Independent Movie Taps Into Independent Music

Independent Movie Taps Into Independent Music

Artists From Around the Country Appear on Movie Soundtrack

ITHACA, N.Y., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Enter Gus - a hitman sent from Chicago to either whack Alphie or let him go. The order will come on the cafe payphone, affixed to a wall only 10 feet from where Alphie sips his coffee.

Alphie, straightening his flatware as he folds the Buffalo News, calmly looks up. "Gus," he says. "Alphie," Gus replies. "Mind if I sit down?" As if Gus needed to ask.

Cue music.

But the new independent feature from Diesel Movie Werks and White Lightning Productions won't feature the usual fare of expected Mafia music or top popular hits. "Waiting on Alphie," a movie currently seeking distribution, has compiled a diverse and eclectic soundtrack to punctuate the original script.

"As we began editing this movie," said writer-director Kevin Hicks, "we realized we had a very unusual and different kind of hitman story unfolding. Working with various artists from across the country allowed us to fill in the background with a wide array of styles that adds to the overall feel of the movie."

The movie features music like the country/punk strum and twang of Ohio's B.J. O'Malley, or the guitar rock of The Dollywatchers or the trance-like melodies from La Cacahouette, both from Buffalo, New York. The soundtrack, which often emits from an antique cafe radio, includes: Go, Jimmy, Go from Honolulu, Hawaii; The Blackwater Project from Columbia, Missouri; and a title track from Tampa, Florida's Anevis that sets the mood for the initial meeting of Gus and Alphie.

"As we pulled in all the elements of this movie," said producer Eric C Lindstrom, "one of the main pieces we wanted to make sure we included was original music. It sets the tone and adds so much to each scene. As we started to pull together independent artists we realized the range of styles really added to the quirkiness that we saw unfolding. All the artists have been great to work with and we hope to include many of them in our next feature."

Also included on the movie's soundtrack are Lonnie Park and John West from Cortland, New York, as well as Buffalo's The Missing Planes, daymonthyear, and Ithaca, New York's SPITZNAGEL. Detroit's Wayne Gerard wrote the original score for the 82-minute movie.

"Waiting on Alphie" stars James K. Fultater, Lance Zurek, Matthew Landon, Keri Szymanski and Kendall McAdams. For more information, contact Eric C Lindstrom, Producer, at 607-277-8901 or visit http://www.waitingonalphiemovie.com/.

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Source: Diesel Movie Werks

CONTACT: Eric C Lindstrom, Producer, +1-607-277-8901

Web site: http://www.waitingonalphiemovie.com/

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