Danny Elfman and Filter’s Richard Patrick on New Albums, Film Scores, and Getting Heavier: Podcast
Danny Elfman and Filter frontman Richard Patrick discussed new music, film scoring and their continued interest in heavier sounds in separate interviews at Louisville’s Louder Than Life festival. Elfman is developing an album and accompanying film, while Patrick is working on new Filter material and the industrial project A Place to Kill.
Elfman says his next album is due at the beginning of 2027 and will extend the mix of Oingo Boingo, film music and abrasive solo work in his live sets. Its accompanying film will feature Caleb Landry Jones, Slash and Thundercat, and is intended as a David Lynch homage. Patrick’s Filter album The Antidote is targeted for the first quarter of 2027; he says it will combine heavier passages with more melodic songs, while his other project draws on industrial music.
- Elfman plans an album and film for early 2027.
- The film will feature Caleb Landry Jones, Slash and Thundercat.
- Filter’s The Antidote is targeted for the first quarter of 2027.
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Danny Elfman is an American composer and musician who first became known as the singer of the band Oingo Boingo. He later wrote scores for films and television, including many directed by Tim Burton, while also releasing solo music that often uses darker or heavier sounds.
Richard Patrick is the singer and guitarist of Filter, an American rock band associated with industrial music, which blends rock with electronic sounds. He also works with A Place to Kill, another industrial project, and has continued making music with Filter across several decades.
The interviews bring together two musicians whose work crosses between rock and film music. Their plans reflect different ways of carrying heavier sounds into new projects: Elfman is pairing an album with a film, while Patrick is developing new material with Filter and A Place to Kill.