I like to play with the soul that the songs have within [themselves] and to use that to juxtapose what the scene says itself. In this particular case, it also helped us to recreate the ’80s and to bring this lightness – the sense of this pop music all around in the middle of this horror
This gave El Clan an element of cheesiness that spoiled the film for me. The ironic use of retro pop music has been done to death already, especially with the rise of TV drama shows in recent years. The soundtrack needed to be darker, at least occasionally. It can be effective if you have one or two ironic pop songs at the right moment in such a film, but having a greatest hits CD run throughout the film à la Scorsese's Casino lacks all subtlety. "
We're gonna need a montage (Montage), Ooh it takes a montage (Montage)..."
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