ok so i was sitting in Dendy watching "sweeney Todd"... and during one of Johnny Depps singing moments i thought to myself.....

imagine if there was a musical that consisted of only electronic music, for example the chemical brothers doing the music for it and some crazy story happens it. I for one would pay to see something like that done.

What are your thoughts?

Of course I would buy it. I dont know if Tom and Ed are interested in doing something like that. But any Chems in any form are welcomed (IMO).

Personally, I would like to see a Chemical Brother sitcom...

hahahaha a chemical brothers sitcom?

"the whacky adventures of Ed 'n' Tom"

well I was also just thinking that Daft Punk released that album (unfortunately the music wasn't theres) but i mean that could be cool if Chemies did something like that...i mean their video clips are fucking awesome.

Although I think they would definitely need Michel Gondrys input for the movie :D

Hmm. I like musicals a lot. There's a lot of great examples of musicals. A musical in this format could work, afterall the thought back then of a rock musical sort of blew peoples' minds and The Who pulled it off. Tim Burton took it to the next level teaming up with Danny Elfman and bringing us Nightmare Before Christmas. Even Matt Stone and Trey Parker managed to get away with making a South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut a musical (and I thought it was brilliant, haha) Les Miserable is still popular and Rent - which is more or less a modern day take of opera La Boheme - helped make stage musicals popular again. The list is pretty long.

That said as musicals in this format could work, musicals are very niche and can be a hard sell. There's a couple of key things that are integral in having a successful musical and the same goes for most other entertainment - it has to be creative and innovative, it has to have some heart so people can connect, and it's gotta have style, relevancy and damn good overall delivery. Tim Burton's take on Sweeny Todd (although I liked it for it's Burtonesque uber goth cinematic qualities which I'm endeared to) was highly anticipated but for some reason felt lacking to me in a lot of ways. I couldn't connect with anyone except the little boy and I also felt he was the only one in that film that could truly sing.

So yeah, back to the Chems. I honestly think they are good enough at what they do, that they can pull off most anything they wanted to musically pursue. But as far as musicals go, personally I think it runs the risk of backing themselves into a corner and putting them in some kind of niche. Something they want to avoid as they've expressed in various interviews over the years.

I've also read that Tom and Ed don't want to pursue doing soundtracks. I know it goes against the grain of what they say but I would love to see them try. I can see them really excel and put their heart into a project like a soundtrack. I watch a film like Blade Runner and Vangelis' music is such a perfect fit, perfectly illustrating a symbiosis (in the most positive way) between film and score. It sets the mood and breathes a fascinating life into an already fascinating story and imo a most beautiful piece of cinematic genius.

Not keen on a Tom and Ed sitcom. But I'd be all over the idea of them doing voice overs as they did once express an interest in guesting on the Simpsons.

To be quite honest, I've never been blown away by a film score done by a favorite electronica artist. Crystal Method's London has some cool cuts, but it wasn't terribly amazing to me. BT has done a few things, and while I was impressed that he's actually a fairly good score composer, orchestrally, that was about it. That said, however, if anyone could blow my mind with a score, it'd be Tom and Ed! I can see their point, though.

... They seriously expressed interest in being guests on the Simpsons? That wins so much! If they were ever on there, I would suffer an adrenaline rush that would kill me for a few seconds, then immediately revive me, followed by... lasers. Probably. :D

best electronic score gottta be dust brothers for fight club?

oh and if it's an electronic musical, how about only instrumental music and the people sing sounds?

and now I can't get that song about kyle's mom's a bitch out of my head. Great. :)

I really hate musicals. Just thought I'd let everyone know that, just in case you had planned a musical suprise birthday for me.

Well I didn't mind the score they did with Jon Biron for Sunshine done by Underworld. It was alright even though it was bunch of tracks from their new album. I also want to check out the Breaking and entering soundtrack they did back a few years ago.

It terms of an electronic musical, didn't Norman cook produce or write one with David Byrne a few years back? That could be considered dance or new wave though I guess.

Chems doing a musical.....sorry can't see it in my mind.

That's John Murphy. Who the hell is Jon Biron?

your right john murphy......I got confused with the guy who did the eternal sunshine fo the spotless mind soundtrack, Jon Brion. My mistake (also on spelling)