White Noise (Linkin Park song)

"White Noise"
Promotional single by Chester Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda and Alec Puro
from the album Mall: Music from the Motion Picture
ReleasedOctober 17, 2014
Recorded2011–2014
Genre
Length3:05
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Mike Shinoda

White Noise is a song by American rock musicians Chester Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn and Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park, and Alec Puro from Deadsy, which was released on October 17, 2014 through Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop Records.

The song was released in the promotion of a 2014 American drama film based on a novel written by Eric Bogosian named as Mall.[1][2][3] The song is one of the four unreleased demos by Linkin Park included in the original motion picture soundtrack to the same name of the film.[4]

Background

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The song was an unreleased demo written while the recording sessions of the Linkin Park sixth studio album, The Hunting Party. On October 15, 2014, the band confirmed the song to be featured during the opening credits of Mall. On October 17, the song was available for free download in its entire length through the official Mall website as the first promotional single for the first time.[5] The song was finished after the release of the studio album, whereas in an interview Joe Hahn said that the score was already finished before the recording of the album started.[6]

Due to the early release of the movie in DVD in France, only half part of the song was available as an illegal download from various websites, along with the four unreleased demos, entitled "It Goes Through", "Devil's Drop", and "The Last Line" under their working titles "Luna", "Warm Spell", and "Ammosick" respectively. The song was released under the same title that it had during recording sessions. Though the song was released as a promotional single in promotion of the film, the background score of the film revolved more around other three songs comparatively. "The Last Line" was available on YouTube and in digital download format, under the name of "Mall: Theme Song".[7]

Composition

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In an article by Loudwire the song is described as featuring a very distinctive toy piano sound in certain parts, and acquainted by Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington's heavy vocals and a fast-paced beat.[8] Shinoda at the premiere screening of the film described the music as, Hahn had recently handpicked ten demos throughout Linkin Park's career as their starting for the music in the film. From there the band members started to work on the music. He recalls Hahn's selections of unreleased demos that they're more like 'raw' and 'stream of consciousness' pieces of music, which will fit well in construction for Mall.[9]

In an article by 101 WRIF, Gary Graff comments on the song as "Linkin Park has released a new song that wasn't featured on The Hunting Party, their sixth studio that was released in June 2014, as they offer a free digital download of 'White Noise' that is featured on the soundtrack to Mall, Hahn's newest film that is confined as his first directing debut, after his first short film The Seed. Hahn was able to go through some of the unreleased demos from Linkin Park's previous studio albums from their throughout career for the soundtrack to Mall, and using Linkin Park's music became a natural fit for the project." Joe Hahn commented on the fitting of the song in film as:

There's three songs on the score that fit really well with what's going on and actually brought those particular themes to life as it pertains to those characters, and they resonated so much that they became themes throughout the film. So if you notice there's...a little piano that reoccurs that sounds like a kid's piano each time you see him. With different characters there's melodies or sound designs that correspond each time those things happen.[10]

— Joe Hahn

Track listing

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Digital download
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."White Noise"
3:05

Release history

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Region Date Format Label
Worldwide October 17, 2014 Digital download

References

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  1. ^ Free download of WHITE NOISE from Mall Soundtrack Twitter
  2. ^ Listen to "WHITE NOISE" from the MALL Soundtrack featuring music by Chester Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, and Mike Shinoda of LINKIN PARK. Linkin Park
  3. ^ Emily Free download of new song, WHITE NOISE, featuring members of LINKIN PARK Kerrang! October 21, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  4. ^ You can download a NEW LINKIN PARK SONG for free called ‘WHITE NOISE’ October 21, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  5. ^ Linkin Park Presented New Song 'White Noise' off 'Mall' Soundtrack October 17, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  6. ^ "Linkin Park's Joe Hahn answers questions in #TweetOut [A few details about their movie "Mall"]". YouTube.
  7. ^ Mike Shinoda Mall: Theme Song September 22, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  8. ^ Chad Childers Linkin Park Release ‘Mall’ Soundtrack Song ‘White Noise’ for Free Download Loudwire October 21, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  9. ^ Chad Childers Linkin Park’s Joe Hahn Hosts Premiere Screening of ‘Mall’ in Los Angeles Loudwire October 15, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  10. ^ Garry Graff New Linkin Park Song “White Noise” Available As Free Download 101 WRIF October 22, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
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