Nicholas ‘RAS’ Furlong On ‘Pixels’ Song, Good Charlotte

Nicholas Furlong, better known as RAS, in between working on his solo work, teamed up with Good Charlotte and Waca Flaka to put together the theme song for new animated movie Pixels.

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“I’m really excited about that,” Furlong told uInterview, talking about Pixels theme song “Game On,” explaining, “I had seen the trailer honestly like a week before I found out they needed music for the movie, and when I saw the trailer I was like, dude this looks like the coolest idea for a film. Like, why hasn’t anybody thought of this sooner.”

RAS worked with producer and songwriter Kojak on the track, who developed the music, while RAS worked on a chorus reminiscent of a Queen song. Eventually, the duo decided to get Waca Flaca and Good Charlotte on the track.

“Kojak was on the phone with me and he’s like, dude I got this weird eight bit sort of video game thing going on. And I was like, oh cool I’ve got this weird sort of like ‘We Will Rock You’ anthemic kind of chorus, and if we did it to some creepy piano chords I think it could be cool,” RAS said. “The only person that has the sort of energy we need in a song like this is Waka [and] someone at Kojak’s publishing company suggested Good Charlotte, and I was like you know what actually that could be really tight.”

“Game On” won’t be the last collaboration between RAS and Good Charlotte, as he’s working on the band’s new album with twins Benji and Joel Madden. As for when that album is coming out, RAS isn’t sure, but he’s excited for what the brothers are going to be putting together.

“The cool thing about them is they’re doing a lot of it independently,” RAS said. “They’ll obviously, I’m sure, partner with a major and somehow align, but I know they’re like whatever. There’s no strict timeline. They’re just going to put music out and go tour on it.”

Pixels hits theaters July 24.