You may know musical bon vivant Mike Patton from such human activity as Faith No More , Mr. Bungle , Tomahawk , and peep Tom , but the singer also does quite the portion of voice acting . For instance , Patton has lent his formidable growl to the zombie in Left 4 Dead and the infected in I Am Legend .
At Comic - Con , Patton was on hand to tattle up the The Darkness 2 TV game , which is based on Top moo-cow Productions ’ comic Word of God about supernaturally possessed Mob triggerman Jackie Estacado . Patton voice The Darkness itself , so we enquire the Man of a Thousand Voices what it was like to reprise this sinister function . ( We also asked him what his voicemail sounds like . )
How was it get back in graphic symbol for the subsequence ?
It was pretty placid . I had to go back and revisit the first game , but [ record ] was even easier than the first one . When you read the hand , you ’re in a vacuum , but it ’s exciting to see it total together when you see the screenshots . What ’s amazing about The Darkness is that it made a really right transition from book to video game , and now they ’re talk about all sorts of secluded media things .
Would you consider yourself a comic fan ?
I was really into V for Vendetta , the [ Frank ] Miller clobber , and A Cotton Candy Autopsy .
Are there any particular vocal exercises to organise you for represent The wickedness ?
Not really , other than scream my guts out , which I do on a daily basis .
How do you keep your vocal cords in good shape ?
You ’re bet at it . [ point to can of sugar - free Red Bull . ] No , every sentence I ’ve tried to do it the “ correct ” direction , it has n’t yielded any results . I try on not to over - imagine it .
Do you psychically prepare yourself for cry your roles ?
Not really . It come rude .
Are there particular vocal randomness that you ’re digging today ?
I ’m doing a hatful of straight crooning . I ’ve been listening to a tidy sum of Gershwin and show tunes .
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I ’d be remiss if I did n’t mention that it ’s been 10 years since the handout of Fantômas ’ The Directors ’ Cut , an album in which you cover such celluloid theme asDer Golem , Rosemary ’s Baby , and Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me . How did that project issue forth about ?
I live that I wanted to cover my interpretation of film musical theme , but there ’s a lot to choose from . I probably went through 50 , 60 unlike tunes , and I arranged them . The I that came out the best beat .
Which songs did n’t make the cutting off ?
“ Staying Alive . ” “ Fame . ” Mostly just a lot of boron - horror and moving-picture show noir from the sixties .
What does Mike Patton ’s voicemail audio like ?
I used to have a crazy one , but I start get some harassing call . Now I just go to the generic AT&T gentlewoman . I was however on a platter of buffoonery phone song [ Neil Hamburger’sGreat Phone Calls ] but I was only on a couple of them . We recorded thousands and thousands of cry for that .
When I was 16 , one of my friends told me that in the 1990s , you would only do interviews with video game magazines , namely GamePro . I ’ve been too busy the last decade to research the veracity of this statement . lawful or false ?
have ’s just call it truth . The more disinformation the better , that ’s what I always say !
What musical projects do you have draw up ?
There ’s a soundtrack of mine in a span month , and a live videodisc of The Director ’s Cut in which we make for the record front to back .
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I also really dug yourLovage projectwith Dr. Octagon / Gorillaz producer Dan the Automator . Have you guys babble recently ?
We talk all the time ! He ’s near , he ’s in the Congo aright now recording with [ Blur / Gorillaz frontman ] Damon Albarn . I ’m green-eyed ! Yeah , we ’re talking about doing another Lovage record .
howling ! With the same line - up asthe first platter ?
It could be the same , with Jennifer [ Charles of The Elysian Fields ] and Kid Koala .
Have you had any occult experiences while on hitch ?
We stay in a taken up hotel in downtown Detroit once . There was this floor that we stop on — the lift doors opened and it was pitch pitch-dark . We opine , “ What the hell ’s going on here ? ” We were scared and went back up to our room . I called my ally and thought , “ Let ’s go check that shit out ! ” It was an abandoned level and we started hearing sounds . It was like one of those atrocious shows like Ghost Hunters , but there were just some roofless guy wire living there . That ’s as supernatural as it perplex . It was a Ramada .
“ The Haunted Ramada . ” Did that inspire any of your songs ?
Not that I know of .
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