Hulk Soundtrack Press Release
Tuesday, June 3, 2003 8:21 CDT

The following is from a press release:

Music from the Motion Picture, The Hulk, to Be Released on Decca/UMG
Soundtracks June 17, 2003

Tuesday June 3, 9:06 am ET

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003--Universal Classics
Including the Exclusive New Track, "Set Me Free," Performed by

Super Group Featuring Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots), Slash,

Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, Formerly of Guns N' Roses, and Dave

Kushner of Suicidal Tendencies

Original Film Score by Danny Elfman

The soundtrack for the highly anticipated film, The Hulk, will be released
on Decca/UMG Soundtracks June 17, 2003.

Scoring the original soundtrack is famed composer, Danny Elfman, whose
unmistakable music has been featured in several blockbuster movies,
including Spider-Man, Batman and Men In Black II. The soundtrack also
includes a new exclusive track, "Set Me Free," which was inspired by the
film and recorded by an all-new super group featuring Scott Weiland (Stone
Temple Pilots; vocals), Slash (Guns N' Roses; guitar), Duff McKagan (Guns N'
Roses; bass), Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses; drums) and Dave Kushner (Suicidal
Tendencies; guitar). This is the first-ever commercially available track
from this new hard rock mega-group and can be downloaded exclusively on
Apple's iTunes Music Store from June 8, 2003 through June 17, 2003.

The currently unnamed band was invited by director Ang Lee to see an early
cut of the film, which inspired them to write a powerful song that would
match the movie in both theme and intensity. Slash commented, "Writing songs
is really cool, but if you get inspired to do it for a really good movie,
the outcome is more fulfilling. We got a certain energy from watching the
film, and we wanted to do something that would be really appropriate for it.
The Hulk is a very dramatic version of the same stuff that we all go
through. All this bottled-up tension is what the song's about, so it's a
pretty good marriage: the theme of the song and what The Hulk is all about."

Added Scott Weiland, "Ang Lee had a lot of intensity about the movie and his
art form." He met with the band following their screening and provided some
additional ideas and inspiration for lyrics that would closely reflect the
story of Bruce Banner and his struggle with his monstrous alter-ego, The
Hulk.

Lending his dramatic musical talents to the film, Danny Elfman composed a
riveting score highlighting the intensity of this compelling story. It is no
surprise that Elfman was chosen to score The Hulk, given his previous work
on a wide variety of projects including; Spider-Man, Red Dragon, Batman,
Planet of the Apes, Men In Black II, Good Will Hunting, Mission Impossible,
most of Tim Burton's movies, including Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice and
cult classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is also the composer behind
the infectious, quirky theme for The Simpsons. Tim Burton has described
Elfman as "a real artist in the sense that he is like his music and his
music is like him. He brings that intuitive excitement to a project. He
brings that intuitive excitement to a project. He respects tradition without
doing it exactly."

Always an active presence in the world of film world, Danny Elfman has been
nominated for several Grammys, including Planet of the Apes for "Best Score
Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" and
Batman and The Nightmare Before Christmas. He won a Grammy for "Best
Instrumental Composition" for "The Batman Theme."

The Hulk was directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon, Ride With The Devil, Sense and Sensibility). Lee's concept
for the film adaptation of the Marvel Comic, The Hulk, combines all the
elements of a blockbuster including the visual effects of an intensive Super
Hero movie with the brooding romance and tragedy of Universal's classic
horror films. Lee and his team have done an amazing job of depicting The
Hulk as both a Super Hero and a monster while still managing to update and
modernize the characters in the movie.

The movie stars Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down) as scientist Bruce Banner, whose
inner demons transform him in the aftermath of a catastrophic experiment.
Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) portrays Betty Ross, whose scientific
genius unwittingly helps unleash The Hulk. Nick Nolte (The Thin Red Line)
plays Banner's brilliant father, who passes on a tragic legacy to his son,
and Sam Elliott (The Contender) portrays the commander of a top-secret
military research center. Universal Pictures will release The Hulk on June
20 in theaters everywhere.


Contact:
Universal Classics
Olga Makrias, 212/333-1485
olga.makrias@umusic.com
Jodie Thomas, 212/333-8311
Jodie.Thomas@umusic.com