More and more, we are entering the video age - youtube dominates pop culture, music videos are seeing a resurgence, and people do funny things to film and post on the internet. Bearing in mind that many of these videos have a musical focus in some regard, we've decided to start a recurring series here at TSRE - the Afternoon Video. I tried to come up with a witty name, but I got nothing.
To kick this series off, here's a cool trailer that has been kicking around the blogosphere for the past few days. It's for the movie adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are, that beloved Maurice Sendak children's book.
Musically, the trailer makes great use of Arcade Fire's "Wake Up", one of the best songs from their debut album Funeral. It uses an acoustic introduction to the song, evoking Wes Anderson films and Garden State-like soundtracks. The song quickly builds to an epic grandeur befitting the iconic movie before taking off on a literal romp through the woods. A great song that matches the video well.
Additionally, Karen O. of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be pulling a Johnny Greenwood and scoring the film. How cool is that? I have high hopes for the flick.
ALSO I need a pair of those pajamas. So if you know where I can get them, shout a holler.
And finally, some music from The Arcade Fire. Here's an awesome little cover of one of the best songs of all time, "A Change Is Gonna Come". Much love to Sam Cooke. It's a live version by Win and company here, so apologies on the less than perfect quality. Still a pretty great take on a great tune.
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