“That’s a nice thing to look forward to, a new Wes Anderson movie around the corner. I can’t wait,” Paul Thomas Anderson recently said, and we couldn’t agree more. “Isle Of Dogs,” the latest from Wes Anderson, is another stop motion animated wonder from the “Fantastic Mr. Fox” director, a picture we called a “miracle.” And as per usual, the soundtrack is going to be great.
Alexandre Desplat takes up the bulk of the sounds here, providing a “stunning score” that’s augmented by some cool, choice cuts. Psych-pop fans will get to groove to “I Won’t Hurt You” by the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, while cinephiles will want to perk up their ears for two cuts from Akira Kurosawa films: “Kanbei & Katsushiro Kikuchiyo’s Mambo” from “Seven Samurai” and “Kosame No Oka” from “Drunken Angel.”
“Isle Of Dogs” opens on March 23rd, and the soundtrack will be available on CD and digitally via ABKCO Records on March 30th. [Exclaim!]
“Isle of Dogs” Original Soundtrack:
1. “Shinto Shrine” – Alexandre Desplat
2. “Taiko Drumming” – Kaoru Watanabe
3. “The Municipal Dome” – Alexandre Desplat
4. “Six Months Later Dog + Dog – Fight” – Alexandre Desplat
5. “The Hero Pack” – Alexandre Desplat
6. “First Crash – Landing” – Alexandre Desplat
7. “Kanbei & Katsushiro Kikuchiyo’s Mambo” (from Seven Samurai) – Toho Symphony Orchestra
8. “Second Crash – Landing + Bath House + Beach Attack” – Alexandre Desplat
9. “Nutmeg” – Alexandre Desplat
10. “Kosame No Oka” (from Drunken Angel) – David Mansfield
11. “I Won’t Hurt You” – The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
12. “Toshiro” – Alexandre Desplat
13. “Jupiter and Oracle + Aboriginal Dogs” – Alexandre Desplat
14. “Sushi Scene” – Alexandre Desplat
15. “Midnight Sleighride” (from ‘The Lieutenant Kije Suite’) – The Sauter – Finegan Orchestra
16. “Pagoda Slide” – Alexandre Desplat
17. “First Bath of a Stray Dog” – Alexandre Desplat
18. “TV Drumming” – Kaoru Watanabe
19. “Konbayashi Canine – Testing Laboratory” – Alexandre Desplat
20. “Tokyo Shoe Shine Boy” – Teruko Akatsuki
21. “Re – Election Night Parts 1”
22. “End Titles” – Alexandre Desplat