Whether you've seen "The Bling Ring" or read the film's track listing, you'll know that the soundtrack included a few Kanye West tracks. In an interview with Pitchfork, Sofia Coppola and her long-time musical supervisor Brian Retzell revealed that not only did West's involvement help get the others (Frank Ocean and Rick Ross in particular) to sign on for the 'Bling' soundtrack, but that Coppola and Retzell originally had approached West for a much more integral role in the film's music.Turns out, Coppola and Retzell had wanted West to be involved in orchestrating the score and work with one of the hottest bands going right now. "Originally, we wanted to bring Kanye West on to work with us. I haven't worked with a lot of hip-hop artists, and it's kind of its own universe, in some ways-- but not so much with Kanye," Reitzell explained. "Sofia had met him, and he likes Phoenix [which is fronted by Coppola's husband...
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