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HARVEY SHERGILL Inside the young producer’s Outsider work
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s a young producer it’s hard to get recognition or His first album with Echo Records Artists group Mono, who even taken seriously. That is until Harvey announced that they will be making their come back later this Shergill emerged as the new talent from West year, will feature a short snippet of the Outsider soundtrack, London, although he had been touring the “I’m just so proud of my work that I want my fans to hear country with many stars, Shergill has dedicated his latest track some of it, and Mono wanted to create their own version of the for the production Outsider. “It’s song with their own lyrics,” says great to represent my home through “I can’t take all the credit for my Shergill. my music. I was thrilled when I was With Shergill’s busy schedule we asked to create the track for Outsider, work as many people have asked the young producer whether or which as you probably know is he even had free time. “Well I do helped me through almost every not completely set in my area,” Shergill get time to myself, sometimes, but I stage of the music production.” says about his hometown. prefer not to have too much time on “Outsider was a whole new my hands. ’Cause that would mean experience for me as I had never produced sound tracks for I’m not working hard enough!” Shergill laughs. films, but I honestly enjoyed working alongside the team, I Compared to other producers Shergill feels that he can find would definitely do it again!” His work with Outsider has inspiration can be found in virtually anything, “Sometimes I encouraged him to take a new direction as a music producer for find inspiration through colours, sounds or even from a movies, “ After creating the sound effects, backing music and conversation, although it may seem weird, it actually works for tracks for Outsider I have been inspired to work to think inside me.” This was admittedly the way that Shergill had created the British film industry as I have seen the importance of our the audio for Outsider, although he still keeps it a secret which music industry and film industry collaborating during the one had influenced him. production.” With ambitions as high as Shergill’s we hope to hear his The producer added his own style to the tracks as a mark of name more often in the film industry as well as the music his first production, his input is shown throughout the movie industry. “I would first want to work on establishing myself in and trailer, he chooses to be modest about his work. “I can’t the music industry, then I will work towards the film industry. take all the credit for my work as many people had helped me But I definitely would want to work towards that direction.” through almost every stage of the music production.” “One thing that I learnt while working with Coldplay is Shergill’s work speaks for itself, although he has been that I should live for the moment and seize every possible stereotyped as an inexperienced producer his quality of work opportunity that I can get; the main thing is that if I’m happy has competed with many major music producers in the scene. about it,” says Shergill behind the scenes of Outsider. So far he has worked with Coldplay, Lostprophets, Arctic “Outsider has been a memorable experience, it has Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Muse and The Kooks. Other influences definitely made me a better producer; now I consider the little are Shergill’s love for contemporary R & B, and British Asian things when I’m making a new piece of music.” songs; although he has not yet decided on if he’s going into any We talked to the producers of Outsider and have given an of those directions. “R & B inspires me as much as rock. So exclusive tip promising the release of the movie sometime does soul and even pop,” says Shergill before his tour in during Halloween. During the production we went behind the Birmingham. scenes to check out the audio production to Outsider and the “I’ve recently been signed to Echo Records Artists as a new soundtrack to the movie will be releasing exclusively on the producer, and I would like to thank the Outsider team as their NME channel in end of August. So stay keep watching NME recognition of my work had lead to this opportunity.” After for the soundtrack to Outsider. Sonam Masih being signed to the record Shergill has been in the process of launching new artists and creating new looks for the artists signed already to Echo Records Artists. “I was shocked, in a good way, when I found out that the producers of Outsider had recommended me to the record, I had always wanted to be N EED T O KNOW apart of the label considering their history.” Shergill admitted one of the main problems with the Shergill started creating music from the age of 10 when Outsider, “We had to do hours of research to get the right he first began using GarageBand software on his iMac, sounds that we wanted for the music, it was hard to create from this point onwards his ambitions were completely set on becoming a famous music producer. something new, original and memorable – eventually we came up with a totally different style for the horror/ thriller movie, it will be different from the typical Psycho music. This year Shergill teamed up with the Arctic Monkeys “As soon as I met the directors of Outsider in person we again to produce their latest album Suck It and See. clicked.” Shergill says. It seems as though the close bond between them has developed through their passion for music. “We all seem to love classic rock! It was a shock because I wasn’t expecting this from the directors - I thought it would be all business talk .”
