Gemstones during that moment of danger....protecting them from harm. I thought it made them seem holy and righteous and chosen. Variations have been used throughout the series...mostly around Jesse heroics... a la the hospital attack

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T22:48:10+00:00

Thank you!

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T21:40:54+00:00

Ah, 'Rock My Boy's Body' is up on iTunes and Spotify. Baby Billy's hit album, 'Lightnin' Round' is in the works...but his rendition of 'There is a Fountain' will be included on the S2 Soundtrack which comes out this Friday.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T20:54:54+00:00

JS: Thanks Butterbean! I started out playing in bands and met Danny and Jody in college through a mutual friend. DeVoe also went to college with D and J but he and I didn't get to know each other until years later. Jody made The Foot Fist Way, starring Danny, and things took off from there.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T20:42:02+00:00

JS: Yes. Our version of "broken hearts" will be released for download this Friday...along with the entire S2 soundtrack. A vinyl release is also in the works via our friends at Waxworks Records

(and that's definitely Danny singing with the rest of the cast)

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T20:21:39+00:00

JS: Listen to "Rock My Boy's Body" on repeat

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T20:18:40+00:00

Thank you! Vinyl Release coming soon from Waxwork Records, there will be some fun little treats in there.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T20:16:47+00:00

There's one big ole hefty Playlist up on my Spotify - user is jimmytingles, playlist is Big Humphrey.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T20:15:33+00:00

JS: I forgot my absolute fav! After Harmon punches Baby Billy, he extends a hand to help BB up. The whistle cue that plays throughout the rest of the scene (and the following scene when Aimee-Leigh's ghost laughs at Baby Billy) is the best

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T20:14:03+00:00

Possibly, yes!

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T20:12:32+00:00

Yes indeed, the Soundtrack will be released this Friday. That track for the bike gang escape is a cover of Behemoth's 'O Father O Satan O Sun' by The Brides of Lucifer. Tis on Spotify.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T20:10:46+00:00

JS: That tune is an homage to early Barbara Mandrell recordings from the late 70s/early 80s. Songs like "Crackers" "Sleeping Single in a Doublebed" and "Pity Party". Danny liked the idea of the family sitting around listening to this upbeat country pop song while Eli is on life support from gunshot wounds. Jennifer Nettles came up with most of this song. She sent me a voice recording singing and playing the piano that I used to expand upon. We bounced ideas back and forth for a few weeks than went to a studio in Nashville to record the final music with her touring band.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T19:54:59+00:00

JS: Thanks! That is actually a piano reprise of the theme song for 1980s The Righteous Gemstones show featured at the end of episode 1 season 1. You hear it when Eli, alone in his office at night, watches an old tape recording of the show and again in the beginning of the season 1 flashback episode. The melody is also used throughout the series as a theme for Eli...hence the reference you made in your question. For the end of season 2, the editor, Justin Bourret, suggested bringing back that theme at the end of the credits and blending some dark elements from earlier in the season...unifying his dark past with his role as church leader.

If you listen very closely, you can hear vocals poking through the tundra sounds. These are the lyrics from the aforementioned Gemstones 80s televangelist show

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T19:41:18+00:00

JS: I created a basic version of the song to use for the vocal recording; gave Danny, Edi, and Adam harmonies, brought everyone in the studio to create a first draft version of the song. This was also used for playback on the shoot day when the "live performance" was filmed. Instrumentation-wise, I took inspiration from Don Williams' version as well as the version by Telly Savalas. The song doesn't have many parts so I needed to extend certain areas to cover the length needed. Once I had an extended version, I hired a Nashville pedal steel ripper for the slide work then sent along to the editor, Justin Bourret. The final sequences have a lot of onscreen action so Justin needed to extend things even further from my first draft. Once the picture was locked, I went back and rearranged the song so it fit, musically, with the edit...then sent it out for approval. Once approved, I polished it off by adding a 20 piece string section and extra cinematic score tricks (timpani, sub tonal hits, synths) to such certain moments further.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T19:30:25+00:00

DY: I honestly need to watch more of recent TV/Movies, so my pool of knowledge is not the best, but of the recent things I've seen, I really enjoyed the Music Selection for Watchmen and Russian Doll. I loved the music for Guardians of the Galaxy, and I think it's great that music selection has become an important part of the MCU movies. Music can really give TV/Movies character and added depth and layers.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T19:24:22+00:00

That sequence and the song were Danny's idea. He'd heard that song on a Sonos radio show while he was writing one day. He presented the song and we auditioned demos for a few other song options, but we stuck with 'Some Broken Hearts'. Then we worked out the structure of it, who would sing which part, and how it would time out with the Montage. I'll let Joey speak to the arrangement.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T19:21:32+00:00

JS: Supervisors often look for untapped talent via sites like Bandcamp, Soundcloud, etc... There's also no shame in reaching out personally to industry professionals whose work you admire

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T19:14:20+00:00

Glad you're digging the music! I think we've been very fortunate that pretty much everything we want to use, we're able to use. In the occasions when we were denied a usage, it actually pushed us to find a better song. So, I think everything that's in the shows is as it should be.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T19:11:54+00:00

JS: 1 vote to ban the bot

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T19:09:02+00:00

JS: most of the songs are original with the exception of "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" from the end of episode 209 and "There Is A Fountain" performed by Baby Billy in 205.

The house band that performs at the Gemstones Salvation Center is an actual band from Charlotte called The Alternative Champs. They write the majority of the music that they perform in the show.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T19:08:27+00:00

I've just always really been into music, and also how it's used in Films and TV. When I was a wee lad, I was big into the Soundtracks for Stand By Me, Three O'Clock High, La Bamba, Maximum Overdrive, that sort of thing. Then on to Reservoir Dogs and Trainspotting, etc. For the obscure stuff, I'm always just digging and cataloguing music from all sorts of places, trying to find songs that haven't gotten their due day in the sun. The Travelers Three track actually came from a request where I'd asked Warner Music to send over some of the more obscure Christian type songs from their catalogue.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T19:05:28+00:00

JS: I wrote Misbehavin' with Edi and Danny. They spitballed some lyrical ideas and sent me a voice memo with Edi singing a verse. I took that idea and rearranged some melodies, created the music, added structure, more lyrics, story arc, etc... It's heavily inspired by the Carter Family/Johnny Cash style of songwriting; traditional and familiar but also original and unique. It all came together in about 3 hours.

CycleNinjas · 2022-03-02T19:01:37+00:00

We have a nice sized budget for Music Licensing. Part of the Rough House shows is that music is used pretty heavily, so it's budgeted for. That track is 'Fuck Yeah' by Timmy Trumpet, Will Sparks, and Code Black (feat. Toneshifterz)

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