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Alexis Fleisig (October 2001 Issue)
Series 7 DrummingWhen director Daniel Minahan needed an edgy, suspenseful score for his film
Series 7,a
dark, satiric lampoon of reality-based TV focusing on a fictional game
show where contestants compete to
the death'the film's music supervisor
suggested they "see what Girls Against Boys are doing." Once
approached,
the NYC-based quartet knew the chance to work on this
film's score was too enticing to pass up.
The
music the band created for Series 7
challenged drummer Alexis Fleisig. In fact, various objectives came
into play. "For
the song 'One Dose Of Truth,' we wanted really tight
drums and lots of rolling, sort of '80s style," he says.
"When I say
'rolling,' I mean lots of fills, like The Cure and music of that era. I
was thinking especially of the Cure
song 'In Between Days.' I wanted to
try to get that feeling of manic-ness and energy that comes from
recordings
like that." The remainder of the mostly instrumental tracks,
Fleisig says, are "more rock, bigger-sounding. It really depended
on
the mood of the scene, whether we wanted to have more low tom sounds or
high-energy snare."
The project
also presented Fleisig with challenges he hadn't previously
faced with a Girls Against Boys recording. "It's interesting
to play
along to a song with a different theme in mind," he says, "instead of
just playing how you think the song sounds best
and in your own style.
In this case, I was playing with a scene in mind or mood I was trying
to
establish."
Gail Worley
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