Van Halen provides music for porn movie

Eddie Van Halen is using a different method of showcasing his music -- he's putting it in a porn flick. The guitarist contributed a new track called "Rise" and a remix of a song titled "Catherine" to the movie Sacred Sin, and the guitarist told the adult website avn.com, "I'm working with a friend -- very simple. I like his work. (Director) Michael Ninn is like a Spielberg to me: the imagery, the way he makes things look, just... sensual. We hooked up, I ended up doing the music, and it's some whompin-ass (stuff). I think it's the best work he's ever done, and me too. And more to come." Van Halen also supplied some of the piano music that's heard throughout the movie. When the DVD is released in September, Van Halen will be featured in music videos for the two full-length songs.

"Rise" is a new piece that Van Halen wrote, while "Catherine" was originally the theme music from Ninn's 2005 movie of the same name. Ninn said the remix "still carries the melody, but it's got a 'Kashmir'-Led Zeppelin kind of feel to it now." Van Halen added, "If 'Catherine' doesn't move you, you're brain-dead."

Ninn said, "Eddie is from Amsterdam, born and raised, and his interpretation of sex and music are all in one, so it wasn't a big step for him." The director added, "It started out as him ringing me up to work on some music together. One thing just led to another, and it ended up, I had this movie in mind. We would sit at the piano... and play and talk all night long."

Clips of the music and the movie can be found at ninnworx.com/sacredsin, but be warned -- it's an adult movie, even if it appears to have an actual story, costumes, and production values, and while there's no nudity, the trailer does have some rather graphic and disturbing imagery, some of which is of a religious nature.