John MacLean was once a member of the Beta Band, the great and influential and weirdly underrated Scottish group. He directed some of their videos, and after the group's breakup, he became a filmmaker. His first movie is Slow West, the new indie Western with Michael Fassbender. The composer Jed Kurzel did most of the Slow West score, but MacLean got one contribution from a band who almost certainly carries some Beta Band influence, the London art-poppers Django Django. Their song "Slow West" is a driving acoustic-guitar instrumental, and you can hear it and watch the Slow West trailer below.
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Slow West is out in theaters and on VOD now. The soundtrack album is out digitally now on Lakeshore Records, and physical copies will be out 6/23.
