IDLES have contributed four original tracks for the soundtrack to Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming film Caught Stealing, in addition to having recorded the full film score composed by Rob Simonsen. The movie will be released theatrically by Sony Pictures on August 29 alongside the soundtrack, though the aggressive post-punk thriller “Rabbit Run” is out now.
“This has been a huge opportunity for us that seemingly came about after a chance meeting backstage at Fallon when we both happened to be guests on the same day,” IDLES’s Joe Talbot explained. “But in hindsight, I realize that Darren is one of my favorite directors and his films have in some ways made me who I am as an artist. This lucid dream has been a lifetime in the making and one that I will live over and over with a huge sense of humility and joy.”
Aronofsky added: “I built Caught Stealing to be a roller coaster of fun and wanted to supercharge the film by main lining a punk sensibility. I don’t think a band has really been tasked with performing a score for a movie. Who better to collaborate with than IDLES? It has been a dream watching them bend their notes to blast a hole in our movie screen.”
Check out “Rabbit Run” below, and find the film’s trailer here.
