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.
Filmski redatelj Jimmy Hayward kontaktirao je skupinu tijekom njene europske turneje 2009. godine, izjavio koliko je slušanje Blood Mountaina pomoglo njegovom kreativnom procesu tijekom završavanja scenarija te im je ponudio šansu za skladanje glazbe za film na kojem je radio - Jonah Hex.