Here's a great mini-documentary from Lance Bangs that chronicles the making of the music for Spike Jonze' upcoming film, Where the Wild Things Are. Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) wrote most of the songs and produced the sessions. It turns out the kids' voices you here on the soundtrack (listen to it here) come from actual kids, un-trained singers at that — an idea inspired by the The Langley Schools Music Project from the 1970s.
Check it out:
This article appears in Oct 8-14, 2009.