"It Follows" hit theaters widely March 27th of this year, which I had the pleasure of seeing myself. After being astounded by its soundtrack, I decided to do some research on the musician behind the haunting score. Richard Vreeland, AKA Disasterpeace input his influences into the temp score by director David Robert Mitchell on the film, and the results were absolutely shocking. With the music pitch perfect to the film, I decided to discuss Rich's career, including his involvement in "It Follows".
Hello and welcome to Brutal Resonance! It's an honor to have you on this site. Our readers
might not be too familiar with your project, so could you introduce yourself and your musical
project?
Rich - "Hi! I write music under the name Disasterpeace. I scored the film 'It Follows' last year."
I know that you began playing guitar when you were about 17, but what was it that really
inspired you to get into the music field? Was there any single musician that influenced you to
begin playing in the first place?
Now, going from guitar to chiptune is quite a transition, but what exactly made you want to
get into producing more electronic based music? Was it for a possible love of video games? And,
if so, was there any one soundtrack that you really, really enjoy?
Now, you began making music for video games through internships from your college,
putting out soundtracks for games such as "Bomberman" and the such. However, when was it
that you noticed your music was really being noticed? And did you get a bit surprised when you
saw how much people were enjoying your tunes?
You've got quite a selection of OSTs to your name, working on various titles. And, I always
find it interesting to hear what an artist's favorite piece they ever created is. So, what would you
say is your favorite album you've worked on?
Now, I'm going to fast forward here a bit and get into recent times. You scored the
soundtrack for "It Follows", and it was possibly one of the best elements of the entire film. I
caught a very, very John Carpenter like vibe from the soundtrack; would you say you were
influenced by his work when creating the soundtrack?
And, how exactly did you get contacted to do the soundtrack?
You kind of just broke into scoring films and took a lot of horror fans by storm with your
work. Have you had any other recent offerings to score more films recently? Or has your work
become more noted due to "It Follows"?
You seem to have perfectly captured every mood and moment that the film provided. How
did you go about creating the emotional attachment the music holds in the movie? Was it hard
capturing the feel for the film at any point?
When you saw the final product of the film paired with your soundtrack, were you astonished
by what you were able to help assemble? Or was it just more of a another-day-at-the-office type
of moment?
And, aside from the whole film side of things, do you have anything else in the works that
you can discuss?
I know you produce a lot of different music, but have you ever, or will you ever take your
own, personal music to the stage for live performances?
And, have you ever thought about collaborating with other musicians to create songs
together? I could really see you adding a unique flair to anyone else's music.
Right now I'm working with my friend Mateo on the music for 'Miegakure'. He's in the band TOTONOKO. I'd love to do a collaborative album sometime, too."
Is there anything else that you would like to add that I may not have covered that you wish to
mention?
And, I now thank you for your time and wish you luck with the rest of your career!
Steven Gullotta
info@brutalresonance.comI've been writing for Brutal Resonance since November of 2012 and now serve as the editor-in-chief. I love the dark electronic underground and usually have too much to listen to at once but I love it. I am also an editor at Aggressive Deprivation, a digital/physical magazine since March of 2016. I support the scene as much as I can from my humble laptop.
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