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??
The Wild Things on the Really Small Screen
If you’ve been watching color television, or reading your local newspaper or even frequenting incredibly informative blogs, you probably know by now that the film adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s killer children’s book Where the Wild Things Are is premiering next week. What you might not know, unless you’re a regular visitor to We Love You So, is that the movie’s iPhone app is now available for no cost (other than the time it takes to download it from the app store).
I’ve been pelting Carol with dirt clumps (and incurring his wild wrath), watching trailers, and listening to songs from the Karen O soundtrack. Just what I needed to hold me over until the incredible ‘making of’ book comes out next Tuesday and the movie releases on Friday!
Where the Wild Old Men Are
We’re incredibly excited for the film adaptation of everyone’s favorite children’s book Where The Wild Things Are this October. Spike Jonze+Dave Eggers+Maurice Sendak= a potential masterpiece.
To keep us satiated until then, the kind folks on the production team have created an eclectic, amusing blog called We Love You So that chronicles the team’s obsessions and diversions. It ranges from musings on Masonic rituals to an endorsement of one of our favorite authors, Charles Bukowski. So until the movie finally hits theaters, we’re keeping busy finding out more about what makes these creative folks tick.
