RZA has signed on to score the music for "Blade:
Trinity," the third installment of the "Blade" franchise starring
Wesley Snipes.
"On Blade: Trinity, we’re actually planning
for an 80-piece orchestra. So for me it’s really fulfilling," RZA told
Film Stew.
RZA said that film scoring was different than
Hip-Hop production, due to the emotional scope of the movie and the individual
scenes.
"Typical production is limited to me, basically,
because all I have to do is focus on two or four bars, and make repetitive music,
and maybe a few changes here or there," RZA said. "When you’re dealing
with scoring, you know, you have to change mood, you have to change vibes. Even
in one mood, you have to keep the camera in mind, the movement of the camera
and the movement of the actors"
RZA is getting heavily involved in the scoring
of movies, having already done such flicks as "Ghost Dog," "Kill
Bill," and "Soul Plane."
RZA took the job of scoring music serious, reading
books, watching well known composers and he even studied under another famous
composer.
"I spent time with Richard Gibbs, a famous
composer who did over forty movies, Phil Giffin, who orchestrated for me, did
over 80 movies, as well as reading books, and watching great ones like Danny
Elfman and John Williams, checking out what they do and just listening, how
they took one melody and made it a whole ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’
thing."
RZA is also getting into acting, with a part
in the upcoming movie "Coffee & Cigarettes."
"It’s [acting] something I definitely have
a passion for," RZA said "A lot of rappers do want to be actors, but
a lot of them don’t respect the art. I took my weeks and weeks with an acting
coach, and learned how this thing works. So if I do come to do something, I’m
not just walking in because I’m the RZA. I’ve been trained. That’s why I took
my time even with my scores."
RZA will score the movie in London during
the month of June.