Spike’s Wild Playlist

Ever since I saw that first Where The Wild Things Are trailer featuring the Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up,” I knew this movie would be badass. It certainly wasn’t going to be a white-washed kids movie, and director Spike Jonze’s unique point of view showed through even in the first short clip.

In Heads on and We Shoot, the behind-the-scenes book, Spike includes a handwritten playlist of songs he played on the set to “get the cast and crew all in the same place and mood.” Check out the playlist below and then listen to some of the tunes; it’s not hard to imagine yourself on the set, playing dress-up with the big kids and filming one of the best “kids” movies ever.

The Arcade Fire: Wake Up & Rebellion (Lies)

The Smiths: Cemetry Gates

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Maps

The Langley Schools Music Project: God Only Knows

Elliott Smith: Say Yes

Palace Songs: Christmastime in the Mountains

Bonnie Prince Billy: I See a Darkness

Grandaddy: Underneath the Weeping Willow

Flaming Lips: Do You Realize??