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Goldfrapp to score Lennon story

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Sep 21, 2009 Updated Sep 22, 2009

UK electronic duo Goldfrapp will write the score for the upcoming John Lennon biopic 'Nowhere Boy'.

Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory will pen the soundtrack to the film, which is based on the book Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon, written by Lennon's half-sister Julia Baird. Although the news was only released on Goldfrapp's website on Friday, the score is apparently near completion, with orchestral recording sessions happening soon at Abbey Road Studios.

Nowhere Boy stars Aaron Johnson as Lennon and Kristen Scott Thomas as Mimi Smith, Lennon's aunt and guardian. It will be released in Australia on December 26.

Source: Pitchfork external link

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Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, England, UK, consisting of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory (synthesizer). Despite favourable reviews and a short-listing for the Mercury Prize, the ambient sound of their 2000 debut album Felt Mountain did not chart highly. Goldfrapp's second album Black Cherry, which incorporated glam rock and synthpop sounds into their...

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