Jack White … No plans to participate in Kinks film, Schoolboys in Disgrace. Photograph: Matt Baron/Rex Features
Jack White has denied reports that he will oversee the soundtrack for Schoolboys in Disgrace, a forthcoming film adaptation of the Kinks’ 1976 album. Despite rumours of White’s involvement â€" stoked by Ray Davies himself â€" the former White Stripe has no plans to participate in the movie, a spokesman said.
Davies is an executive producer on Schoolboys in Disgrace, a project first announced in 2010 . Rumours of White’s involvement emerged a few weeks ago, when ScreenDaily reported the Raconteurs and Dead Weather leader is “in talks to re-record the [film's] musicâ€. It’s a peculiar idea: a film based on a Kinks album using different versions of Kinks songs.
But Davies fuelled the rumour, “confirming†he was talking with White about scoring the movie musical. White has a “great anarchic soundâ€, Davies told BBC News . “He’s a great technical player and would bring some great anarchy to it, which is in keeping with the script.â€
This week, White put speculation to rest. “Rumours of Jack White’s participation in the film version of the Kinks’ Schoolboys in Disgrace are untrue,†a spokesman said. “Jack White has great respect for the Kinks and the film’s director, Bobcat Goldthwait, but has no plans to record any music for the film as erroneously reported.â€
Schoolboys in Disgrace will indeed be directed by Goldthwait, best known for his gravel-voiced comedy character in the 90s. The actor is today a well-regarded independent film-maker, and his Schoolboys script is “greatâ€, Davies promised. In 2010, Goldthwait described it as “the genesis story of a supervillain set to music … a realistic high-school musical for all the kids who hate sugary, sweet, unrealistic high-school musicalsâ€.
While Jack White worked with Alicia Keys on a 2008 James Bond theme-song, his principal film experience was in 2003′s Cold Mountain. As well as starring in the US civil war drama, White recorded five songs for the soundtrack.
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