WATCH OR DIE #9: Jeff Fielder's Score of Girl Trouble

Note from the editor: Let me just premise this post by saying Jerry Howard is an extremely humble man. To his credit the lifeblood of Taco Cart Productions has written some truely creative and wickedly smart screenplays, and really is the ultimate story teller-- a little twist here and a pint of spilled blood there-- always coming up with brilliant new ways to retell time honored stories. It's an understatement to say that I'm fucking stoked to feature "Girl Trouble" on SRG, and his work will always have an online home here until this thing runs its course. Jeff Fielder is definitely one of the finest guitar players in Seattle, but I'll bet you'd be hard up to find a better guerilla film maker. Watch or Die fuckers! - N

Taco Cart productions has lucked out in the music department. On our last flick, Vampire Hunter Hank, D.R.I. and The Spits allowed us to use their tunes. Furthermore, we were fortunate enough to have local musician A.J. Linder score Hank and even our director, Wes Johnson, contributed with the little ditty "Stake 'em in the Heart."

Bad ass.

For our first film, Girl Trouble, Taco Cart hit a 550 foot home run when Jeff Fielder agreed to do the music.

Jeff shreds on the guitar. In fact, he's the best guitar player I've ever seen. If playing in a sparse restaurant, Jeff will captivate the entire room. He's that good people!

Jeff would call me up and I would venture over to his place. He had the moog set up, trying to capture the horror films of old. He would play over the film, similar to silent films. I would just sit there, mouth agape, marveling at how much his score improved the film.

We were lucky.

For anyone who has ever made a film, the music is the cement that binds the story. When Jeff busted out his guitar for the clean up scene, my heart stopped. He truly captured the poignant metaphor we were going for in that scene, adding a bit of melancholy to the whole situation. His music made that scene and, overall, improved our film big time. Jeff is a huge fan of cinema and definitely understood the role the score plays in storytelling. Without his contribution, Girl Trouble's tone would drastically change. His score made our movie significantly better.

Bottom line: Jeff is the shit.

Jeff continues plugging away making music. His last album. "Last Disguise," is available on iTunes so you should check it out. He also plays guitar with Lindsay Fuller and the Cheap Dates, Sera Cahoone, has collaborated with Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam, and is currently set to join Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan's backing band on the road. In fact, Jeff is about to embark on a major tour with Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan that will hit Europe in September, the USA in October, then back to Europe for November and December.

We wish him much success! He certainly deserves it. No matter who Jeff plays with, you should go check him out. He never disappoints.

Listen to the awesome score Jeff created for Girl Trouble. We hope you enjoy!!