Will Butler
Birth : 1982-10-06, The Woodlands, Texas, USA
Self
It’s time to Canuck n’ Roll as we celebrate Canada Day with a trip through the best of the BBC’s music archives, exploring some of that great nation’s finest music stars.
Editor
Short promotional film released for the fashion brand Tod's for their newest men and women's clothing line.
Zombie
After a night of heavy drinking, Jeanne and Deb take an empty road through the backwoods to avoid traffic where they unexpectedly hit a mysterious woman that quickly vanishes into a field. Plagued with guilt and unable to go to the police, the girls decide to investigate with the help of some friends. But when their peers start to die or inexplicably vanish, it becomes clear that a bigger, sinister force is at work as Jeanne is thrown into a bizarre conflict with the undead and a sinister voodoo priest with malicious intentions.
Self
Arcade Fire’s first feature film is called 'The Reflektor Tapes'. The project is “a unique cinematic experience, meeting at the crossroads of documentary, music, art and personal history.”
Self
The making of Spike Jonze's "Her."
Original Music Composer
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
Will Butler
Directed by Roman Coppola. Featuring 'Here Comes The Night Time,' 'We Exist,' and 'Normal Person' from the album REFLEKTOR. Merge Records 2013
Himself
An intimate portrait of Brooklyn-based electronic rock band LCD Soundsystem's then-final live show on April 2, 2011, capturing both the exuberant, three-hour farewell concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden and frontman James Murphy's introspective 48 hours surrounding it.
Writer
A resident of a suburban dystopia tries to reassemble his fragmented memories of life as a teen.
Crossvine Cop / Soldier 1
A resident of a suburban dystopia tries to reassemble his fragmented memories of life as a teen.
Himself
Live Concert. Directed by Terry Gilliam
Himself
The Arcade Fire’s enigmatic Miroir Noir opens with its most authentic moment: the band faces each other in the middle of an audience and gingerly eases into “Wake Up”. The fans bunch awkwardly around them as Win Butler intones into a ghetto-taped megaphone. Renowned for their sojourns into the crowd, this particular gimmick is usually configured as a populist transgression of the supposed boundary between performer and audience. But this footage shows indie’s high priests seeming uneasy among the faithful, who appear to share the feeling. No species of direct connection is sought. Even in such close quarters, the act of leveling can only be achieved through the conduit of the music.
Himself
From the ACL Taping Program on September 14, 2007: Hailed as the "band who helped put Canadian music on the world map" by TIME magazine, experimental indie rock septet Arcade Fire has wowed audiences with its anthemic sound and emotionally-charged lyrics. The band's complex, full sound combines diverse instrumentation with often brooding lyrics that "draw grand lessons from everyday life" (The New York Times).
Himself
Arcade Fire performing at the 2016 Voodoo Festival in New Orleans.
Setlist:
1. Ready to Start - 0:30
2. The Suburbs - 5:18
3. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - 11:38
4. Reflektor - 17:24
5. Afterlife - 23:45
6. We Exist - 31:10
7. Normal Person - 36:50
8. Keep the Car Running - 42:05
9. Intervention - 46:30
10. My Body is a Cage - 51:30
11. We Used to Wait - 56:20
12. No Cars Go - 1:01:57
13. Haiti - 1:07:25
14. Snippet of New Song - 1:12:45
15. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - 1:15:10
16. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - 1:20:10
17. Rebellion (Lies) - 1:26:45
18. Here Comes the Night Time - 1:32:40
19. Wake Up - 1:40:45
