Well, this is sort of weird news. In an interview with MTV, pop-punk band All Time Low (who we actually never heard until we were forced to hit their MySpace page to write this article – ugh – is this what kids listen to these days?) have written a song for Tim Burton’s forthcoming “Alice In Wonderland.”
The band (who seemingly never saw any other band do the tightie whitie press photo thing) says that the song was written specifically for the film, but isn’t necessarily about a particular character or story, but does acknowledge it broadly. According to frontman, Alex Gaskarth, “The song definitely references ideas from the film and from the story, but I wouldn’t say that it’s obvious.” The band was not able to see footage from the film, nor was even told where the song might be used. Needless to say, it’s not a 100% done deal that the song will even appear.
But this revelation does give the film an intriguing aspect. While longtime Tim Burton collaborator Danny Elfman is scoring the soundtrack, is there going to be a mix of contemporary songs too? Or is there a “Music Inspired By” release in the works not unlike the “Nightmare Revisited” soundtrack that came out a couple of years ago, featuring new versions of songs from “A Nightmare Before Christmas”? We’re going to guess the latter, and if All Time Low is indicative of the talent, it will probably be awful.
We’ll have to wait to find out, but in the meantime, have a listen to Fiona Apple’s take on “Sally’s Song” which is one of the few songs worth mentioning from “Nightmare Revisited”: