It’s hard to deny the British electro-band Underworld much of anything after listening to their strange, hard-living soundtrack for Danny Boyle‘s flawed sci-fi masterpiece Sunshine playing against John Murphy’s beautiful score. Boyle clearly has similar feelings, as the group is scoring the music that will play under his upcoming stage play Frankenstein, starring British thespians Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller.
The two actors will switch lead roles (Frankenstein and his Monster) between the two performances at the National Theatre in the U.K. On March 17th Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock Holmes) will play the Monster and Miller (the guy’s been around forever) will play Frankenstein. On March 24th, it’ll be reversed.
Here’s the trailer for the play if you have yet to see it:
This interesting concept will be available in theaters across the world thanks to National Theater Live.
Below is a taste of what the pit orchestra will be playing: it’s called “Dawn of Eden”
The group seems to be taking a note or two from their partner in Sunshine, Mr. John Murphy. Cheers to that.
How will Boyle’s Frankenstein turn out? Do you know the work of Cumberbatch and Miller?