THE MUSIC OF BUCK 65

It doesn't matter what kind of music they're into, hardly anybody has watched "BIG RIG" and not raved about its beautiful and powerful musical score.

Except for a handful of classic ‘70s trucking tunes (which we also love), the music for the entire film was written and performed by Buck 65, whose blend of country-roots music, spoken lyrics, and solid beats create a signature sound for “BIG RIG” and drive the editorial narrative to a high degree.

If you're interested in learning more about the music of BUCK 65 and some of the tracks heard in "BIG RIG", we urge you to pick up his CD's, and especially his last three, which are more closely aligned to the music in the film: "Situation," "Secret House Against the World," and "This Right Here is Buck 65" (shown below).

BUCK 65 OFFICIAL WEBSITE (click here)

BUCK 65 MY SPACE SITE (click here)

BUCK 65 WRITES ABOUT SCORING "BIG RIG":

When I got the call from Doug Pray in the late summer/early fall of ‘05 to help out with the music for this film about truckin’, I remember I was in a hotel room in Ireland and that I told him, “you’re making the right choice”. This was a job I really wanted. Classic truck drivin’ music of the ’70’s has always been an influence on my music. In fact, when I set down to work on Wicked & Weird years ago, I remember saying to the fellas in the studio, “I want to make a truck drivin’ song…”. When I was young, I couldn’t distinguish between songs like ‘Convoy’ and a song like ‘Rapper’s Delight’.

This has been a challenging project - and a very satisfying one. Doug always had a strong and clear image for what he wanted in this film and I always felt that we were on the same page. It’s quite amazing, really. His eye matches my ear perfectly. Seeing the images come together with the music has been a thrill. He allowed me to pick up on things in the songs I hadn’t even noticed before

One of the major challenges was that I was living in Paris and travelling to Halifax (on the east coast of Canada) to work, while Doug was based in LA and travelling all over the US with the drivers. We had to hash out ideas over the telephone. In fact, we were only ever able to get together face to face once! Doug had me by his house and we ate tacos.

I consider having had this opportunity a major break for me. I see this as an opportunity to have my music reach a whole new audience. And I’m very proud to play a small part in the telling of a story that I believe to be very important. I hope I’ve been successful in creating a mood and atmosphere that is suitable and that will allow people to feel. The stories in the film are very emotional. It was key for me to create a good match.

I enlisted the help of some of my long-time collaborators for this project: Charles Austin, Graeme Campbell, Old Man Luedecke, Dale Murray and Gabe Minnikin. This wouldn’t have been possible without their help and they deserve a lot of credit. They worked very hard. Sometimes the days were long, but we were always united in a desire to make this film the best it could possibly be. We all really believe in this thing.

I really hope you enjoy watching (and listening to) this film as much as I enjoyed being a part of it. I hope that you learn as much as I did. And I hope you walk away with a new appreciation for what the truckers do. As far as I’m concerned, it’s them that makes the world go around…