{"id":803282,"date":"2020-01-21T13:21:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T20:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=940724"},"modified":"2020-01-21T13:21:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T20:21:20","slug":"why-you-wont-hear-nirvana-on-the-very-nineties-soundtrack-for-the-turning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/why-you-wont-hear-nirvana-on-the-very-nineties-soundtrack-for-the-turning\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Won\u2019t Hear Nirvana on the Very Nineties Soundtrack for \u2018The Turning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TheTurning.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Upcoming horror movie <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-turning\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-turning\" data-tag=\"the-turning\">The Turning<\/a><\/em> may take place in the Nineties, but you\u2019re not going to hear \u201cSmells Like Teen Spirit\u201d on the soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, director Floria Sigismondi teamed up with producer-musicians Lawrence Rothman and Yves Rothman to create a whole new aural environment for the movie, which is a retelling of Henry James\u2019 1898 novella <em>The Turn of the Screw<\/em>. They enlisted a cadre of musicians \u2014 from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/courtney-love\/\" id=\"auto-tag_courtney-love\" data-tag=\"courtney-love\">Courtney Love<\/a> to Soccer Mommy \u2014 to write their own version of Nineties music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, I wanted to get rid of technology,\u201d Sigismondi tells <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> of her decision to set the film in the grunge era. The original film tells the tale of a governess named Kate (Mackenzie Davis) who goes to an isolated house to tend to Flora (Brooklynn Prince), an orphaned child who also lives with her brother, Miles (Finn Wolfhard), and housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Barbara Marten). Soon, Kate starts to sense a dark presence in the house, which may be ghosts \u2014 or her mind unraveling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe music and the fashion of the Nineties, there\u2019s something angry about it \u2014 it\u2019s about deconstructing, it\u2019s about showing your inner world and showing it on your sleeve,\u201d Sigismondi says. \u201cI wanted our own version of that; I wanted to create everything from scratch, but still set it in the Nineties. Rather than taking you out of it by playing songs you recognize.\u201d (Sigismondi is no stranger to the music world; she\u2019s directed music videos for the likes of Leonard Cohen and David Bowie, as well as 2010 biopic <em>The Runaways<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p><!-- .l-article-content__pull--left --> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CP-aPGDl6Nc?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To achieve this effect, Rothman and Sigismondi made a list of their favorite current artists \u2014 along with Nineties stalwarts Love and Kim Gordon \u2014 and brought them to Rothman\u2019s L.A. studio to record. Musicians were given \u201cDiaries\u201d for Kate and Miles, which helped them get into mindset of the film. Some brought their own songs, others brainstormed with Rothman in the studio. \u201cWe reached out to Courtney Love first,\u201d they tell <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cWe wanted her to be the starting point, like she\u2019s the mother of the soundtrack and these were all her children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Love said in a release: \u201cI read <em>The Turn of the Screw<\/em> as a kid, so it\u2019s a genuine privilege to have had the opportunity to work with the genius that is Floria Sigismondi and Lawrence Rothman on this soundtrack \u2014 especially as I\u2019m alongside so many other fantastic female artists I respect. I\u2019ve long admired her work, particularly <em>The Runaways<\/em> and the Marilyn Manson videos. Floria and Lawrence had a clear vision on what they wanted to achieve and it was an honor to be invited into their studio and to become a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other artists include Empress Of, Vagabon, Warpaint, Cherry Glazerr, Kali Uchis, Alice Glass, Girl in Red, Kim Gordon, The Aubreys (Finn Wolfhard\u2019s new band) and more. \u201c[My song is] about someone who has a completely negative outlook on life but somehow \u2014 through weird and dark things that they like \u2014 they\u2019re always getting better,\u201d Wolfhard tells <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> of his contribution, \u201cGetting Better (Otherwise).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HeT5FWrVldI?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The soundtrack \u2014 which comes out with the movie Friday \u2014 features 19 songs, 11 of which appear in the film. According to a statement from Rothman, Mitski\u2019s \u201cCop Car,\u201d for one, features in a pivotal scene: \u201cKate\u2019s mind starts to unravel while in her car and we needed a cinematic but grunge influenced song shadowing the scene,\u201d he says. \u201cI reached out to Mitski to see if she wanted to get involved as Floria and I had a feeling she would deliver a song that was guitar-based but cinematic. \u2018Cop Car\u2019 went beyond what we imagined and we were ecstatic when she sent it to us!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Turning<\/em> Soundtrack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cMother\u201d \u2013 Courtney Love<br \/>2. \u201cCop Car\u201d \u2013 Mitski<br \/>3. \u201cFeed\u201d \u2013 Soccer Mommy<br \/>4. \u201cKate\u2019s Not Here\u201d \u2013 Girl in Red<br \/>5. \u201cSkindeepSkyhighHeartwide\u201d \u2013 Lawrence Rothman (ft. Pale Waves)<br \/>6. \u201cCall Me\u201d \u2013 Empress Of<br \/>7. \u201cThe Wild\u201d \u2013 Vagabon<br \/>8. \u201cGetting Better (otherwise)\u201d \u2013 The Aubreys<br \/>9. \u201cWomb\u201d \u2013 Cherry Glazerr<br \/>10. \u201cThe Brakes\u201d \u2013 Warpaint<br \/>11. \u201cCrust (neverreallyknewyou\u201d \u2013 Lawrence Rothman<br \/>12. \u201cJudas Kiss\u201d \u2013 Lawrence Rothman &amp; MUNA<br \/>13. \u201cThe Turn\u201d \u2013 Kali Uchis<br \/>14. \u201cSleep it Off\u201d \u2013 Alice Glass<br \/>15. \u201cOuroboros\u201d \u2013 Dani Miller (of Surfbort)<br \/>16. \u201cI Don\u2019t Know\u201d \u2013 Alison Mosshart (of The Kills)<br \/>17. \u201cTake No Prisoners\u201d \u2013 Living Things (ft. Sunflower Bean)<br \/>18. \u201cCrust\u201d \u2013 Lawrence Rothman<br \/>19. \u201cSilver\u201d \u2013 Kim Gordon<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-turning-soundtrack-940724\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming horror movie The Turning may take place in the Nineties, but you\u2019re not going to hear \u201cSmells Like Teen Spirit\u201d on the soundtrack. Instead, director Floria Sigismondi teamed up with producer-musicians Lawrence Rothman and Yves Rothman to create a whole new aural environment for the movie, which is a retelling of Henry James\u2019 1898 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-803282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-25 03:47:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}