Kodaline have opened up about recording sea shanty Haul Away Joe for movie The Finest Hours – admitting it was on their “bucket list”.
Opening up about getting on board the Chris Pine and Casey Affleck nautical rescue drama, bassist Jason Boland revealed the offer to record the song came from Disney while he was on holidays in Los Angeles .
“The email came in and they were like, ‘Is there any chance you’d be able to come to a screening tomorrow in LA?’,” Jason said.
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“Myself and my fiancée went down and got on really well with the executives. It was a magical experience – going to the Disney lot and having a private screening of a film that nobody’s seen yet.”
Speaking to RTE, the Kildare native revealed it was no coincidence as producers of the flick were fans of the band.
“They were honestly fans and knew what they were talking about when they asked us about styles,” he explained.
“About a week later we were all back in Ireland, had a go at it and it worked out. By the time we’d sent two things [versions] back to America it was done.
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“We had a lot of fun with it and I think the storyline linked up quite nicely in that a lot of the people in Massachusetts in the 1950s were Irish. I don’t think they asked us because we were Irish but it was very serendipitous,” he added.
Meanwhile, Jason admitted the honour was on the “band’s bucket list” and they would jump at the chance to work on another film soundtrack.
“I think it’s on every band’s bucket list, isn’t it? It’s up there with getting your Grammy and playing Madison Square Garden. I think we’d love to,” he said.
Beginning: Jason insisted it would be an honour to work on another film soundtrack
“Even before I joined Kodaline I was working with an Irish composer, Lance Hogan, doing European films and small Irish things. It is a really exciting area to work in.
“One of our favourite things, even when we’re writing music ourselves, is to stick a film on with no sound – it’s just much easier than having nothing to play off,” he admitted.
“Having a visual there, it makes you think of things. Hopefully we can find a group of young people we can work with in the next while. If anyone offered us a movie I’m sure we’d jump at it.”
