Do you foresee any “Moulin Rouge, Vol. 2” soundtrack release ala Romeo + Juliet?
SoundtrackNet also had an opportunity to talk with Music Supervisor Anton Monsted about his work on the film. As Music Supervisor on the film, you were tasked with the enormous job of licensing the previously existing songs for use in the film. I had heard that approximately $1.5 million was spent on licensing alone, and was wondering if you had any interesting stories you can tell me about this huge task? Actually, the music licensing costs for the film were lower than reported, mainly because so many of the major publishers and songwriters involved all gave the project enthusiastic backing; I think they all saw an opportunity to bring new life to some old copyrights (e.g. look at Lady Marmalade on the Billboard charts right now). Music licensing isn’t really newsworthy stuff, so there is not an abundance of interesting stories. Baz went and met with all the major publishers very early in the project to explain what he was making, and how he wanted to use the great songs of the last c
