Interesting article that I came across regarding Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters, and his involvement with the 1998 Godzilla film from Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich.
He was giving an interview to a reporter for Starpulse.com, talking about his involvement within the film.
Dave considers his band's song "A320" his favorite Foo Fighters song ever, and he was stating that when it was first written, he and his band thought it would never sell as it was written without any commercial appeal.
However Devlin/Emmerich liked it so much they purchased the rights in order to place it within their Godzilla film. Dave agreed because as he put it "they paid a fortune for it", but being that the movie was so top-secret he never had a chance to advance screen this movie utilizing his song.
Well upon the premiere he found the film to be "the worst movie he had ever seen", and then was doubly hurt to hear his "A320" song play throughout the credits!
Needless to say Dave hadn't forgotten the experience, and while he doesn't necessarily hate Godzilla himself, he definitely hated the whole movie experience thereafter. (I'm sure though he had no problem cashing that check from Sony though hehe).
In any case here's the direct link for further info.
Starpulse.com: Dave Grohl still recovering from Godzilla
For reference I have the Godzilla Soundtrack myself, and I've always found it to be a good listen. It has plenty of good pop/rock songs that sound great on any stereo.
It was a shame though that David Arnold's score never got the respect it deserved upon the original release (only two tracks!). But I was happy to see that a recent rerelease cleared that problem.
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