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Out tomorrow: 'The Heart is a Drum Machine'

By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR Scene Writer on Mar 8, 2010, at 2:05 PM  Updated on 3/09 at 11:27 AM



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"The Heart is a Drum Machine" is a feature-length documentary that has scientists, musicians and others grappling with the question "Why music?"

It comes out on DVD on Tuesday, and is directed by Christopher Pomerenke.

For this film, Flaming Lips' multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd wrote and performed the original score and covered Elton John's “Rocket Man” with Maynard James Keenan on vocals.

Artists featured in the film include
- Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips,
- Jason Schwartzman,
- Elijah Wood,
- Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT,
- Britt Daniel of Spoon,
- George Clinton,
- John Frusciante,
- Kimya Dawson,
- Ann Druyan,
- Juliette Lewis,
- Fairuza Balk,
- Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse
- and many more.

The DVD can be purchased from Amazon online, here.

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