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HE STORY IS SIMPLE; GIRL IS BULLIED AND IS AN OUTCAST AT SCHOOL. She is tragically raped by drunk boys and then a kindhearted boy takes her in to find her in a mental rage. “It is something new to the British Film Industry.” says Masih, talking exclusively to Empire. “There is too much realism in British movies, I want to push the boundaries.” Although it is pushing the “boundaries”, it still has many competitors over in the U.S. The director of Outsider have cast newcomer Daljeeta Juttla as the leading lady. In this twisted tale, Juttla‟s character—Anita— the geek is tormented everywhere she goes, after all she endures at school and outside of school she finally cracks and unleashes all of her inner rage. “We‟ve used the simple character of a geek on the outside to gradually “THERE IS TOO MUCH REALISM IN reveal the madness on the inside. Anita transforms from the painfully shy girl to fierce, de- BRITISH MOVIES, I WANT TO PUSH monic and fearless.” BOUNDARIES.” Sonam Masih, director The „good guy‟ who takes in Anita, Mohammed Rahman—aka Ray, is left in a state of shock from the sudden change in her behaviour. The rest of the cast includes Vishal Rai, Sonu Chhetri, Kashif Akhtar, and Nic. With a cast like that we would be expecting the acting to be better than the American competitor Twilight. Kashif Akhtar is the main bully who continuously makes Anita‟s school life a misery. “I love my character! She‟s different from your typical school geek. Although this is my first film I feel that this will be the most memorable.” says newcomer, Juttla. As for the rest of the cast who‟ve had experience with movies still feel that this movie will be one to remember. 30 EMPIRE SEPTEMBER 2011
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Main pic: Daljeeta Juttla and Vishal Rai behind the scenes. Left: Juttla in make up. Below: Anita (Juttla) as a bullied geek.
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We asked the only sympathetic male in the cast about his feelings on his role, “Ray‟s role is something quite unexpected, the other men in the movie oppress the female; Ray challenges that by helping Anita. That‟s basically why I took the role.”, says Mohammed Rahman. Main pic: The cast and crew near the set. “We know that the rapists are familiar with Anita as they Above: The four rapists. bully her at school.”, says Masih. “Our rapists are typical bullies but because of the alcohol they are unable to control themselves. The victim victimises the rapists—she does some crazy shit!” The new film also gave Masih the chance to create an entirely original world around the basic story, and in keeping with the themes. “Although the film would be classed as your typical rape revenge horror there is a moral to the story; what goes around comes around.”, laughs Masih. We went behind the scenes to see how the other cast members felt about their role. “It‟s definitely something that I‟ve never done before. Usually I play the „nice guy‟, I wanted to have the experience of being „evil‟.” says Vishal Rai. This is a first for all the cast with horror and we hope to be seeing more of it! When speaking with Masih she says that she is, experimenting whilst staying true to hor“THE VICTIM VICTIMISES ror”. You can be the judge of that ...SEM THE RAPISTS— SHE DOES Outsider is out on 31st SOME CRAZY SHIT!” Masih October. 32 EMPIRE SEPTEMBER 2011
This movie had plenty of special effects but that still couldn’t help the acting! Even though it was popular the critics were right— it didn't do the novel justice. Ouch!
I Spit On Your Grave (2010) Although it wasn’t a blockbuster hit it was definitely better than the original. The only problem was that the murder was too ’raw’. Let just say it was a bit too ...Yuck!
Carrie (1976) The movie was well known classic. The change in the character was one of the most dramatic but today’s generation would find this to be more comical than scary. Although there are little effects used the close ups still scare people.
The Last House On The Left (2009) This re-make was not as good as anticipated. The story carried on for too long, I think the directors forgot about it actually being a horror. Wow. empireonline.com