God-Killer's Alive: Owen Pallett Interviewed
“With Island, I wanted a particular orchestral sound,” they say. “I had scored the final track, ‘In Darkness’, early on, and it was going to require 56 string players – it was a big undertaking.” Having considered their options, they decided this might be the time to “go a little baller on the orchestra contracting.” They sought advice from friend and filmmaker Stephen Dunn about whether they should sink their money into it or not: “He said, ‘Well, if you’re making a movie and you’ve got the option between casting Andy Garcia or Al Pacino, you don’t go with Andy Garcia.’” Thus, Pallett ended up splashing out to hire the London Contemporary Orchestra and record at Abbey Road Studios.
I had the genuine honour of speaking to Owen Pallett about new album, Island. You can head to The Quietus to read that.
