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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist Scores Feature Film

December 11, 2007

Shavo Odadjian, music video director, DJ, and bassist for the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning rock band SYSTEM OF A DOWN, will add film-scorer to his list of credits with his work on the upcoming sci-fi/thriller feature film "Babylon AD", starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh and Gerard Depardieu. The film is being directed by Cannes award-winning French director Mathieu Kassovitz ("La Haine/Hate"),and will be released over the Labor Day weekend 2008.

Working closely on the score with Academy Awarding-winning composer Hans Zimmer and composer Atli Orvarsson, Odadjian is collaborating with writing/scoring partner, WU-TANG CLAN's The RZA, writing and scoring several tracks for "Babylon AD" as well as various "futuristic-specific" musical themes and orchestration throughout the film.

"Musically, our objective was to merge the sounds and energies of hip hop with classical music, seamlessly melting them into an unusual soundscape," explained Zimmer. "Shavo's unique talent, perspective and ability have achieved exactly that, and then some."

Much of the music for the score is being performed by ACHOZEN, the musical alliance formed by Odadjian and The RZA.

As bassist for SYSTEM OF A DOWN, Odadjian has seen every one of the band's five albums hit the platinum mark with three debuting at #1 on Billboard's album chart, and has sold in excess of 10-milliion albums in the U.S. alone. He has written and/or directed the music videos for the band's "Toxicity", "Aerials", "Question" and "Hypnotize", and earlier this year, wrote and directed the BAD BRAINS video for the song "Give Thanks and Praises".

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