Hear the First Song From the Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack.

The first track from the soundtrack to Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are is available for streaming at MySpace. The song is credited to Karen O and the Kids, and in this case the name is quite literal. Karen O, from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, worked on the music with a host of different artists, but this track features a raw childrens choir as one of the primary ‘voices’. More details after the break.

You’ve already heard snippets of this music in the second full trailer and in that behind the scenes featurette debuted at Comic Con, but the entire song is tasty on its own. There’s a real Arcade Fire sort of underpinning to this track, so you’ve got to wonder if Karen O’s songs are what pushed that Arcade Fire song to be used in the first trailer. This track sounds nicely appropriate to the film, based on what footage I’ve seen so far. It’s bouncy and upbeat, but with a vague undercurrent of something darker. (Not unlike a Flaming Lips song, in that respect.) Not long ago, Karen O told Nylon, “We wrote music that would be easy for kids to sing along with. The songs have that innocence and spirit with poppy hooks here and there. Simple, emotional, sweet stuff.”

The Playlist had more details on the soundtrack, which is evidently a totally different beast from Carter Burwell’s composed score. Accompanying O on various tracks is a crazy collection of indie rock luminaries:
members of the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound), Imaad Wasif (Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Folk Implosion collaborator), Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs, Dead Weather), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs), Aaron Hemphill (Liars), Greg Kurstin (The Bird and the Bees), and Oscar Michel (Gris Gris).

This track will be available to purchase as a digital single tomorrow, Tuesday August 25, and the full soundtrack album will arrive on September 29.

Source: Slashfilm.com

Will The Flaming Lips Be In The New Where The Wild Things Are Trailer?

Don’t be surprised if you hear a Flaming Lips song in the new trailer for Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are.Apparently Lips head Wayne Coyne was asked if Warner Bros could use one of the band’s songs in the next trailer. Jonze is considering using either “Do You Realise” or “The yeah yeah yeah song”. Pedestrian overheard a conversation between Coyne and his manager where he decided that “Do You Realise” had more of a WTWTA vibe, but then went onto to say they can use either, as he’d prefer to let them choose.

The site asked Coyne on video for clarification, and the singer admitted that the movie looks like it has a “Flaming Lips kinda vibe” but that as far as the music, it is unclear if it will actually happen. (”They could be asking for a thousand songs, and they’ll try it out on an audience and see which one works…”).

I’m glad to see that Warner Bros isn’t forcing Jonze to sell the movie as a mainstream kids film. If the footage that was shown at Comic-Con was any indication (there wasn’t a dry eye in Hall H), this film has the potential to connect with people on a much stronger level than any family film in recent years. And the vibe is something entirely different. Songs from bands like Arcade Fire and the Flaming Lips seem to fit better than most. And yes, you could use the words indie or hipster, but that isn’t really an accurate description.

A behind the scenes featurette for the film was released last week during Comic-Con, which I don’t believe we ever got a chance to post. In the clip, Author Maurice Sendak says that he’s “never seen a movie that looked or felt like this,” and I’d have to agree. And since we never got around to properly posting the clip during the Comic-Con madness (I believe we did link it at some point), check out the clip embedded below.

Source: Slashfilm.com

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