Django Django – “Slow West”
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.
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.