Not many composers can be attributed to inventing an entire type of music. However, not many composers are the creative Raney Shockne, a pioneering artist so bold that he dares to blend genres and come up with provocative new modern sounds that call upon the best of the past, focus on what is hot right now, and seek to take listeners into the future. His avant-garde style can be most noted for this accomplishment with his latest musical invention; “electro-noir,” a startlingly fresh genre he created for the film (Re)Assignment directed by the great auteur Walter Hill. Many will recognize Hill’s name from the classic 70’s gang film The Warriors and instantly know that if anyone knows style, it’s the prolific director- who immediately upon hearing Shockne’s newly coined term knew he had to have “Electro-noir” in his new film.
