All Is Love
"All is Love" | |
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Where the Wild Things Are | |
Released | August 25, 2009 |
Recorded | 2008 |
Genre | Indie rock |
Length | 2:48 |
Label | DGC/Interscope |
Songwriter(s) | Karen O, Nick Zinner |
Producer(s) | Karen O, Tom Biller |
"All Is Love" is a song written by
"All Is Love" was widely praised by critics and received nominations for the
Background
Spike Jonze, director of Where the Wild Things Are, knew he wanted Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O to compose the film's soundtrack as soon as he began working on its screenplay.[3] Though O had never worked on a soundtrack before, Jonze stated, "I just love her music and knew she could write emotionally in the way we needed the music [...] I wanted a lot of people working on the movie that weren’t necessarily trained in like [...] a bit more I just knew had the right sensibility and worked intuitively because I wanted not be like a real cerebral thing I wanted to be this very childlike, intuitive way of filmmaking."[4]
O signed on in November 2007, two years before the film and soundtrack were released,
Jonze hoped the film's music would have a similar mood as The Langley Schools Music Project, a collection of recordings by a rural Canadian school choir, and gave O a copy of the album Innocence and Despair to inspire her.[8] O described the songs as "all sort of jangly and imperfect, but the heart behind it kills you."[7] As a result, O incorporated a sixteen-person untrained children's choir into several tracks, most prominently on "All Is Love".[9][10][11]
Composition
"All Is Love" is set in
Critical reception
Critical reception for "All Is Love" was positive. Heather Phares of
Awards and nominations
On December 9, 2009, Jones posted an email from Interscope records announcing "All Is Love" had replaced "
"All is Love" also received a nomination for the
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