slow horses Singer-songwriter Daniel Pemberton admits he has not yet heard of co-writing the song “Strange Game” with Mick Jagger, which the Rolling Stones frontman sang for the Apple TV + series.
“The show is about these pretty stupid spies, so I’m trying to create a sound world that was very confusing for them,” Pemberton said on stage at Deadline’s Sound & Screen after performing a song with Jagger, who joined. Vacation virtually.
This led to the idea of creating an original song.
I talked to the director [James Hawes] We wanted a British voice and his favorite pick was Mick Jagger and I said yes. Wonderful idea არ never get Mick Jagger. “Let’s not even bother.” But when music supervisor Katherine Greaves contacted Jagger, the doorbell rang.
“We got ‘Mickey might be interested,'” recalls Pemberton, who presented a first trace of bones. Answer: “Mickey is very interested now. Can you zoom in with Mick? ‘ So I’m going to be super surreal during the Zoom call with Mick Jagger in front of this glorious picture in his house, and we’ll talk for about half an hour! Finally, the next day I get an email saying “Mick wants to play a song”. “
Pemberton is still flabbergasted by the creative collaboration with Jagger, who was already familiar with the Mick Heron novel from which the show was adapted. “He’s probably one of the best people I’ve ever worked with,” said the composer, recalling how Jagger wrote the opening poem and then the couple started improvising the lyrics and music, as Pemberton’s ears lit up at the words. Game”. ” .”
“He just sang this line and I was like, ‘This is the title!'” Pemberton said. And I thought, ‘This is wonderful, we have it!’ And he said, ‘No, no, that’s not good.’ enough. Let me sing again. Let’s rewrite it. ‘
“This is one of the things I still can’t believe: writing the song with Mick Jagger? Pemberton laughed. “He looks great and looks like Mick Jagger. And he calls me, I have a half hour phone conversation with him and I say, “It’s really weird talking to Mick Jagger.” And it looks like you’re imitating Mick Jagger, but that’s Mick Jagger.
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Source: Deadline
