![]() Transforming these classic songs was frightening to Copeland initially. ‘Message in a Bottle’ is like a diamond it cannot be cut off, so it’s orchestral, but it’s the basic form of the song. These orchestral versions are very different, because it’s an orchestra instead of a rock band-except that I turned the orchestra into a rock band for just one night. I went to these ‘deranged’ versions, and I orchestrated them. “Later on … I’ve been doing orchestra work for decades now, and I had the idea of doing some of the hits that people liked, because songs that people know are always going to have more impact than anything else. I used these altered versions, which I called ‘derangements,’ to score the film. ![]() Also, I was looking for more obscure elements to give a little bit of a twist, and I found lost guitar solos, stage improvisations and other cool stuff that the Police came up with spontaneously. For one thing, the Police music didn’t do what a film score is supposed to do, because it was pop music, so I had to change it around a little bit. “The film went to Sundance and had a career of its own, and the music for it, I got by taking live recordings and studio multi-tracks that I found, because I wanted it to be kind of alternate. “(The songs) were originally ‘deranged’ so I could use Police music to score a film that I made about the Police, which was comprised of all the Super 8 footage that I shot back in the day,” Copeland said during a recent phone interview. Police classics like “Roxanne,” “Message in a Bottle,” and “Every Breath You Take” will be performed with the help of a full orchestra-alongside Copeland’s classic and experimental drumming, of course. Stewart Copeland is bringing his “Police Deranged for Orchestra” show to Fantasy Springs on Saturday, March 25. Now he’s branching out into new territory that combines all of his musical worlds. He was a huge part of The Police, and has crafted a second career arc through soundtrack work on movies and video games-as well as experimental side projects like the jam-band Oysterhead, featuring Les Claypool of Primus and Trey Anastasio of Phish. Drumming legend Stewart Copeland has cemented his place in music history.
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