Queen Of The Damned is a vampire thriller created in 2002. The entire soundtrack was written by Jonathan Davis (from well known Nu metal band KoRn) and Richard Gibbs. Together, the two men decided it would be a good idea to use well known and famous bands and artists to perform the songs (as well as Davis' inability to perform them himself due to restrictions with KoRn's SONY contract) in order to increase the audience reached for the movie and to increase publicity. These bands and artists included members from the likes of Linkin Park, Orgy, Deftones, Disturbed, Static X, and the very well known (and highly controversial and popular) Marilyn Manson. Distributed by Warner Bros, the film's soundtrack was created into an album by Warner Bros own music label (Warner Music Group). Due to the nature of the film (dark, gothic, particularly with the protagonist being in a band) Davis and Gibbs created songs that were of a gothic nature and within the Nu metal, alternative metal, industrial rock and alternative rock genres. The slow, gothic style, heavy nature of these genres created a good atmosphere to the film and suited it's style and genre. By looking at the music in this film, we can analyse how the music has influenced the film, and how, by using well known artists to write and perform the music, the soundtrack can play a very important part in distribution and publicity. Hopefully, by realising this, we can use the music as an influence on our own for our opening scene.
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