Source: Blabbermouth.net
According to The Hollywood Reporter, shock rocker Marilyn Manson will make his TV scoring debut with composer Tyler Bates on the song “Cupid Carries A Gun”, to be featured in the April 27 episode of WGN America‘s period drama “Salem”.
“The song ‘Cupid Carries a Gun’ was the last track we just finished for my new album,” says Manson. “The occult and witchcraft [are] so often used in cinema with a heinous disregard for even researching its origins. However, I liked the themes of ‘Salem’. It looks at the witch trials without being cliche like most modern films.”
Bates, who has a variety of credits to his name, including movies, TV and videogames, explains: “Manson and I wrote a draft of ‘Cupid Carries A Gun’ shortly before I began working on the score for ‘Salem’. A couple weeks later I saw the title sequence and the song immediately came to mind. I showed it to Manson for fun more than anything, and it inspired us to finish the song that night. The next day I played it for Brannon Braga and he said that ‘Cupid Carries A Gun’ was the perfect tone and attitude for the show’s main titles.”
A preview of “Cupid Carries A Gun” is available at HollywoodReporter.com.
On April 8, Kurt Sutter, creator of the American television drama series “Sons Of Anarchy”, tweeted that he has been listening to one of the new songs from Marilyn Manson. He described the track as “potent,” “creepy” and “cool.”
Sutter previously revealed that he had written some lyrics for Manson and that he wanted to feature some of Manson‘s new music in the seventh and final season of “Sons Of Anarchy”.
Sutter tweeted: “Look for [Manson] in season 7. He’ll be the guy riding the dragon.”
Manson has appeared in a handful of movies and TV shows before, most recently on the Showtime series “Californication” — where he played himself — and the Sundance Channel program “Wrong Cops”.
He spent most of last year touring behind his 2012 album, “Born Villain”.