Basement Jaxx are to follow in Daft Punk's neon-traced footsteps, soundtracking a forthcoming sci-fi film. The DJ duo have reportedly written the score for Attack the Block, a British action-comedy that pits yobs against aliens.
Although Basement Jaxx have yet to confirm this, Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright broke the news on Twitter. "Heard some of Basement Jaxx's score for Joe Cornish's Attack the Block yesterday," he wrote (via the Playlist). "Still humming it today. #GoodStuff." This is the debut feature for Cornish, one half of comedy duo Adam and Joe. He recently worked with Wright, revising Steven Moffat's Tintin screenplay for Steven Spielberg.
This will be Basement Jaxx's first foray into film scores, despite contributing songs to soundtracks including Bend It Like Beckham and, er, Just Married. But Daft Punk's acclaimed score for Tron: Legacy has proved there is a strong market for sci-fi/electronica crossovers, and Basement Jaxx seem an appropriate choice for a film whose tag-line is, "Inner City v Outer Space". Attack the Block, which stars Jodie Whittaker and Luke Treadaway, is due in April.
