WITH EVANESCENCE ON HIATUS, AMY LEE OPEN TO NEW OPPORTUNITES

While Evanescence is on break, Amy Lee reveals her desire to score films and she’s always open to new opportunities

After under going numerous lineup changes, Evanescence released “The Open Door” to critical acclaim back in 2006 and it only took a few months for the album to be certified platinum with over a million in album sales. Lead vocalist Amy Lee, who remains the only original member of Evanescence, continues to express her creativity in other projects and outlets while the band continues their hiatus from the road and the studio. In fact, Amy Lee revealed one of her dreams as a young girl, besides being in a rock band was to score music for films. So can Lee’s fans expect to see her scoring films in the future?

Artisan News caught up with Amy Lee to get her thoughts on her dreams of scoring films.

“I would love to do some scoring, I would love to be able to get into that. That’s been a big dream of mine as long as this has. I don’t know how long the break’s going to be or what the music is going to be like, but I’m definitely open for a cool opportunity to come up.”

Lee continues to stay busy outside Evanescence as she recently sang a remake of “Sally’s Song” for the soundtrack “Nightmare Revisited,” which contains new material and covers of songs from the original “Nightmare Before Christmas” soundtrack from the film by Tim Burton. Rumors have been circulating that Lee is currently writing songs for a solo album, but as of press time there is no confirmation if Lee will begin her solo career or head back into the studio with Evanescence.