The Dakota Stars

The Dakota Stars are a Brighton based band who originally formed in 1992 and were active until 1995, before reforming and returning to gigging in 2007. They were signed to Popcor records and released a single, "It's Not The End Of The World" in 1994. We are going to use the music from this band in our thriller, as the rock sound suits the type of film we are making, many action army/mercinary films have a rock soundtrack (The Expendables/Black Hawk Down). Rock is an agressive form of music, yet has a good-times feel to it, so it makes perfect sense that fighting men would listen to it before going into battle. There is a very famous scene in Apocalypse Now in which the American soldiers play Ride Of The Valkaries very loudly from their helicopters prior to an attack, and since then, warfare and loud music have been commonly associated. The music will be added into our thriller during the editing process and will be mostly non-diagetic, perhaps a little bit of diagetic music playing on the car radio before the attack. We have been given permission by the artist to use their music in our film.

Simon Wood - Vocals
Alex K Milanian - Guitar
Nick Pook - Guitar
Toby Clarke - Bass & Vocals
David Pound - Drums