Idles Debut Raucous Single ‘Rabbit Run’ From Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Caught Stealing’

Idles debuted a new single, “Rabbit Run,” which was written for Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming film Caught Stealing.

The song is one of four original tracks the rock band contributed to the movie’s soundtrack and they also recorded the full film score composed by Rob Simonsen. The soundtrack, out Aug. 29 via Protozoa/Partisan Records, additionally features a cover of the Junior Marvin’s “Police and Thieves,” which was previously covered by The Clash on their 1977 self-titled debut LP.

“Rabbit Run” was inspired by the “gritty energy of the 1990s New York punk scene” that creates the backdrop of Caught Stealing. The film, in theaters Aug. 29, stars Austin Butler as a former baseball player and current bartender who finds himself caught up in a motley crew of threatening gangsters.

“This has been a huge opportunity for us that seemingly came about after a chance meeting backstage at Fallon when we both happened to be guests on the same day,” Idles frontman Joe Talbot said in a statement. “But in hindsight, I realize that Darren is one of my favorite directors and his films have in some ways made me who I am as an artist. This lucid dream has been a lifetime in the making and one that I will live over and over with a huge sense of humility and joy.”

“I built Caught Stealing to be a roller coaster of fun and wanted to supercharge the film by main lining a punk sensibility,” Aronofsky said. “I don’t think a band has really been tasked with performing a score for a movie. Who better to collaborate with than Idles? It has been a dream watching them bend their notes to blast a hole in our movie screen.”

Simonsen added, “I was really excited by the idea that Darren had for our third project together, which was to write a score for Idles, using them as our orchestra. They had created original songs for the film, and building a palette that started from their sound — the incredible textures they create through inventive use of feedback, distortion, and pedals — was a really satisfying challenge. Our work with the band was genuinely inspiring. They’re not only extraordinarily talented musicians, but individuals with clear eyes, big hearts, and bold souls.”

Caught Stealing also stars Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, Benito Martínez Ocasio, and Carol Kane. It directed by Aronofsky from a screenplay by Charlie Huston, based on his book of the same name. 

From Rolling Stone US.