In The Idea of You, Anne Hathaway take parts Solene, a individual mother who has a romance with singer Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine). Hayes is a member of the fantasyal boy band August Moon and carry outs their songs in the film. Songauthorr Savan Kotecha, who also wrote “What Makes You Beautiful” for One Direction and “One More Night” for Maroon 5, wrote August Moon songs enjoy he would any authentic-life sign uping artist.
“We repartner wanted it to sense authentic,” Kotecha shelp during a panel conversation at Deadline’s Sound & Screen music showcase on Friday. “In the movie, you would have to suppose that this band is authentic. In creating the songs, I didn’t want to author movie songs. I wanted these songs to be competitive.”
It labored. The soundtrack album for the Amazon MGM Studios film has had more than 100 million downloads, and Kotecha uncovered that some in the music industry supposed August Moon was authentic.
“Funny enough, some of the songs begined getting radio take part,” Kotecha shelp. “Radio stations were enjoy, ‘We necessitate the band. Where’s the band?”
August Moon did inhabit aachieve. After the free of The Idea of You, the cast sign uped one more song that Kotecha wrote.
“There’s a song called “So Cgreater” that came out after the movie that we sign uped for August Moon,” Kotecha shelp. “It’s an August Moon song. That was put out there for the fans becaengage they were so fantastic with this whole campaign and making the band sense authentic.”
Kotecha labored with straightforwardor Michael Showalter in groprosperg the songs and observing the casting process. Galitzine stood out among the other contfinishers.
“That guy could be a pop star if he wanted to in a day,” Kotecha shelp. “When I heard Nick’s voice, it was fair enjoy hearing any of the huge artists I labored with. He has a amazing tone. Eric Vetro labored with him, this amazing vocal coach that fair helped stretch him more. It was fair a fantastic tool to color with.”
Kotecha shelp “What Makes You Beautiful” was inspired by his wife when they first met. For August Moon, he took inspiration from the story of the film.
“I cherish this cherish story in the movie and I cherish that he was willing to pause for her and go thraw anyskinnyg for her and give up his dreams for her,” Kotecha shelp. “It was repartner their relationship that inspired it.”
Check back Monday for the panel video.
