Where The Wild Things Are Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Rating

Album: Where The Wild Things Are Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Original Songs By Karen O And The Kids
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Igloo	More Info...	1:49
2)	All Is Love	More Info...	2:50
3)	Capsize	More Info...	2:38
4)	Worried Shoes	More Info...	4:12
5)	Rumpus	More Info...	2:44
6)	Rumpus Reprise	More Info...	1:53
7)	Hideaway	More Info...	5:11
8)	Cliffs	More Info...	2:59
9)	Animal	More Info...	4:11
10)	Lost Fur	More Info...	1:07
11)	Heads Up	More Info...	2:56
12)	Building All Is Love	More Info...	3:33
13)	Food Is Still Hot	More Info...	2:45
14)	Sailing Home	More Info...	1:03

Album: Where The Wild Things Are Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Original Songs By Karen O And The Kids
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Igloo	More Info...	1:49
2)	All Is Love	More Info...	2:50
3)	Capsize	More Info...	2:38
4)	Worried Shoes	More Info...	4:12
5)	Rumpus	More Info...	2:44
6)	Rumpus Reprise	More Info...	1:53
7)	Hideaway	More Info...	5:11
8)	Cliffs	More Info...	2:59
9)	Animal	More Info...	4:11
10)	Lost Fur	More Info...	1:07
11)	Heads Up	More Info...	2:56
12)	Building All Is Love	More Info...	3:33
13)	Food Is Still Hot	More Info...	2:45
14)	Sailing Home	More Info...	1:03

Performer Notes

Audio Mixer: Thriller.
For the WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE's soundtrack, director Spike Jonze recruited former girlfriend and frequent collaborator Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. In turn, O drafted a who's who of indie rock talent, among them her chief co-writers Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Yeah Yeah Yeahs associate Imaad Wasif and her bandmates Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, all of whom perform under the aptly storybook name Karen O & the Kids. With their help, O uncovers new musical directions. Wildness abounds in her work with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Native Korean Rock, but neither band's music is particularly childlike. Here, she taps into a rainbow of youthful expression, from "All Is Love"'s pure joy to the tribal festivity of "Rumpus" to "Animal"'s feral folk, which puts O's ferocious scream in a completely different context than her other work. Yet on "Igloo" and "Sailing Home," her voice is gentler than it's been almost anywhere else--the only other time she has sounded so soft is on "Hello Tomorrow," the song she wrote for Jonze's 2005 Nike television commercial. Likewise, despite the wealth of indie rockers on it, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE rarely sounds self-consciously indie, even on the cover of Daniel Johnston's "Worried Shoes." Cox's xylophone gives the album a dreamlike feel, particularly on "Rumpus Reprise," while Zinner's guitar is unmistakable on the excellent "Capsize," which moves from a fierce tantrum to sweeping mystery like its own self-contained story. Balancing abstract pieces with more attention-getting pop songs like the adorable "Heads Up," WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE doesn't resemble a typical children's film soundtrack, although it will make a great first soundtrack for kids' music collections. Neither a straightforward score nor a collection of kid-friendly indie rock songs, it lies somewhere intriguingly in between--and it's just as good, if not better, than the music these artists make with their main projects.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.77) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[P]unked-out folk pop that's haunted yet playful....'Building All Is Love' is a hopeful Arcade Fire-like anthem."

Spin (p.82) - "[T]he rumbling acoustic guitars and schoolyard choruses are both joyful and foreboding..."

Entertainment Weekly (p.60) - "Assorted hums, hoots, and hollers unfold over imprecise folk-psych instrumentation....As memorable as anything Karen O's primary band has done lately." -- Grade: B+