In 1980 he was scouted by director/producer Francis Coppola for the movie One from the Heart although his segment, singing "America the Beautiful," was not used because of some script changes.
In 1981, Singer took a friend up on an offer to visit Francis Ford Coppola's studio where One from the Heart was being filmed.
One from the Heart features an original soundtrack from Crystal Gayle and Tom Waits.
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Coppola has said that the films he made during the rest of the 1980s and most of the 1990s, such as The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club, The Godfather, Part III, Jack and The Rainmaker, were done to pay off the debts incurred by One from the Heart.
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Tavoularis, whose art department was next door to the musical rehearsal space, used Waits' music as tonal inspiration, incorporating it into the film's highly stylized "look." Mickey Hart, drummer for The Grateful Dead, and musician Bobby Vega were also credited for their contributions to the production.
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