Mastodon are to release a six-track EP, featuring music from the film Jonah Hex.

This is to be put out by Reprise on June 29. The band were asked to come up with the original score for the film, which is based on the DC Comics character, by director Jimmy Hayward. He says the band’s 2006 album Blood Mountain inspired him.

Megan Fox

Based on the legendary character from the comic book series from DC Comics, Jonah Hex is an epic action adventure about one man’s personal quest for redemption against the canvas of the battle between good and evil. The film stars Academy Award nominee Josh Brolin (Milk, No Country For Old Men), two-time Academy Award® nominee John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire, Places in the Heart), Megan Fox (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds), Will Arnett (Blades of Glory) and Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road).