Goldfrapp are to write the score for a new biopic about John Lennon. 'Nowhere Boy' is based on the book 'Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon' by Lennon's half sister Julia Baird, and follows the Beatle through his childhood and teenage years.
On the band's website Alison Goldfrapp blogged:
'we have finally emerged from an intense period of work and i’m pleased i can now tell you about it (as it is official). we have written the score for a film called "Nowhere boy". It’s about John Lennon as a boy and stars Aaron Johnson, Kristen Scott-Thomas and Anne Marie Duff. it’s Sam Taylor-Wood's first feature film and it’s truly amazing that they gave us the oppotunity to do this. we are all really excited about going to abbey road studios soon to record the strings with the full orchestra. the film is closing the london film festival and is premiered on 29th october at odeon leicester square. now our work on the film is almost finished, we will carry on writing the Goldfrapp album.'
The script for 'Nowhere Boy' was written by screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh, the man responsible for the screenplay for the Joy Division film 'Control'. It will premiere at the London Film Festival on October 29th.
Goldfrapp are set to play Dublin's Tripod on November 7th.