Karen O Talks ‘Wild Things’ Soundtrack Influences Reveals Love For Awesome Langley Schools Music Project

Speaks for itself and kinda interesting if you like the scores to these films (which you should).

I wanted to pay homage to some of my favorite movie music, like Simon and Garfunkel in The Graduate or Cat Stevens in Harold and Maude — I’d say especially Cat Stevens: organic melodies, really simple performances, a lot of emotion. One of the influences that Spike brought to me initially was the Langley Schools Music Project [a children’s choir covering pop songs]. These kids sing really complex, emotional songs like David Bowie’s ā€œSpace Oddityā€ and the Beach Boys’ ā€œIn My Room.ā€ The songs are all sort of jangly and imperfect, but the heart behind it kills you. — Karen O [Vulture]

An interesting little doc on the Langley Schools Music Project. If you don’t have this Outsider music-ish CD, go out and get it now. It rules. Here’s part 1 and part 3.

Their cover of Bowie’s “Space Oddity”

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