Mike Patton is one interesting character, and one who has been making more and more in roads into the film world. Or course, he is bringing his musical mastery along with him. Actually, that should probably be more his mastery of sound rather than music, as his talents seem to involve anything that makes sounds or noise. Since the dissolution of Faith No More many years ago, excepting their upcoming reunion shows in Europe, Patton has done nothing but keep busy. He brought his old band Mr. Bungle back for a while, and worked on new projects such as Tomahawk, Fantomas, Peeping Tom, and Mondo Cane, among others. A couple of years ago saw his focus broaden somewhat, bringing the world of film into focus.
In 2007, Mike Patton lent his vocal talents to the film I Am Legend, giving a voice to the zombie/vampire creatures. That same year, he also provided voices for a couple of video games, The Darkness and Portal. He would return to video games again in 2008, working on Left for Dead. 2009 has him turning back to the big screen as the voice of Mixmaster in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
That certainly is a lot of voice work! Fortunately, that is not all he has done. Earlier this year Jason Statham returned to the big screen as Chev Chelios in Crank: High Voltage, the unlikely sequel to the live action cartoon that was Crank. Along with him, Mike Patton came on board to provide the score, taking over for Paul Haslinger, who returned to the Underworld series. This score follows the first film, scoring work he did on last year's short A Secret Place.
It is definitely an interesting piece of work. Patton never seems to go about anything with what would appear to be a normal approach as everything is attacked from askew. This is a good thing, allowing us a bit more creativity and allowing artists to escape the norm while trying to break through boundaries of what is normally considered acceptable.
Article comments
1 - Blake
Unlike Mike Patton, you don't seem pay too much attention to detail. "A Secret Place"? I could have sworn the short film was called "A Perfect Place". Also, check your spelling errors, you would be amazed. And of course, 1 final correction, the score is all wrong. you meant 4 1/2 stars out of 5, not 3 1/2.