Justin.Strange
02-08-2006, 10:26 AM
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Grammy Award-winning rapper Kanye West has been selected to interpret the theme to the latest installment of the Mission: Impossible movie franchise.
West follows in the paths of U2, who reinterpreted the theme for the first movie in 1996, and Limp Bizkit, who recorded their version for Mission: Impossible II in 2000.
Mission: Impossible III was shot on location in parts of the U.S., Berlin, Shanghai and Rome. The movie features Tom Cruise as Special Agent Ethan Hunt and also stars Ving Rhames, Laurence Fishburne, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan and others.
"As a fan of Kanye's work, I was thrilled at the prospect of him contributing his talents to M:I III," said Cruise, who produced the film. "We wanted to take this installment of Mission to the next level and Kanye's music definitely added to accomplishing that goal. As we've done with the film, what he's done with the Mission theme is going to blow people away."
West, who is nominated for eight Grammys this year for his sophomore album Late Registration, is part of an effort to reinterpret the movie, which is directed by J.J. Abrams. He said West realized his goal of making "a movie that is familiar, but absolutely brand new."
"West has done just that with his version of the classic Lalo Schifrin theme, and we're thrilled to be working with him," added Abrams.
The movie chain is based on the '60s television of the same name and is co-produced by Paula Wagner, who said: "[West's] powerful, emotional style is the perfect complement for the mix of drama and action that is in this film."
Mission: Impossible III is scheduled for release on May 5, 2006.
http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5342
Grammy Award-winning rapper Kanye West has been selected to interpret the theme to the latest installment of the Mission: Impossible movie franchise.
West follows in the paths of U2, who reinterpreted the theme for the first movie in 1996, and Limp Bizkit, who recorded their version for Mission: Impossible II in 2000.
Mission: Impossible III was shot on location in parts of the U.S., Berlin, Shanghai and Rome. The movie features Tom Cruise as Special Agent Ethan Hunt and also stars Ving Rhames, Laurence Fishburne, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan and others.
"As a fan of Kanye's work, I was thrilled at the prospect of him contributing his talents to M:I III," said Cruise, who produced the film. "We wanted to take this installment of Mission to the next level and Kanye's music definitely added to accomplishing that goal. As we've done with the film, what he's done with the Mission theme is going to blow people away."
West, who is nominated for eight Grammys this year for his sophomore album Late Registration, is part of an effort to reinterpret the movie, which is directed by J.J. Abrams. He said West realized his goal of making "a movie that is familiar, but absolutely brand new."
"West has done just that with his version of the classic Lalo Schifrin theme, and we're thrilled to be working with him," added Abrams.
The movie chain is based on the '60s television of the same name and is co-produced by Paula Wagner, who said: "[West's] powerful, emotional style is the perfect complement for the mix of drama and action that is in this film."
Mission: Impossible III is scheduled for release on May 5, 2006.