As part of the soundtrack to a new film called Sister Midnight, Interpol‘s Paul Banks has shared two Iggy Pop covers.
Banks, who composed the score for the film, recorded his take on “Gimme Danger” — a track from Iggy & the Stooges‘ seminal 1977 album, Raw Power — as well as “Sister Midnight,” an Iggy/David Bowie co-write from Iggy’s first solo album, The Idiot. Bowie later reworked “Sister Midnight,” turning it into a song called “Red Money” on his 1979 album, Lodger.
Sister Midnight director Karan Kandhari wrote in an Instagram Story, “So happy the world finally gets to hear Paul’s interpretations of these songs. It’s no easy thing to cover Iggy and/or The Stooges. Hope you all enjoy Paul’s beautiful haunting renditions.”
In an April Instagram post, Kandhari listed the lyrics of songs that inspired the film, including The Stooges’ “Raw Power” and tracks by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Joy Division, Leonard Cohen and The Rolling Stones.
Sister Midnight, which is in theaters Friday, is a dark comedy about a rebellious woman in India who struggles to accept life as a housewife.
