As reported here first* back in February, Deerhunter’s sickly-looking Bradford Cox has been contributing to Karen O’s work on the “Where The Wild Things Are” soundtrack for Spike Jonze (something else we also noticed first). *or at least we’re the first people to notice this was a big deal, the original source sure didn’t.
Now Pitchfork has gotten a statement from Cox after SPIN magazine reiterated in a recent issue that Cox was working with O on the film’s music (they just said he had flown down to L.A. to work with her). Cox went on fora minute in the statement, but was short on details other than the basics we already know.
“Last year Karen asked me as well as some other musicians to help out with some demos of songs she was writing for the score to Spike’s amazing movie. The songs she had crafted are radical and honest. I was just a helping hand. The big story is not who was there, but Karen’s excellent song-writing. I did not want to discuss working on the soundtrack because I think plenty of people would assume that I was trying to use Karen and her project to get attention for my album or whatever. That’s not the case. I have no big news to break. Karen rules. Spike rules. All the people that were there ruled hard. I’ve never had a better time in my life playing music with people. The audiences for the music and the movie should be stoked because it’s going to blow them away.”
Who are these “other musicians”? Perhaps a star-studded list of indie faves and bold face names? Maybe members of the Yeah, Yeah Yeahs? Very possibly, but Cox is mum on details. All we do know is that Spike Jonze’s brother, producer Squeak E. Clean (who produced the YYYs Show Your Bones) worked on some or all the recording sessions.