Crate Digging is a recurring feature in which an artist presents several albums within a theme that all music fans should know about. In this edition, actor and musician Finn Wolfhard elaborates on his favorite movie soundtracks.
After several years fronting Calpurnia and a handful more with his band The Aubreys, Finn Wolfhard is stepping back out for his debut solo album, Happy Birthday, out on June 6th. While it’s a big moment for the 22-year-old actor, filmmaker, and musician, he seems pretty comfortable straddling the worlds of music and movies. After all, he’s been making music while starring in Stranger Things for nearly a decade now, and he credits films like School of Rock and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World for inspiring him to pick up an instrument in the first place.
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When Wolfhard meets with Consequence, he’s in the midst of promoting his film, Hell of a Summer, which he co-wrote and co-directed alongside Billy Bryk. So, it was fitting to have Wolfhard discuss the soundtracks and scores that have made a massive impact on him across disciplines. His selections reveal a deep appreciation for composers who blur the lines between conventional film scoring and more experimental approaches — particularly Jon Brion, who appears three times on Wolfhard’s list.
“Jon Brion might be one of my favorite living composers,” Wolfhard explains. “He’s the king of beautiful melodies that you can listen to whenever.” It’s that quality — scores that work both within their films and as standalone listening experiences — that clearly resonates with Wolfhard as both a filmmaker and musician.
“I’ve never really heard a soundtrack that you can listen to, but it’s also the underscoring to a pretty dramatic film,” he says of Brion’s work on Magnolia. It’s a sentiment that runs throughout his choices, from Alex Turner’s intimate Submarine score to the genre-blending electronic work of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on The Social Network.
See Wolfhard’s picks below of the 10 movie soundtracks and scores he thinks everyone should own. Plus, check out Wolfhard’s recent appearance on the Kyle Meredith With… podcast, and get tickets to his summer tour in support of Happy Birthday here.
Also, it turns out a number of Wolfhard’s picks — Sing Street, School of Rock, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World — also appear on our list of the 50 Best Fictional Bands. Check it out to see who landed where!
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