Whether a bombastic symphonic score or a collection of pop hits, we generally know what’s in store when we settle in for a night of watching movies. Some of the most rewarding cinematic experiences, however, come from cases where our soundtrack expectations are upended. Often, this can come from an unlikely marriage of songs to image; at other times, the choice of composer might fall outside of the expected pool. What follows is a list of ten films whose soundtracks don’t behave expected — and are all the more memorable for it.

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1. Today in real headlines that read like Onion headlines, Shia LaBeouf is making a documentary about Marilyn Manson. In an interview on Live with Regis and Kelly, LaBeouf he described their meeting: “He lives in West Hollywood above a liquor store. There’s no lights in the room. And there’s sort of these big metal doors and he opens the door and he’s in a big pink kimono. It’s sort of like a lair. No lights, so you have to use your cellphone to guide you around.” [via NME]

2. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, most recently known for starring as Henry VIII in The Tudors, was hospitalized this week in what may have been a suicide attempt. The actor is thought to have taken alcohol and pills. After he refused treatment, paramedics called in the police to take him to the hospital. [via Vulture]

3. Actor and anti-child sex slavery activist Ashton Kutcher has an official start date for Two and a Half Men: August 1. The new season will debut September 19 — and hopefully won’t be terrible enough to ruin Kelso for us forever. [via TV Squad]

4. Francis Ford Coppola has named his new, partially 3D, supernatural thriller Twixt and will debut portions of the film at Comic-Con on July 23. Dan Deacon, who created the score, will be on hand “to help demonstrate the viewing experience,” which we assume/hope means he’ll be performing the music live. [via Deadline]

5. The final episode of Glenn Beck‘s Fox News show aired last night, and critics didn’t exactly throw him a going-away party. David Zurawik at the Baltimore Sun pretty much spoke for everyone in describing Beck’s performance as “quiet, banal and kind of pathetic.” [via The Hollywood Reporter]

Bonus link: Watch Beyoncé surprise some young fans with a dance party at a Harlem Target

If your day isn’t turning out quite as trippy as you’d like it to, we’ve got the perfect solution: “Believer,” a new stop motion animation by Jen Stark, a Miami-based artist primarily known for her intricate paper sculptures, with music by Dan Deacon. The video will be on display as part of Stark’s two-person show Double Rainbow Rainbow, which opens tonight at Show & Tell Gallery in Toronto. Click through to check it out, along with a few of Stark’s other, equally mind altering pieces that will be on display.

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Today at Flavorpill, we were excited to hear that The Adventures of Tintin will soon be coming to DVD. We wondered why the Portuguese translations of Judd Apatow’s movie titles are so much funnier than the films themselves (for example, Superbad = Superguys Who Play Hooky). We loved this take on what your literary tote bag says about you. We learned a little bit about the hard knock life of an internet troll. We watched Dan Deacon’s crazy new short film Hilvarenbeek, which is a collaboration with his filmmaker pal, Jimmy Joe Roche. We wondered how Donald Glover got so good at crying. We were underwhelmed by the title of Beyonce’s fourth album — 4. We found out some of the science behind why we find certain things so annoying. We wanted to make a bid on Princess Beatrice’s royal wedding hat, which is going up for auction on eBay, with the proceeds to benefit UNICEF. And finally, we made plans to one day sample the best fried chicken in the universe — which is purportedly in Charleston, South Carolina.

One of them is an Academy Award-winning director whose films are constantly ranked among the best movies of all time. The other is a musician with big, goofy glasses and a fondness of Fred Flintstone T-shirts who knows how to get a basement party started. What could the latter, Dan Deacon, possibly be doing scoring a film by the former, Francis Ford Coppola? We have no idea (although we feel compelled to point out that Deacon does have a graduate degree in computer music), but we sure are proud of Baltimore’s favorite son.

And just to prove that we’re not punking you, we’ll close with an excerpt of what may be the strangest press release we’ve ever received: “Dan Deacon has been tapped by Francis Ford Coppola to score his next film, Twixt Now and Sunrise, due later this year. The gothic romance stars Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Ben Chaplin & Elle Fanning. In addition to scoring the film, Mr. Coppola and Mr. Deacon are collaborating on a larger level, details of which will be announced soon.”

Last weekend in Baltimore, the city’s young and energetic population was treated to Whartscape, the annual independent music festival put on by Dan Deacon‘s multi-disiplinary crew Wham City. Lacking the huge lines and other inconveniences that usually characterize similar Brooklyn events, Whartscape was a refreshingly stress-free weekend in what was essentially a parking lot with some very clever stage setups (the smaller stage was literally in an alley). Sunday’s performances, which included Beach House, Future Islands, and Celebration were unfortunately delayed and moved inside because of rain, leaving us New York-bound and wanting more. But that didn’t stop us from getting some excellent video footage of the festival. Check out our two-minute Whartscape roundup, featuring music by Smart Growth, after the jump.

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Despite the hurricane-grade rain that lashed San Francisco earlier in the week, Day 1 of the third annual Treasure Island Music Festival dawned sunny and warm. Dan Deacon, joined onstage by a raucous crew of musicians and eccentrically-costumed dancers, led a demented carnival of a show that concluded with lines of fans dancing through each others tented arms.

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Today at Flavorpill, we searched for cartoons with Dan Deacon. We ogled the poster for the final season of Lost. We discovered just how much Arcade Fire’s Funeral had to do with Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. We celebrated Madonna. We agreed with this list of music’s greatest mentors — well, everyone except for Pete Wentz. We didn’t realize that a-ha was still together, but then we found out that they’re breaking up. And finally, like everyone else, we waited for more news about Falcon Heene, the six-year-old boy missing in Colorado.

CNN quotes Larimer County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Eloise Campanella: “At this point, we are thinking that he did not fall out of the balloon and is somewhere on the ground. The basket itself was not breached. It does not look like he fell out of it, but again, this is all conjecture.” We hope she’s right.

MTV vet John Norris hosts this video site featuring HD interviews and performances from Dan Deacon, Animal Collective, and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart.

Noisevox focuses on high-quality artist chats, paired with live sets. The clips go beyond the sound-bite, allowing Japandroids to tell medical horror stories and the Thermals to explain songwriting metaphors. Noisevox also offers interesting live takes, such as Arctic Monkeys‘ snarling cover of Nick Cave’s “Red Right Hand.” Read More »

1. Sufjan Stevens will launch a fall tour of smaller venues starting September 21; also, Dan Deacon designed the cover art for his BQE CD/DVD set. [via Pitchfork]
2. Mitch Hurwitz and Will Arnett, who previously collaborated on both Arrested Development and Sit Down Shut Up are developing a third comedy for FOX. [via Ain't It Cool News]
3. What does the music industry’s $675,000 victory over a Boston University grad student mean for file sharing champion Charles Nesson? [via NYT]
4. Many of your favorite Friday Night Lights characters are not long for this world, but Riggins is returning. [via The Watcher]
5. Richard Nash (formerly of Soft Skull Press) on why “indie” is dead. [via Richard Nash]