Featurette - 'Where the Wild Things Are' Soundtrack

After a rare massive overhaul of a major studio release, the adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are will finally be in theaters next Friday. Even though director Spike Jonze has been nominated for Best Director and has another film with four nomination in his history, Wild Things will be the biggest release of his career (some 3,500 theaters). Clearly, despite the earlier turmoil, Warner Bros. thinks this can be a big film for all involved. Beyond the movie itself, though, there have been a few paragraphs written about the soundtrack to Where the Wild Things Are, which features original music from Karen O and The Kids (plus one track by composer Carter Burwell). The Karen O is Karen Orzolek, the vocalist for Yeah Yeah Yeahs. And she used to date director Spike Jonze, apparently, so that helps explain the connection. The Kids feature members of The Raconteurs, Services, Deerhunter, New Folk Implosion, and of course, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Here's a cool little featurette about the soundtrack from Trailer Addict: The soundtrack is already available, incidentally, and it's currently in the top five on Amazon's soundtrack and indie rock charts.