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“We got their attention with our song Cowboys and Aliens,” says singer/songwriter Scott West of landing his first publishing deal with Greenlight 360, a Boston company that specializes in placing music on television and in movies. “As a result, we already have several songs being set up for various TV shows.”
The song “Cowboys and Aliens” was inspired by the same-named 2006 graphic novel, whose genesis is connected to the upcoming July film starring Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig, directed by Jon Favreau, and produced by Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg. “We originally hoped that signing a publishing deal would help us place the song in the movie, but that [soundtrack] was already filled up beforehand.”
West wrote the song’s first incarnation in 2007, later teaming up with O.B.-based Justin Werner to revise it as an acoustic guitar-centered tune. The Greenlight 360 publishing deal includes both Scott and Werner. “Justin co-wrote half of the song with me. I made the cool alien craft sounds with a backwards bell sound and a backwards gong. I then used a Starbucks paper cup and plastic drinking straw with ice water in the cup to make the alien laser blast sounds. Everyone thinks that I used keyboard patches, when we did everything organically.”
Other locals involved in the recording include bassist Marcia Claire, guitarist Mark Huls, and studio mastermind Ben Moore (Switchfoot, Pinback).
“A famous syndicated TV show wants to use Cowboys and Aliens in an episode this year,” according to West. The song will also be re-released on the local music compilation series Staring at the Sun Volume 9, with an accompanying comic book produced by local publisher BloodFire Studios that will be launched in July at downtown’s Comic-Con.
Since signing the publishing deal, West’s songwriting partner Justin Werner subsequently placed his own song “This Highway” in the movie The Wanderers, due in theaters this fall.
Earlier this week, Cowboys and Aliens director Favreau tweeted West's song and video among his "favorites" --
The Scott West Band will open for the Motels at the Ramona Mainstage on July 16.
(Left to right: guitarist Wil Forbis, Scott West, and Justin Werner wearing the red shirt)
“We got their attention with our song Cowboys and Aliens,” says singer/songwriter Scott West of landing his first publishing deal with Greenlight 360, a Boston company that specializes in placing music on television and in movies. “As a result, we already have several songs being set up for various TV shows.”
The song “Cowboys and Aliens” was inspired by the same-named 2006 graphic novel, whose genesis is connected to the upcoming July film starring Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig, directed by Jon Favreau, and produced by Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg. “We originally hoped that signing a publishing deal would help us place the song in the movie, but that [soundtrack] was already filled up beforehand.”
West wrote the song’s first incarnation in 2007, later teaming up with O.B.-based Justin Werner to revise it as an acoustic guitar-centered tune. The Greenlight 360 publishing deal includes both Scott and Werner. “Justin co-wrote half of the song with me. I made the cool alien craft sounds with a backwards bell sound and a backwards gong. I then used a Starbucks paper cup and plastic drinking straw with ice water in the cup to make the alien laser blast sounds. Everyone thinks that I used keyboard patches, when we did everything organically.”
Other locals involved in the recording include bassist Marcia Claire, guitarist Mark Huls, and studio mastermind Ben Moore (Switchfoot, Pinback).
“A famous syndicated TV show wants to use Cowboys and Aliens in an episode this year,” according to West. The song will also be re-released on the local music compilation series Staring at the Sun Volume 9, with an accompanying comic book produced by local publisher BloodFire Studios that will be launched in July at downtown’s Comic-Con.
Since signing the publishing deal, West’s songwriting partner Justin Werner subsequently placed his own song “This Highway” in the movie The Wanderers, due in theaters this fall.
Earlier this week, Cowboys and Aliens director Favreau tweeted West's song and video among his "favorites" --
The Scott West Band will open for the Motels at the Ramona Mainstage on July 16.
(Left to right: guitarist Wil Forbis, Scott West, and Justin Werner wearing the red shirt)