Hi! I'm a promotions person hired to publicize the soundtrack of THE
HULK--which contains a new cut by the (as yet unnamed) group formed by Scott
Weiland, Slash, Duff, Matt Sorum, and Dave Kushner....I thought you would be
interested in reading the press release from the record label about this track
on the CD.


Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in more info --- email
address is at the end of the press release.



Thanks!

Beth



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE, THE HULK, TO BE RELEASED ON

DECCA/UMG SOUNDTRACKS JUNE 17, 2003



**INCLUDING THE EXCLUSIVE NEW TRACK "SET ME FREE" PERFORMED BY SUPER GROUP
FEATURING SCOTT WEILAND (STONE TEMPLE PILOTS), SLASH, DUFF McKAGAN AND MATT
SORUM (FORMERLY OF GUNS N' ROSES) AND DAVE KUSHNER (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES)**



**ORIGINAL FILM SCORE BY DANNY ELFMAN**




New York, NY (June 2, 2003) The soundtrack for the highly anticipated film, The
Hulk, will be released on Decca/UMG Soundtracks June 17, 2003. Scoring the
original soundtrack is famed composer, Danny Elfman whose unmistakable music has
been featured in several blockbuster movies including Spider-Man, Batman and Men
In Black II. The soundtrack also includes a new exclusive track, "Set Me Free,"
which was inspired by the film and recorded by an all-new super group featuring
Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots; vocals), Slash (Guns N' Roses; guitar), Duff
McKagan (Guns N' Roses; bass), Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses; drums) and Dave
Kushner (Suicidal Tendencies; guitar). This is the first-ever commercially
available track from this new hard rock mega-group and can be downloaded
exclusively on Apple's iTunes Music Store from June 8, 2003 through June 17,
2003.



The currently unnamed band was invited by director, Ang Lee to see an early cut
of the film which inspired them to write a powerful song that would match the
movie in both theme and intensity. Slash commented, "Writing songs is really
cool, but if you get inspired to do it for a really good movie, the outcome is
more fulfilling. We got a certain energy from watching the film, and we wanted
to do something that would be really appropriate for it. The Hulk is a very
dramatic version of the same stuff that we all go through. All this bottled-up
tension is what the song's about, so it's a pretty good marriage: the theme of
the song and what The Hulk is all about."



Added Scott Weiland, "Ang Lee had a lot of intensity about the movie and his art
form." He met with the band following their screening and provided some
additional ideas and inspiration for lyrics that would closely reflect the story
of Bruce Banner and his struggle with his monstrous alter-ego, The Hulk.



Lending his dramatic musical talents to the film, Danny Elfman composed a
riveting score highlighting the intensity of this compelling story. It is no
surprise that Elfman's was chosen to score The Hulk given his previous work on
a wide variety of projects including; Spider-Man, Red Dragon, Batman, Planet of
the Apes, Men In Black II, Good Will Hunting, Mission Impossible, most of Tim
Burton's movies including Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice and cult classic The
Nightmare Before Christmas. He is also the composer behind the infectious
quirky theme for The Simpsons. Tim Burton has described Elfman as "a real artist
in the sense that he is like his music and his music is like him. He brings that
intuitive excitement to a project. He brings that intuitive excitement to a
project. He respects tradition without doing it exactly."



Always an active presence in the world of film world, Danny Elfman has been
nominated for several Grammys including Planet of the Apes for "Best Score
Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" and
Batman and The Nightmare Before Christmas. He won a Grammy for "Best
Instrumental Composition" for "The Batman Theme."



The Hulk was directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon, Ride With The Devil, Sense and Sensibility). Lee's concept for the film
adaptation of the Marvel Comic, The Hulk, combines all the elements of a
blockbuster including the visual effects of an intensive Super Hero movie with
the brooding romance and tragedy of Universal's classic horror films. Lee and
his team have done an amazing job of depicting The Hulk as both a Super Hero and
a monster while still managing to update and modernize the characters in the
movie.



The movie stars Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down) as scientist Bruce Banner, whose
inner demons transform him in the aftermath of a catastrophic experiment.
Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) portrays Betty Ross, whose scientific
genius unwittingly helps unleash The Hulk. Nick Nolte (The Thin Red Line) plays
Banner's brilliant father, who passes on a tragic legacy to his son, and Sam
Elliott (The Contender) portrays the commander of a top-secret military research
center. Universal Pictures will release The Hulk on June 20 in theaters
everywhere.



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