Pete_LeGrant March 15, 2009 Entertainment 26 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

If you are familiar with Les Claypool, you know that his music is surreal, to say the least. (I’m a fan.) Well, video games are surreal, too, and it is no surprise that Les’ new album should be inspired by some work he had done for some video game soundtracks. In this case, he is talking about Mushroom Men and Pig Hunt. Les writes:

“Sometime back I was commissioned to write soundtrack music for two projects that promised to have quite a bit of very intense and unique imagery. One was for an interactive game about a meteor that hits Earth and brings intelligence to the mushrooms within the crash proximity and the other was about a three thousand pound wild boar that terrorizes the marijuana fields of Northern California. Obviously the makers of the subsequent MUSHROOM MEN game and PIG HUNT film were very aware of my tastes and perspectives because the music oozed from me in such a natural way that I believe it came as much from my pores as it did my mind. This music became the foundation of the songs that fill this collection. With a few added tidbits and a bit of gypsy sauce, I inflict upon you… OF FUNGI AND FOE”

Pretty cool. The art of video games is spawning more art.

Les’ new album comes out on March 17th. Here’s the track list:

Track List:

1. Mushroom Men
2. Amanitas
3. Red State Girl
4. Booneville Stomp
5. What Would Sir George Martin Do
6. You Can’t Tell Errol Anything
7. Bite Out Of Life
8. Kazoo
9. Primed By 29
10. Pretty Little Song
11. Of Fungi And Foe
12. Ol’ Rosco

You can preview some of the tracks at:
http://www.lesclaypool.com/news/