Underworld 'always say yes to Boyle'

Underworld have admitted that they cannot turn down any request from filmmaker Danny Boyle.

The dance group are providing the score and audio effects for Boyle's stage version of Frankenstein starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in rotating lead roles. They previously featured on the soundtrack to Boyle's Trainspotting and scored his 2007 film Sunshine.

Karl Hyde told official newsletter Scribbles: "At this point (a week into public previews), we've created music, soundscapes and atmospheres that feature in about 70% of a two-hour play.

"There are also alternate versions of each piece prepared in case scenes get extended... I think if you laid all the Underworld contributions end-to-end, it would represent hours of new material."

He added: "Every time Danny asks us to get involved in a project, we say yes 'cos we know it's going to be a journey that will take us to strange new places - one that will push us harder and make us dig deeper than anything we might think to do on our own.

"He is the kind of director who can bring things out of us that even we didn't know were there. Being around [writer] Nick Dear and seeing how his work evolves has been a real eye-opener too. Every day, it's like going back to school being taught new lessons, new skills."

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