Metallica’s Lars Ulrich interested in scoring more films following “Triple Frontier” experience

ABC/Randy HolmesIf you watched the new Netflix action thriller Triple Frontier, not only did you hear the Metallica songs "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Orion," but you also heard some extra Lars Ulrich, who played drums on the score.

Speaking to Rolling Stone about the project, Ulrich explains that director J.C. Candor asked him to contribute "thunderous drums" to the film.

"J.C. just asked for weight and thunder," Ulrich says. "So I grabbed those words and latched onto them for inspiration. Then you sit there with your eyes closed and try to create the sound of thunder on your drums. It's a little abstract."

Now with one film score under his belt, Ulrich is interested in working on more movies, and in possibly creating his own composition.

"I started thinking what it would be like one day to make a score for a film only out of drums and rhythmic instruments," Ulrich says. "It would not have a score or any kind of melodic instruments -- just rhythms and pulses and beats. You can go so many places in how you manipulate the sound. It would be super fun."

Triple Frontier, starring Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac, is streaming now on Netflix.

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