Bear McCreary and Slash have shared a new video for the title track of “Deathstalker (Songs from the Motion Picture).” That three-track single will be released on October 10. The “Deathstalker” reboot will hit select theaters on the same day. The newly released song also features contributions from Brendan McCreary, Chuck Cirino, Gene “The Atomic Clock” Hoglan, Pete Griffin, and Omer Ben-Zvi.
Slash commented:
“I loved [the original] ‘Deathstalker’. It was sort of tongue-in-cheek, exaggerated, and low budget, and it had this great theme song. My whole interest in getting to do this new one — which isn’t a remake; it’s sort of another version of it — was really nostalgic for me. Once we got the script, I thought, ‘Man, we could really make a great movie.’ And Daniel Bernhardt coming in and being the lead was awesome because he played the part so perfectly. It was really a passion project.
One of the great things about being a producer is I get to get involved in the music. We wanted to do a remake of the ‘Deathstalker’ theme, and I’m good friends with Bear McCreary, so I called him, and it turns out he’s a big ‘Deathstalker’ fan and a fan of Chuck Cirino, the original composer for the original song. So we thought, ‘Let’s remake the song. We’ll get a live band and we’ll do it like that.’ So we went into a studio, Bear and I and some musicians and Chuck. And we did a great version of the original theme song. It was just a blast to do. That’s how it all came together.”
McCreary added:
“I spent every weekend in high school watching cult movies with my buddies. The night we watched ‘Deathstalker II’, I was immediately struck by the catchy melodies in Chuck Cirino’s score. I picked up a little Casio keyboard I had lying around and played along. After I moved to Los Angeles to pursue my own dreams of scoring films, Chuck and I became good friends. Years later, my friend Slash told me he was developing a new feature film version of ‘Deathstalker’, and I knew right away that my worlds were about to collide! I was thrilled to collaborate with Slash, Chuck and my brother, vocalist and lyricist Brendan McCreary, on a new song inspired by Chuck’s iconic ‘Deathstalker II’ theme to match director Steven Kostanski’s lovingly bloody vision.”
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