Film director Jimmy Hayward contacted the band during their 2009 tour of Europe and expressed how much listening to Blood Mountain had helped his creative process while finishing a screenplay, and he offered Mastodon a chance to score the film he had been working on - Jonah Hex.
O director de cine Jimmy Hayward contactara con Mastodon durante a súa xira do 2009 por Europa e expresoulles como escoitar Blood Mountain o axudara no seu proceso creativo mentres remataba un guión, e ofreceulles a oportunidade de facer a música para a película na que estaba traballando, Jonah Hex.