There was some confusion to the soundtrack of Spike Jonze’s live-action adaptation of “Where The Wild Things” last week.
Some thought the Arcade Fire and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, were involved. We said, nope, this is untrue (it’s possible the Arcade Fire could have a song in their somewhere – we doubt it – but so far officially, only one of their songs is being used in this week’s upcoming teaser trailer).
But as we’ve been saying all along, Karen O of the Yeah, Yeah Yeahs (just her!) and composer Carter Burwell (who wrote the score for Jonze’s “Being John Malkovich” and “Adaptation”) were the ones composing the score and writing songs for the film (dude from Deerhunter/Atlas Sound helped out, but didn’t do any actually songwriting that has been credited; though he surely helped with creating sounds). Now there can be no mistake with this above screencap of the official credits scanned by the folks at the fan site WTWA (click on the image for a larger version).
These credits all give further credence to our posit that Tom Noonan’s voice has been replaced with Chris Cooper’s as all the voice actors are listed but Noonan’s is noticeably absent (but then again, so is Paul Dano’s voice credit). However, there are 7 monsters total and 5 voice actors in the credits (James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Lauren Ambrose and Chris Cooper), plus Dano and Noonan makes seven, yes?
Well, no The Bull is a silent character that doesn’t speak according to USA Today (and yes, he doesn’t speak in the original script either; though he did speak in the test screening briefly).
Wild Things has a “synopsis” that comes from this Nick magazine scan.
“Where the Wild Things Are, one of the wildest and most memorable children’s books ever created, is now a movie full of adventure and mystery- and huge, hairy creatures. Follow Max, a rambunctious boy who feels misunderstood at home, as he sets out in a tiny boat, seeking new worlds across the sea. He lands on the incredible island of the Wild Things, a place where being a beast isn’t a bad thing. The Wild things make Max their king, and he reins over a land of friendly battles, hundred-foot-tall dogs, enormous forts and amazing chases. But life on the island is full of challenges too. The Wild Things expect a lot from their king, and if he doesn’t please them, there’s a good chance he’ll be eaten…”
“Where The Wild Things Are” hits theaters October 16.