In a candid conversation this week on Noise11, Stewart Copeland reflected on the seismic shift that occurred when his rejected songs for The Police found new life through Francis Ford Coppola’s invitation to score Rumble Fish. Stewart announced the burning question “Why did Coppola choose you, an untested film composer?”
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