Where the Wild Things Are: Motion Picture Soundtrack explained
| Where the Wild Things Are: Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Karen O and the Kids |
| Cover: | Wild things are soundtrack.jpg |
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| Genre: | Indie rock |
| Chronology: | Karen O albums |
| Next Title: | Crush Songs |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
Where the Wild Things Are: Motion Picture Soundtrack: Original Songs by Karen O and the Kids is the soundtrack album to the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are. It is performed by Karen O and the Kids. It was released on September 29, 2009, in CD, LP, and digital download formats.[1]
Background
Karen O, the vocalist of the indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, wrote the film's soundtrack. Her bandmates Brian Chase and Nick Zinner and former touring guitarist Imaad Wasif, Deerhunter's Bradford Cox, Liars' Aaron Hemphill, the Dead Weather's Dean Fertita, and Jack Lawrence from The Raconteurs all also contributed.[2]
When director Spike Jonze approached Karen O to write the soundtrack to Where the Wild Things Are, he cited the Langley Schools Music Project's Innocence & Despair as an example of the desired "simple melodies that were emotionally complex—something that both kids and adults would appreciate".[3]
"All Is Love" was released as the soundtrack's lead single on August 25, 2009, and is featured in the credits of the film.[4]
Reception
The soundtrack received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the soundtrack received an average score of 77, based on 16 reviews.
Track listing
All tracks performed by Karen O and the Kids and produced by O and, except "Lost Fur", performed and produced by Carter Burwell.
Personnel
- Karen O – vocals, guitar, production
- Dean Fertita – keyboards, organ, marimba, piano, guitar,, backing vocals
- Bradford Cox – guitar, backing vocals, vocal effects, glockenspiel, ambient sounds, bells, vibraphone
- Tom Biller – organ, guitar, percussion, bass, drums, church bells, backing vocals, banjo, mixing, production, recording
- Jack Lawrence – bass marimba, backing vocals
- Brian Chase – drums, percussion backing vocals
- Imaad Wasif – guitar backing vocals harmonica
- Greg Kurstin – piano
- Mark Chalecki – mastering
- Nick Zinner – electric guitar, guitar
- Oscar Michel – bowed bass
- Max Records – countdown shouting intro
- Aaron Hemphill – drums
- Tristan Bechet – drum programming, guitar
- Carter Burwell – orchestrater, conductor
- Mark Stewart, Marc Ribot – guitar
- Barbara Allen, Victoria Drake – harp
- David Weiß – woodwind
- Sharon Yamada, Laura Seaton – violin
- Robert Reinhart – viola
- David Cossin, Gordon Gottlieb – percussion
- Rob Botti – oboe
- Michael Farrow – mixing
- Tony Finno – copyist
- Sandra Park – strings contractor
- Pavel Vinnitsky – clarinet
- Eileen Moon – cello
- Marc Goldberg – bassoon
- Greg Cohen – bass
Notes and References
- Web site: Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack: Original Songs By Karen O And The Kids . Amazon . January 6, 2010 . January 13, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100113013151/http://www.amazon.com/Things-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B002M2N9MA . live .
- Karen O and the Kids: The Rockers of "Where the Wild Things Are" . . August 19, 2009 . October 7, 2017 . July 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140717092150/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/karen-o-and-the-kids-the-rockers-of-where-the-wild-things-are-20090819 . live .
- Web site: McNair . Charles . An Interview With Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs . . September 15, 2009 . April 11, 2015 . July 5, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140705094451/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/09/an-interview-with-karen-o-of-the-yeah-yeah-yeahs.html . live .
- Web site: Where the Wild Things Are : Releases : All Is Love . . January 6, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323161043/http://www.interscope.com/artist/releases/detail.aspx?pid=2311&aid=1139 . March 23, 2012.
