To make the transition, it needed a musical score. Suddenly, 28 Days Later had gone from being a small art house movie to a potentially crowd-pleasing horror film. “We never thought of it as a zombie movie we called it a post-apocalyptic road movie,” Murphy recalled. Boyle called Murphy again, this time to say that people who had seen the film were calling it a zombie movie and thought it could be a hit. However, the plan changed when 28 Days Later started getting some pre-release buzz. So we can do whatever we want.” John Murphy, Chuck Walton, Ryan Kwantenīoyle sent Murphy his first cut of the movie, which Murphy termed “a masterpiece…but unwatchable,” because the bleak story line (by screenwriter Alex Garland) offered “no hope.” Murphy recalled telling Boyle, “The film doesn’t need music.” Instead of a conventional score, Murphy spent the next few weeks recording radio static, electronic sound, and other effects that could be combined to create am ambient soundtrack. Nobody is going to want to distribute it. Murphy began by describing how he got the gig: “Danny Boyle called me and said, ‘I’m doing this movie. The question-and-answer session was moderated by actor Ryan Kwanten ( True Blood) and former Fandango editor-in-chief Chuck Walton, who asked some sharp questions and kept the conversation moving. Nevertheless, the film’s impact is unquestionable, and it is fascinating to view it in light of all that has followed over the ensuing decade and a half. The irony of course is that 28 Days Later is not a zombie film: its monsters are not the living dead but carriers of the “Rage Virus,” which turns its victims into mindless, homicidal maniacs. Though not a box office blockbuster, the film was successful enough to launch not only a sequel ( 28 Weeks Later) but also a new wave of zombie movies ( Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead, World War Z) and television shows ( The Walking Dead, Z Nation, iZombie), which continues to this day. When 28 Days Later hit screens, it was lauded by enthusiastic critics as the antidote for the doldrums into which the horror genre was perceived (rightly or wrongly) to have slipped in recent years. Hoodihoo Productions’ recent Throwback Thursday: Zombie House Party & 28 Days Later 15th Anniversary Screening (reviewed here) provided a welcome opportunity to revisit director Danny Boyle’s 2002 “zombie” film, on the big screen with state-of-the-art projection courtesy of the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, with composer John Murphy on hand to answer questions about providing music for the “post-apocalyptic road movie.” Revisiting the cult “zombie” film on the big screen, with commentary from the composer
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