The BBC recently conducted an interview with alternative-rock musician Andrew Bird, who is scoring Emily’s independent film Norman. The film is still in post-production, presumably to be released some time during 2010, though you never really know with independent films. After all, Carriers took more than three years to finally get released. In the interview, Bird talked a small bit about the film and seemed pretty impressed with the quality of the story. Here’s an excerpt of the article:

Amidst touring, Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and whistler Andrew Bird has let us in on three projects he’s been working on; a film soundtrack, a special sonic art installation and a song to celebrate Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary.

Following in the footsteps of Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs who has been at the helm of the Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack, Bird revealed he has taken on the score for a film, called Norman.

“It could do quite well,” he told 6 Music News. “It’s got a fairly well known cast and it’s really well written and everything. It is more of a drama, it tackles high school drama without being lame.”

However, it could be his first and last soundtrack as he added laughingly: “This is the first legitimate full length film that I did.

“I had the monitor of the film in the studio and I’m playing. It’s a lot of work. I don’t know if I ever want to do it again.”

I’m glad he thinks it isn’t lame . If you want to get an idea of what Andrew Bird’s music is like, you can preview the tracks on his latest album on itunes.

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